Electronic opera #2 [videorecording] / Nam June Paik. [1970 or 1972]

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Paik, Nam June, 1932-2006. Electronic opera #2 [videorecording] / Nam June Paik.

Electronic opera #2 [videorecording] / Nam June Paik. [1970 or 1972]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191703196

In this piece an image of a toy piano on fire is accompanied by Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 4 in G, op. 58, performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. With the last notes of the concerto, the burning piano collapses in the flames.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (8 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. original.1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (8 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. archival master.1 videocassette of 1 (Digital Betacam) (8 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. copy master.1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (8 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. use copy.

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