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Maria and the Lost Movie (2023)
7 / 10

Documentary, History

The pianist Miguel Ángel Lozano embarks on a personal and artistic journey with the purpose of reconstructing the life of his grandmother, Maria...

Satie and Suzanne (1996)
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Romance, Music

As the waters of the river Seine overflow their banks and surround a Parisian café, composer Erik Satie nurtures bittersweet memories of his...

Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man (1977)
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History, Music, TV Movie

A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and insurance executive), who combined strikingly...

Facing the Music (2001)
6.8 / 10

Documentary, Music

Anne Boyd, one of Australia's leading contemporary composers, teaches music at the publicly funded University of Sydney. This documentary chronicles...

Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… (1979)
0 / 10

Documentary

A portrait of one of England's greatest composers. Winner of the Prix Italia.

Scotland: Edinburgh, the Highlands and the Hebrides (1969)
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Documentary, Music

This fascinating musical exploration of Scotland retraces the journey taken in 1829 by acclaimed composer Felix Mendelssohn, which inspired some of...

Leoš Janáček (1955)
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Documentary, Music

Famous Composers: Joseph Haydn (1969)
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Documentary

Joseph Haydn is renowned for taking the established forms of the symphony and string quartet and shaping them into the powerful media for musical...

Mussorgsky (1950)
4.5 / 10

History, Drama

Saint Petersburg, 1858. A group of composers known as The Five meet at Balakirev's. Young Modest Mussorgsky, both a civil servant and a musician, has...

The Passions of Vaughan Williams (2008)
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Documentary, Music, TV Movie

Fifty years after his death, this musical and psychological portrait of Ralph Vaughan Williams explores the passions that drove a giant of...

O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams (2007)
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Documentary, Music

Award-winning filmmaker Tony Palmer directs this riveting documentary on the life and times of influential English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams....

Santini's Network (2014)
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Drama

Santini's Network is a biographical film by German filmmaker Georg Brintrup on the life of Roman music collector Fortunato Santini and how his famous...

Philip Glass: Looking Glass (2005)
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Documentary

This documentary captures the overflowing energy and activity of one today's greatest composers, Philip Glass, and allows us to follow him from New...

Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided (2018)
9.8 / 10

Documentary

One of the first US born conductors to receive worldwide fame, Leonard Bernstein is an exceptional composer and certainly not only due to The West...

Die geniale Schwester Fanny Hensel, geb. Mendelssohn (2023)
8 / 10

Documentary

Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams (2006)
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Documentary

Shot over the course of a year, this intimate portrait of provocative composer John Adams presents scenes of the artist at work and at play against...

How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage) (2012)
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Documentary

2012 documentary on John Cage celebrating his 100th birthday in the form of a re-edit of partially unused film material shot for the film 'Time is...

Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017)
10 / 10

Music, History, Documentary

Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and...

Till The Clouds Roll By: Real to Reel (2006)
0 / 10

Documentary

A short documentary on Jerome Kern and the making of Till the Clouds Roll By.

Deep Listening: The Story Of Pauline Oliveros (2022)
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Documentary

Pauline Oliveros isn’t just one of the most influential 20th century composers , she’s literally changed the way many people hear and play music...