Documentary ·Music · United Kingdom · 1946 · 20m

Instruments of the Orchestra

Director

Cast

Malcolm Sargent as London Symphony Orchestra as

Crew

Fred Gamage — Director of Photography John Trumper — Editor Benjamin Britten — Original Music Composer Eric Crozier — Writer Montagu Slater — Writer Alexander Shaw — Producer

Synopsis

British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's composition, "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", for which it was commissioned.

Key Collaborators

Muir Mathieson Director Fred Gamage Director of Photography John Trumper Editor Benjamin Britten Original Music Composer Eric Crozier Writer Montagu Slater Writer Alexander Shaw Producer

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