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The Places
The Puppet Museum in Munich houses a remarkable display of puppets of all kinds, from string and hand puppets to the shadow puppets of China. Nuremberg, famous for its toys, has a Toy Museum, with exhibits ranging from the earliest times to the more nearly contemporary. From this collection we see a doll’s house, accurate in every detail, and some of the museum’s mechanical toys, in working order.
The Music
The tour is accompanied by a series of popular piano pieces, ranging from Mozart and Beethoven to Saint-Saëns and Debussy. Mozart’s Turkish March is followed by Beethoven’s so-called Rage over a Lost Penny. Included is a Chopin Waltz, a Mendelssohn Song Without Words and
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Tchaikovsky’s Chanson triste. The music ends with Liszt’s piano transcription of the Danse macabre of Saint-Saëns.
Picture format: NTSC 4:3
Sound format: PCM Stereo 2.0 / Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time: 56 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 Read less
Works on This Recording
3.
Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Péter Nagy (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 3/1988
Venue: Italian Institute, Budapest
Length: 8 Minutes 38 Secs.
8.
L'isle joyeuse by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Péter Nagy (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904; France
Date of Recording: 3/1988
Venue: Italian Institute, Budapest
Length: 6 Minutes 5 Secs.
11.
Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns), S 555 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Péter Nagy (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Rome, Italy
Date of Recording: 3/1988
Venue: Italian Institute, Budapest
Length: 10 Minutes 6 Secs.
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