The first program tells how music began 35,000 years ago with hollowed-out an...
The Music of Man
Season 1 Episode 6: The Parting of the Ways
During the pre-World War I era the music of Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin and John Philip Sousa influenced the popular musical tastes of America. Abroad Debussy, Strauss and Mahler filled concert halls, while Igor Stravinsky advanced the revolution with The Rite of Spring. With the dawn of the 20t...