Sound the Trumpets Beat the Drums

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Sound the Trumpets Beat the Drums

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The late 60s saw globetrotting filmmaker Tony Williams shoot and edit two films for Iranian director Mahmoud Khosrowshahi. Here Williams chronicles an east meets west festival held in the Iranian city of Shiraz. Williams’ love affair with music and montage helps lend pace and life to a film whose sonic interests range from Iranian lutes and Indian oboes to American Cathy Berberian, who is busy turning comic strips into song. A glimpse of cosmopolitan Iran prior to the Iranian Revolution, it i...

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1969

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/sound-the-trumpets-beat-the-drums-1969

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oboe / tar / lute / royalty / shahbanu / farah pahlavi / ali-akbar shahnazi / arthur rubinstein / japan / india / kathakali / cathy berberian / piano / ballet / opera / dance / culture / world music / musical instruments / singing / shiraz / performance / music / festival / persia / iranian / iran / middle east / bismillah khan / andrew porter

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