Music and architecture through the ages

France, 1978

Film
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Glimpses of historic French buildings which have associations with various events in French history, together with remarks about the way in which musical instruments have been reproduced as motifs for decoration in architecture.

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Credits

production company

United World Films

Duration

00:15:50:00

Production places
France
Production dates
1978

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

007377

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture, French

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and music

Crafts & Visual Arts → Decorative arts

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - France

History → France - History

History → Historic buildings

Music & Performing Arts → Art and music

Music & Performing Arts → Musical instruments - History

Short films

Short films → Short films - France

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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