09 Jun 2021
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Derived from an installation, an asymmetrical orchestration of "motion paintings" pushing the limits of abstraction in the digital age.
A Symposium on Popular Songs
Sixty Years of Syncopation...FROM "RAGTIME" TO THE "BIG BEAT"
Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly.
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Paul Frees Ludwig Von Drake
Gloria Wood The Andrews Sisters singing The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man / Helen Kane
Billy Storm Man Singing Puppy Love Is Here to Stay
Skip Farrell Bing Crosby
Ray Bauduc Musician-Percussion
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