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Omnibus: With Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes. Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
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Jul 1, 2016 · This historic collection includes seven episodes featuring lectures, performances and master classes from the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Includes: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (1954), The World of Jazz (1955), The Art of Conducting (1955), American Musical Comedy (1956), Introduction to Modern Music (1957), The Music of ...
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Feb 9, 2010 · The four-disc collection runs 449 minutes and includes seven episodes of Omnibus featuring the conductor Leonard Bernstein, broadcast between 1954 and 1958. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony; The World of Jazz; The Art of Conducting; American Musical Comedy; Introduction to Modern Music; The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach; What Makes Opera Grand?
Jan 30, 2010 · This collection of Omnibus. programs gathers all seven episodes that featured lectures and performances on classical music by composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein has a lively, engaging, down-to-earth style, despite the "high culture" origins of his subject matter.
Omnibus. 1 9 5 2 – 1 9 6 1 (USA) 159 x 90/60 minute episodes. Premiering on 9 November 1952 and originally broadcast live from New York City at 4.00 pm on Sundays, Omnibus began as an experiment underwritten by money from the Ford Foundation for Adult Education and intended as a cultural and educational television showcase.
Feb 15, 2010 · Bernstein’s conducting demonstration was one of seven appearances, now on DVD, that he made on “Omnibus,” a 90-minute program that offered segments on science and the arts, particularly music...
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The program has two segments: (1) "The Big Wheel" (a survey of the age of burlesque, featuring examples of acts of the period), and (2) "The Message" (showing of a 1956 UK film drama on the moral and ethical aspects of war).
