The Music of Man Part 8: Sound or Unsound (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | Documentary, Music

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The Music of Man

Part 8: Sound or Unsound (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV Episode | Documentary, Music

The post-war exploration of music, impelled by the LP, the transistor radio and the television, has taken Western music beyond early jazz into folk, rock and electronic music. Yet as old rules are questioned, man clings to the forms of ...See moreThe post-war exploration of music, impelled by the LP, the transistor radio and the television, has taken Western music beyond early jazz into folk, rock and electronic music. Yet as old rules are questioned, man clings to the forms of music that will always remain rooted in the deepest instincts of his nature. Yehudi Menuhin examines the divergent trends in music following World War II: Bela Bartok's arrangements of traditional folk tunes; Oscar Peterson's jazz improvisations; John Cage's exploration of random sound; and the Beatles' impact as "pop idols" on an entire generation. See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Yehudi Menuhin Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Last Kiss (2001)
Joan Baez Self Self See fewer	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
John Cage Self Self See fewer	Shutter Island (2010)
Jean Carignan Self Self See fewer	My Uncle Antoine (1971)
Judy Collins Self Self See fewer	Junior (1994)
André Gagnon Self Self See fewer	Phobia (1980)
Glenn Gould Self Self See fewer	Unbreakable (2000)
Martha Graham Self Self See fewer	Lamentation (1976)
The Harmonic Choir Themselves (as Harmonics Choir) Themselves (as Harmonics Choir) See fewer	Voyage of Time: Life's Journey (2016)
David Hykes Self Self See fewer	Blade (1998)
Julien Jouga Self - Director, Le Choeur Sénégalais Self - Director, Le Choeur Sénégalais See fewer	Karmen Gei (2001)
Harumi Miyako Self - Japanese pop singer (as Miyako Harumi) Self - Japanese pop singer (as Miyako Harumi) See fewer	Only Yesterday (1991)
Opal Louis Nations Self - Sound Poetry (as Opal L. Nations) Self - Sound Poetry (as Opal L. Nations) See fewer	How They Got Over (2018)
Oscar Peterson Self Self See fewer	Just Cause (1995)
Bertram Ross Self Self See fewer	Antigone/Rites of Passion (1990)
Mstislav Rostropovich Self Self See fewer	The Accountant (2016)
Jack Zaza Self - Saxophone Self - Saxophone See fewer	The Saddest Music in the World (2003)