Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Robert Shaw, man of many voices / directed by Pamela Roberts, Peter Miller ; produced by Peter Miller, David Druckenmiller, Pamela Roberts, Kiki Wilson ; written by Pamela Roberts, Kiki Wilson, Peter Miller ; a production of KWorks in association with Thirteen's American masters in partnership with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2019]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

region 1

DVD video

Summary:

Traces the journey of conductor Robert Shaw's life and career, from his childhood as a preacher's son in rural California through his rise as a star of popular music during the Great Depression and his subsequent move to classical music. An early champion of civil rights, his chorales were among the first to break the color barrier in the American South. Includes interviews with Yo-Yo Ma, Sylvia McNair, Alice Parker, Marietta Simpson, Florence Kopleff, and others.

Series:

American masters

Subjects:

Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999.

Choral conductors -- United States -- Biography.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Biographical television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Roberts, Pamela (Filmmaker), film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Miller, Peter, 1961- film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Druckenmiller, David, film producer.

Wilson, Kiki, film producer, screenwriter.

Linton, Amy Carey, editor of moving image work.

Pierce, David Hyde, narrator.

Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999, on-screen participant.

KWorks, LLC, production company.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), production company.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, production company.

Georgia Public Broadcasting, production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

Other Title:

Man of many voices

American masters (Television program)

Notes:

With optional subtitles.

Bonus features: Ann Howard Jones, interview outtakes; Alice Parker, interview outtakes; Robert Shaw perspectives following the ASO/ASOC European tour, 1988; Robert Shaw perspectives on music and the arts, 1994.

Editor, associate producer, Amy Linton; director of photography, Michael Lines; original score, Fred Story; narrator, David Hyde Pierce.

Narrated by David Hyde Pierce.

DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; stereo.

ISBN:

9781531710514

1531710514

9781531710514 : DVD

1531710514 : DVD

Publisher Number:

AM61902

Other Number:

1101911171

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

801213

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD BIO Shaw