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Like other great partnerships, words and music, whether in the realm of pop or opera, exist in tension as well as harmony. Add foreign languages into the equation and things can really get complica...ted. The programme looks at how music can be a vehicle for carrying language to people who otherwise would have no familiarity with them, asks why rock and roll in Norwegian fails to find favour at the Eurovision Song Contest, and shows how opera translators grapple with rhyme, rhythm and vowel sounds to render the classics into English.
Like other great partnerships, words and music, whether in the realm of pop or opera, exist in tension as well as harmony. Add foreign languages into the equation and things can really get complica...ted. The programme looks at how music can be a vehicle for carrying language to people who otherwise would have no familiarity with them, asks why rock and roll in Norwegian fails to find favour at the Eurovision Song Contest, and shows how opera translators grapple with rhyme, rhythm and vowel sounds to render the classics into English.
| Item code: | LANG097; 01 |
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| First transmission date: | 1997-06-15 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 1997 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:29:38 |
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| Producer: | Penny Vine |
| Contributors: | John Bowen; Richard Coles; Karel Janovicky; Barry Ryan; David Syrus; Jeremy Sams; Amanda Holden; Simon Frith |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Eurovision Song Contest; Grand Opera; Music as Language |
| Master spool number: | 97YL0457 |
| Production number: | 97YL0457 |
| Available to public: | no |
