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Merrie England

Title: Merrie England [sound recording] / [music by] Edward German ; [libretto by] Basil Hood.
Author: German, Edward, Sir, 1862-1936.
Publication: Hayes, Middlesex, England : Double-Up, p1960.

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Description

2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo.; 12 in.

Uniform Title

Merrie England

Alternative Title

Merrie England

Subject

Operas

Note

Program notes and synopsis by Arthur Jacobs on container.

Event (note)

1960 original sound recording; digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, Apr. 1989: ADD.

Contents

Overture -- Opening chorus -- We are two proper men -- Oh! where the deer do lie -- I do counsel that your playtime -- That every Jack should have a Jill -- Love is meant to make us glad -- She had a letter from her love -- When true love hath found a man -- When a man is a lover -- The yeoman of England -- Entrance of Queen Elizabeth ; and God save Elizabeth ; into O peaceful England -- King Neptune sat on his lonely throne -- Finale, act one -- The month of May has come today -- In England, merrie England -- The big brass band -- It is the merry month of May -- The Queen of May is crowned today -- Rustic dance -- Dan Cupid hath a garden -- Two merry men a-drinking -- Who shall say that love is cruel? -- When Cupid first this old world trod -- Oh! here's a to-do to die to-day -- Finale, act two.

Call Number

*LZR 22598

LCCN

94760228

OCLC

31187772

Author

German, Edward, Sir, 1862-1936.

Title

Merrie England [sound recording] / [music by] Edward German ; [libretto by] Basil Hood.

Imprint

Hayes, Middlesex, England : Double-Up, p1960.

Performer

William McAlpine, June Bronhill, Peter Glossop, Monica Sinclair, Petricia Kern ; other soloists ; the Williams Singers ; and orchestra conducted by Michael Collins.

Event

1960 original sound recording; digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London, Apr. 1989: ADD.

Added Author

Hood, Basil, 1864-1917. Librettist

Bronhill, June, 1929-2005. Performer

Sinclair, Monica, 1925- Performer

McAlpine, William, 1925- Performer

Glossop, Peter, 1928- Performer

Collins, Michael, 1962-

Kern, Patricia. Performer

Dick Williams Singers. Performer

Publisher No.

DUOS 1211 Double-Up

Research Call Number

*LZR 22598 Program notes on container.

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