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Title

  • The world of music. The instrument maker

Other Title

  • Instrument maker
  • Variant title: World of music with Morton Gould

Summary

  • This program takes place at the Rembert Wurlitzer violin workshop in New York City. In the only shop of its kind in America, the ancient craft of violin-making is still being practiced, using techniques, tools, and plans that came directly from the hands of the great seventeenth century Cremonese master, Antonio Stradivari. Host Morton Gould is given a demonstration of the making of a violin by Simone Fernando Sacconi, the shop's master craftsman. Gould also speaks briefly with Lee Wurlitzer, who took over her late husband's shop after his death in 1963, and with their daughter, Marianne Wurlitzer, working at the bench with Maestro Sacconi and the other violin makers, including Dario d'Attili, Sacconi's eventual successor.

Names

  • Toobin, Jerome, 1919-1984, television producer
  • Jones, Clark, 1920-2002, television director
  • Briefer, Charles, television writer
  • Gould, Morton, 1913-1996, television host
  • National Educational Television (U.S.) production company, broadcaster
  • WNDT (Television station : Newark, N.J.) contributor

Created / Published

  • United States : National Educational Television Network, 1965-01-17.

Headings

  • -  Violin--Construction
  • -  Violin makers
  • -  Rembert Wurlitzer, Inc
  • -  Sacconi, Simone F.,--1895-1973
  • -  Wurlitzer, Lee,--1912-2005
  • -  Wurlitzer, Marianne
  • -  D'Attili, Dario,--1922-2004

Genre

  • Documentary television programs
  • Cultural television programs
  • Nonfiction television programs

Notes

  • -  Assistant to the producer, Sandy Bowman ; settings designed by Eugene Gurlitz ; graphics, Wayne Ensrud ; associate director, John Haggerty ; technical director, Dixon Grose ; lighting director, John Nolan.
  • -  Host: Morton Gould.
  • -  Guests: Simone Fernando Sacconi, Lee Wurlitzer, Marianne Wurlitzer, Dario d'Attalli.
  • -  Filmed in New York, N.Y. in August, 1964.
  • -  Episode no. 3.
  • -  Source used: New York times, January 17, 1965, p. X18, viewed December 12, 2023 via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (29 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • PBS Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023602026

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Toobin, Jerome, Television Producer, Clark Jones, Charles Briefer, Morton Gould, U.S. Production Company National Educational Television, and Wndt Contributor. The world of music. The instrument maker. United States: National Educational Television Network, -01-17, 1965. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023602026/.

APA citation style:

Toobin, J., Jones, C., Briefer, C., Gould, M., National Educational Television, U. S. P. C. & Wndt Contributor. (1965) The world of music. The instrument maker. United States: National Educational Television Network, -01-17. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023602026/.

MLA citation style:

Toobin, Jerome, Television Producer, et al. The world of music. The instrument maker. United States: National Educational Television Network, -01-17, 1965. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023602026/>.