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music7.jpgFootage ranges from the strains of Muddy Waters' Blues to Ravi Shankar’s Indian Ragas.

Rock is well represented by Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger and John Lennon, contemporary pop by Pete music4.jpgDocherty whilst Les Blank’s intimate documentaries recount the history of American folk music - Lightnin’ Hopkins for blues, some true American originals, the Cajuns of south-west Louisiana, Tex-Mex Nortena amongst others. The Dolmetsch Story tells of the famous family who dedicated their lives to educating the public on the joys of the recorder musical instrument. Desmond Dekker and Milly appear in Horace Ove’s Reggae, a documentary which combines the history of Caribbean immigrants to the UK in the 1950s with a reggae concert. Finally, classical music is not forgotten with Felix Greene’s extraordinary film of the Peking Symphony Orchestra.

 

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Blues

Calypso

Classical

Folk

Jazz

Reggae

London street scenes (fruit market)

country of origin: United Kingdom

Little boy rides cow

country of origin: India

Donovan sits at table on boat with guitar talking to others, sings

country of origin: Greece

Boy with umbrella walks down street past shops, meets girl, shares umbrella

country of origin: United States

Young Shostakovich playing

country of origin: former USSR

Song 'I've Got Sixpence': lyrics on screen along with cartoon

country of origin:

Workers on dock

country of origin: South Africa

People in robes chanting in temple sitting round fire

country of origin: India

Dolmetsch and others play chamber music on old instruments

country of origin: United Kingdom

Greek people watch, lots of closeups of faces and hands

country of origin: Greece

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