Research Catalog

Title

Selections from Porgy and Bess [sound recording] [Lyrics by] Du Bose Heyward [and] I. Gershwin.

Author

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Publication

[New York] : Decca, [1955]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Brown, Anne, 1912-2009.
• Decca Symphony Orchestra. prf
• Duncan, Todd.
• Smallens, Alexander, 1889-1972.

Description

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

Uniform Title

Porgy and Bess. Selections

Alternative Title

• Porgy and Bess
• Porgy and Bess.

Subject

• Operas > Excerpts

Performer (note)

• "A Decca original cast album," featuring Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, and other members of the original New York cast; Decca Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Smallens, conductor.

Contents

Overture and Summertime -- A woman is a sometime thing (Introducing: Summertime) -- My man's gone now -- It take a long pull to get there -- I got plenty o' nuttin' -- Buzzard song -- Bess, you is my woman -- It ain't necessarily so -- What you want wid Bess? -- Strawberry woman's call-crab man's call -- The requiem -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York -- Porgy's lament and Finale.

Call Number

*LZR 20442

LCCN

ra 60000037

Author

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Title

Selections from Porgy and Bess [sound recording] [Lyrics by] Du Bose Heyward [and] I. Gershwin.

Imprint

[New York] : Decca, [1955]

Performer

"A Decca original cast album," featuring Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, and other members of the original New York cast; Decca Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Smallens, conductor.

Local Note

Library's copy lacks original container.

Added Author

Brown, Anne, 1912-2009. Performer

Duncan, Todd. Performer

Smallens, Alexander, 1889-1972. Conductor

Decca Symphony Orchestra. Performer

Added Title

Porgy and Bess

Publisher No.

DL 9024 Decca

Research Call Number

*LZR 20442