Elsie Houston : queen of Brazilian song.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Houston, Elsie, 1902-1943, performer.

Contributor:

Villa-Lobos, Lucília Guimarães, 1886-1966, performer.

Miguel, Pablo, performer.

Walter, Cy, 1915-1968, performer.

Carlito and his Brazilian Orchestra, performer.

Language:

English

French

Portuguese

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Songs (High voice).

Songs, Portuguese--Brazil.

Songs, Portuguese.

Vocal music.

Brazil.

Folk songs, Portuguese--Brazil.

Folk songs, Portuguese.

Vocal music--Brazil.

Genre:

Vocal music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Queen of Brazilian song

Place of Publication:

[Swarthmore, Pa.] : Marston, [2011]

Language Note:

Sung in Portuguese, Spanish (16th, 18th, 35th-41st works), French (19th-21st works), and English (22nd work).

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

mono

digital recording

Contents:

Gramophone Company, Paris, 20 June 1928. Desejo : Seresta no. 10 (:47) ; Na paz do outono : Seresta no. 6 (1:33) ; Realejo : Seresta no. 12 (:41) ; Estrela do céu é lua nova (1:12) / Villa-Lobos

Brazilian Columbia, Rio de Janeiro, early 1930. Côco dendê, trapiá (1:16) ; Ai! Sabiá da mata (2:17) / arranged by Houston. O barão da Bahia / Maria Amelia Barros (3:11). Cadeé minha pomba rola / arranged by Houston (3:05)

Gramophone Company, Paris, 26 September 1933. Eh! Jurupanan : côco (3:05) ; Berceuse africano-bresilienne (1:01) ; Oia o sapo : embolada (2:05) / arranged by Houston

Liberty Music Shop, New York [June 1938-July 1939]. Jongo (2:34) ; Fado (2:39). Toda p'ra você / Fernandez (2:38). Xangô / Villa-Lobos (1:17). Villancico andaluz (1:50) ; Villancico gallego (1:16) ; Villancico castellano (1:19) / Joaquin Nin. Sur l'herbe / Ravel (1:58). Quand je chante cette melodie / Nilvar (2:10). Mon ami / Jamblan ; Herpin (3:01). The cherry tree / S.L.M. Barlow (2:58)

RCA Victor, New York, 1941. Foi numa noite calmosa : (no. 5, Modinha carioca) / arranged by Luciano Gallet (4:01). Bahia : carateristica / Alvaro Moreira ; Hekel Tavares (1:51). Danza de caboclo : côco (:50) ; Bia-ta-tá : côco (1:23) ; Benedicto pretinho (1:01) / arranged by Tavares. Berimbau : op. 4 / Manuel Bandeira ; Jayme Ovalle (3:15). Tres potos de Santo : op. 10. Chariô ; Aruanda ; Estrella do Mar / Jayme Ovalle (3:40). Tayêras : song and dance of the Mulatresses from Bahia (1:39) ; Bambelelê : song from Pernambuco (1:22) / arranged by Gallet. Canção de carreiro : Seresta no. 8 / Villa-Lobos (4:21). Siete canciones populares españolas. El paño moruno ; Seguidilla murciana ; Asturiana ; Jota ; Nana ; Canción ; Polo / arranged by de Falla (11:58).

Participant:

Elsie Houston, soprano ; Lucilia Guimarães Villa-Lobos (1st-4th works), Pablo Miguel (23rd-41st works), unidentified (14th-20th works), Cy Walter (21st-22nd works), piano ; unidentified instrumental ensemble (Gaó, Zezinho, Jonas, Chaves, Petit) (5th-8th works) ; Carlito and his Brazilian Orchestra (9th, 11th works) ; unidentified percussionist (12th work) ; unidentified guitarists (13th work) ; unidentified ensemble (21st-22nd works).

Notes:

Songs, with accompaniment of piano (primarily), instrumental ensemble (5th-9th, 11th, 13th, 21st-22nd works), or percussion (12th work); the 10th work is unaccompanied.

Recorded in June 20, 1928 and Sept. 26, 1933, Paris, France; in June 1938-July 1939, Liberty Music Shop and in 1941, New York, N.Y.

Compact disc.

Program and biographical notes by Ed Blickstein and Gregor Benko in English (15 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Contains:

Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Serestas, voice, piano. Selections

Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Cançoẽs típicas brasileiras. Estrela é lua nova

Houston, Elsie, 1902-1943. Chants populaires du Brésil. Selections.

Barros, Maria de, 1887-1978. O barão da Bahia.

Fernández, Oscar Lorenzo, 1897-1948. Toada pra você.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Cançoẽs típicas brasileiras. Xangô

Nin, Joaquín, 1879-1949. Villancicos españoles. Selections

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Sur l'herbe.

Nilvar. Quand je chante cette melodie.

Herpin, Henri Laurent. Mon ami.

Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill), 1892-1982. Cherry tree.

Gallet, Luciano. Canções populares brasileiras. Foi numa noite calmosa.

Tavares, Hekel, 1896-1969. Bahia.

Tavares, Hekel, 1896-1969. Danza de caboclo.

Tavares, Hekel, 1896-1969. Bia-ta-tá.

Tavares, Hekel, 1896-1969. Benedicto pretinho.

Ovalle, Jayme. Berimbau.

Ovalle, Jayme. Pontos de santo.

Gallet, Luciano. Canções populares brasileiras. Tayêras.

Gallet, Luciano. Canções populares brasileiras. Bambelelê.

Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Canciones populares españolas.

OCLC:

768130985

Publisher Number:

638335101101

51011-2 Marston