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America : an epic rhapsody / Ernest Bloch.
LIBRA - Manuscripts Storage Ms. Coll. 636 Item 91
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959.
- Series:
- Landmarks of American music series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symphonic poems.
- Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Symphonic poems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (1:01:25 hrs.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.
- 12 in.
- Contained In:
- Stokowski-Gatewood Collection of Commercial Sound Recordings. Item 91
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Vanguard, [between 1960 and 1969]
- System Details:
- analog
- 33 1/3 rpm
- microgroove
- stereo
- Contents:
- America. 1620: The soil ; The Indians ; England ; The Mayflower ; The landing of the pilgrims
- 1861-1865: Hours of joy ; Hours of sorrow
- 1926: The present ; The future / Bloch.
- Participant:
- The Symphony of the Air ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor ; The American Concert Choir ; Margaret Hillis, director.
- Notes:
- Recorded February 1960.
- Program notes by Sidney Finkelstein and biographical notes on container.
- Includes track of Ernest Bloch discussing America: an epic rhapsody.
- Glued to the inside sleeve is a review of the piece.
- This recording was Record 54 in Gatewood's collection of recordings.
- Publisher Number:
- VSD 2065 Vanguard
- Access Restriction:
- Off-site storage: 24-hour retrieval.
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