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The river suite : with The plough that broke the plains suite / Virgil Thomson.
LIBRA - Manuscripts Storage Ms. Coll. 636 Item 258
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
- Series:
- Landmarks of American music series
- Vanguard recordings for the connoisseur
- Standardized Title:
- River. Suite
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suites (Chamber orchestra).
- Suites (Orchestra).
- Motion picture music--Excerpts.
- Motion picture music.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Suites.
- Excerpts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (36:35 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.
- 12 in.
- Contained In:
- Stokowski-Gatewood Collection of Commercial Sound Recordings. Item 258
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Vanguard, 1961.
- System Details:
- analog
- 33 1/3 rpm
- microgroove
- stereo
- Contents:
- The river suite: The old south (9:12) ; Industrial expansion in the Mississippi valley (4:06) ; Soil erosion and floods (6:08) ; finale (3:54)
- The plough that broke the plains suite: Prelude (2:28) ; Cattle (2:47) ; Drought (2:29) ; Pastorale (0:51) ; Blues (1:21) ; Devastation (3:19) / Thomson.
- Participant:
- Symphony of the Air ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor.
- Notes:
- Program notes by S.W. Bennett on container.
- This recording was Record 325 in Gatewood's collection of recordings.
- Contains:
- Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Plow that broke the plains. Suite
- River.
- Plough that broke the plains.
- Publisher Number:
- VSD-2095 Vanguard
- Access Restriction:
- Off-site storage: 24-hour retrieval.
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