JOSE ITURBI, HARSCHORD

Duration: 10min

Year Published: 1940

Creator: Iowa Theatrical & Television Corporation

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Jose Iturbi seated at a harpsichord explains the workings of the instrument. He then plays compositions by Jean Phillippe Rameau and closeups of his feet and hands give an excellent idea of pedal work and fingering. This demonstration is followed by the playing of Liszt's "Eleventh Hungarian rhapsody" on a modern piano.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 786.2 Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult Format/cost: 16-sd-$60; rent $3.50 Distributors / rental: Bell & Howell Company $3.50; National Film Service; University of Illinois $3.50; Provincial Department of Education, Ontario; University of Kentucky $1.50; National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations $3.50

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946