MOOD CONTRASTS
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6m 50s
Actual pictures of sound captured on Cathode Ray Oscilloscope. Music now entertains eye as well as ear. Film artist Mary Ellen Bute combines Science and Art to create SEEING SOUND. A Ted Nemeth Studio production.
"A charmingly lyrical interpretation of [Nikolai] Rimsky-Korsakov's HYMN TO THE SUN, the colors float across the screen... capturing the mysterious Oriental mood of the music." — Howard Thompson, New York Times
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