Vienna: stripping the facade

United Kingdom, 1979

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Episode of Series “The Rise of Modernism in Music 1890-1935”.
Traces the development of Viennese modernism during the period before World War 1, concentrating on the buildings of Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos, the paintings of Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele, and Gerstl, and the music and paintings of Schoenberg. It also includes a brief extract from Kokoschka’s play, “Murderer, Hope of Women.”

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Credits

co-producer

David M. Thompson

Robert Phillip

production company

BBC-TV

Open University

Duration

00:25:28:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1979

Appears in

The Rise of Modernism in Music 1890-1935

Group of items

The Rise of Modernism in Music 1890-1935

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014230

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern

Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts - Vienna (Austria)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Modernism (Art)

Documentary

Drama

History → History

Music & Performing Arts → Music - 19th century

Music & Performing Arts → Music - 20th century

Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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