The Roots of 20th-Century Music: Dancing on a Volcano Video (DVD)

The Roots of 20th-Century Music: Dancing on a Volcano Video (DVD) is a video documentary that showcases a great musical culture that went in decline at the turn of the century in Vienna. You will learn in the video how that decline born fruit to the musical revolution whose after-effects are still felt today.

Produced by Simon Rattle. He produces a video that is an eye opener to what contributed to the collapse of the Austro-Germanic order. Musicians like Webern, Schoenberg, and Berg through their music led to the collapse of Austro-Germanic order. This also contributed to the rise of fascism and gave breath to the new music that came in the latter part of the 20th century.

This great musical documentary DVD is 52 minutes long.

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