Angelopoulos in "The Music of Man" (Yehudi Menuhin, 1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etq0OLknATE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etq0OLknATE&feature=player_detailpage#t=200
The Flowering of Harmony
(N°2 of 8)
The Music of Man
with Yehudi Menuhin
1979
Yehudi Menuhin traces the development of vocal music and forms of musical notation from the chants of Buddhist monks to the massed choirs of the Renaissance. Also: Ravi Shankar discusses Indian music, in which ornamentation and melodic purity evolved in place of harmony.
Other interesting excerpts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etq0OLknATE&feature=player_detailpage#t=908
Notation and transcription
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etq0OLknATE&feature=player_detailpage#t=2277
"Recreation" of ancient music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZkbZRpqNYb0&list=UUGqa8nHqDRT80_kIdy-JvVw#t=2278
Importance of the interval of the Fifth (and the "pure" vs. the "diabolus")
Excellent Chinese music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZkbZRpqNYb0&list=UUGqa8nHqDRT80_kIdy-JvVw#t=2414
Hymn to Apollo (and its "recreation")
Excellent Greek music and dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZkbZRpqNYb0&list=UUGqa8nHqDRT80_kIdy-JvVw#t=2809
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etq0OLknATE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etq0OLknATE&feature=player_detailpage#t=200
The Flowering of Harmony
(N°2 of 8)
The Music of Man
with Yehudi Menuhin
1979
Yehudi Menuhin traces the development of vocal music and forms of musical notation from the chants of Buddhist monks to the massed choirs of the Renaissance. Also: Ravi Shankar discusses Indian music, in which ornamentation and melodic purity evolved in place of harmony.
Other interesting excerpts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etq0OLknATE&feature=player_detailpage#t=908
Notation and transcription
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etq0OLknATE&feature=player_detailpage#t=2277
"Recreation" of ancient music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZkbZRpqNYb0&list=UUGqa8nHqDRT80_kIdy-JvVw#t=2278
Importance of the interval of the Fifth (and the "pure" vs. the "diabolus")
Excellent Chinese music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZkbZRpqNYb0&list=UUGqa8nHqDRT80_kIdy-JvVw#t=2414
Hymn to Apollo (and its "recreation")
Excellent Greek music and dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZkbZRpqNYb0&list=UUGqa8nHqDRT80_kIdy-JvVw#t=2809