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The story of the little ballerina : also, Ballet music.
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- King, Yvonne, 1920-2009, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ballerinas--Juvenile sound recordings.
- Ballerinas.
- Ballerinas--Songs and music.
- Ballets--Excerpts.
- Ballets.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Songs and music.
- Children's sound recordings.
- Songs.
- Music.
- Excerpts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono ; 10 in.
- 10 in.
- Contained In:
- Stokowski-Gatewood Collection of Commercial Sound Recordings. Item 278
- Other Title:
- Little ballerina
- Place of Publication:
- Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor, 1953.
- System Details:
- analog
- 33 1/3 rpm
- microgroove
- mono
- Contents:
- The story of the little ballerina / King
- Sylvia: Pizzicato polka (1:48) / Delibes
- Les sylphides: Prelude no. 7 in A (0:48) ; Waltz in G-flat, op. 70 no. 1 (4:10) ; Mazurka in C, op. 67 no. 3 (2:15) / Chopin
- The sleeping beauty: Valse / Tchaikovsky
- Giselle (4:03): Variation of Giselle ; Mad scene ; Memory of the love scene ; Despair of Löys ; Finale of Act I / Adam.
- Participant:
- Nelson Olmstead, narrator ; Robert Lawrence, conductor (King) ; Michael Rosenker, violin (Adam) ; Leopold Stokowski conducting his symphony orchestra (all ballet music)
- Notes:
- Recorded May 9/11/16, 1950.
- Title from container.
- Red seal records.
- Transcription of The little ballerina [(12) p. :ill. booklet] inserted in container.
- No. on recording: LRY 8000 ; no. on booklet: WRY-8000.
- The 1st work a story by Yvonne King, adapted by Martin Weldon ; incidental music composed and conducted by Robert Lawrence.
- This recording was Record 212 in Stokowski's collection of recordings.
- Contains:
- Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Sylvia. Pizzicati
- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Piano music. Selections; arranged
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Spi︠a︡shchai︠a︡ krasavit︠s︡a. Valʹs
- Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856. Giselle. Selections
- Ballet music.
- Publisher Number:
- LRY 8000 RCA Victor
- WRY 8000 RCA Victor
- Access Restriction:
- Off-site storage: 24-hour retrieval.
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