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Hermit songs

Title: Hermit songs [sound recording] / Barber. String quartet, no. 1 / Haieff.
Author: Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.
Publication: [New York] : Columbia, [1955]

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Description

1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono.; 12 in.

Series Statement

Modern American music series.

Uniform Title

Hermit songs

Alternative Title

Hermit songs

Subjects

Note

First side commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress and first performed there by the same artists, Oct. 30, 1953; second side commissioned by the Ojai Festival ltd., through the Huntington Hartford Foundation, in 1949.
Recorded under the supervision of the composer.
Program notes and texts on container.

Contents

At Saint Patrick's purgatory -- Church bell at night -- Saint Ita's vision -- The heavenly banquet -- The crucifixion -- Sea-snatch -- Promiscuity -- The monk and his cat -- The praises of God -- The desire for hermitage.

Call Number

*LZR 17992

LCCN

r 55000450

OCLC

23068810

Author

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.

Title

Hermit songs [sound recording] / Barber. String quartet, no. 1 / Haieff.

Imprint

[New York] : Columbia, [1955]

Series

Modern American music series.

Performer

Leontyne Price, soprano (1st side) ; Samuel Barber, piano (1st side) ; Juilliard String Quartet (2nd side).

Added Author

Price, Leontyne. Performer

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Performer

Haieff, Alexei, 1914-1994. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 1.

Library of Congress. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation.

Juilliard String Quartet. Performer

Publisher No.

ML 4988 Columbia

Research Call Number

*LZR 17992 Program notes on container. Lyrics on container.

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