Summary The first program tells how music began 35,000 years ago with hollowed-out animal bones. In India and China, music was a perfected art long before the birth of Christ. In the western world, music has only flowered in the past thousand years. Performing are Menuhin, Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, jazz flautist Paul Horn, native singers and dancers from New Guinea, Senegal and Plains Cree, Ukone of the Gwi people, Martha Takata of Syria, Abed Azrie, Nellie Karras Dancers, Greek singer Arda Mondikan, Ponti and Demotic Dancers of Greece.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Yehudi Menuhin The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis James DePreist
Genres : Music Documentary
Countries of origin : United States Canada
Language : English
Production companies : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) Mississippi Educational Television
Summary The first program tells how music began 35,000 years ago with hollowed-out animal bones. In India and China, music was a perfected art long before the birth of Christ. In the western world, music has only flowered in the past thousand years. Performing are Menuhin, Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, jazz flautist Paul Horn, native singers and dancers from New Guinea, Senegal and Plains Cree, Ukone of the Gwi people, Martha Takata of Syria, Abed Azrie, Nellie Karras Dancers, Greek singer Arda Mondikan, Ponti and Demotic Dancers of Greece.
Genres : Music Documentary
Countries of origin : United States Canada
Language : English
Production companies : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) Mississippi Educational Television
