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The Music of Man

Season 1 Episode 3: New Voices for Man

At the height of the Renaissance in Italy Monteverdi wrote the first opera, a form of entertainment instantly popular throughout Europe. Corelli created the sonata form and new instruments were developed. The development of musical instruments began to challenge the dominance of the human voice, ...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Quiver of Life

1. The Quiver of Life

Aired: Nov 10, 1978

The first program tells how music began 35,000 years ago with hollowed-out an...

Episode 3 New Voices for Man

3. New Voices for Man

Aired: Nov 24, 1978

At the height of the Renaissance in Italy Monteverdi wrote the first opera, a...

Episode 8 Sound or Unsound

8. Sound or Unsound

Aired: Dec 29, 1978

The post-war exploration of music, impelled by the LP, the transistor radio a...

Info about The Music of Man

Network: CBC Television

Production Country: Canada

Genres:Documentary, Music