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Title Betty Freeman: A Life For The Unknown / Director: Fenkart, Paul
Published Australia : SBS 2, 2012
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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 min. 59 sec.) ; 361232424 bytes
Summary Betty Freeman was one of the most influential figures in the rise of contemporary music. This documentary charts the life of the woman who gave a total of 432 grants and commissions to composers for everything from rent to recording expenses. Featuring interviews with the composers and musicians whose lives she has touched with her generosity and passion, this film is an inside look at the woman behind some of the world's most famous contemporary music. (From Germany, in English and German) (Documentary)
Event Broadcast 2012-04-14 at 20:30:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Freeman, Betty.
Art patronage.
Music patronage.
Women music patrons.
United States.
Form Streaming video
Author Fenkart, Paul, director
Bajusz, Izso, contributor
Birtwistle, Harrison, contributor
Boulez, Pierre, contributor
Cage, John, contributor
Fleischmann, Ernest, contributor
Freeman, Betty, contributor
Katanic, Predrag, contributor
Kyburz, Hanspeter, contributor
Lachenmann, Helmut, contributor
Mortier, Gerard, contributor
Ostrowski, John, contributor
Ploeger, Daniel, contributor
Reich, Steve, contributor
Rich, Alan, contributor
Salonen, Pekka, contributor
Sellars, Peter, contributor
Stadler, Frank, contributor
Wilson, Robert, contributor