Porgy and Bess
- Title
- Porgy and Bess [sound recording] / George Gershwin ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward.
- Published by
- [New York] : RCA Victrola, p1976.
- Author
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Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound. | FormatMusical recording | AccessUse in library | Call number*LZR 40870 [Disc] | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Details
- Additional authors
- Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
- Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
- Steber, Eleanor.
- Jepson, Helen, 1904-1997.
- Stevens, Risë, 1913-
- Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960.
- Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
- Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994.
- Blackton, Jay, 1909-1994
- Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981
- Smallens, Alexander, 1889-1972
- Robert Shaw Chorale. prf
- Description
- 1 sound disc (35 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in.
- Series statement
- Victrola America historic recordings
- Uniform title
- Porgy and Bess. Selections
- Porgy and Bess (Opera)
- Alternative title
- Porgy and Bess.
- Collector's Porgy & Bess
- Summertime.
- Woman is a sometime thing.
- Gone, gone, gone.
- My man's gone now.
- Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'.
- Buzzard song.
- Bess, you is my woman now.
- It ain't necessarily so.
- Bess, oh where's my Bess/Oh Lawd, I'm on my way.
- Subject
- Contents
- Summertime (4:02) -- A woman is a sometime thing (3:25) -- Gone, gone, gone (4:47) -- My man's gone now (4:02) -- Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' (2:55) -- Buzzard song (3:43) -- Bess, you is my woman now (4:52) -- It ain't necessarily so (2:55) -- Bess, oh where's my Bess ; Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (3:32).
- Call number
- *LZR 40870
- Note
- Opera excerpts.
- Program notes by Edward Jablonski on container.
- Event (note)
- Recorded between 1935 and 1953.
- Author
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
- Title
- Porgy and Bess [sound recording] / George Gershwin ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward.
- Imprint
- [New York] : RCA Victrola, p1976.
- Series
- Victrola America historic recordings
- Performer
- Eleanor Steber and Helen Jepson, sopranos ; Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Lawrence Tibbett and Robert Merrill, baritones ; Cab Calloway ; Robert Shaw Chorale ; various orchestras and conductors: Jay Blackton, Robert Russell Bennett, Alexander Smallens.
- Event
- Recorded between 1935 and 1953.
- Added author
- Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983. Lyricist
- Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Lyricist
- Steber, Eleanor. Performer
- Jepson, Helen, 1904-1997. Performer
- Stevens, Risë, 1913- Performer
- Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960. Performer
- Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 Performer
- Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994. Performer
- Blackton, Jay, 1909-1994, conductor.
- Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981, conductor.
- Smallens, Alexander, 1889-1972, conductor.
- Robert Shaw Chorale. Performer
- Added title
- Porgy and Bess (Opera)
- Summertime.
- Woman is a sometime thing.
- Gone, gone, gone.
- My man's gone now.
- Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'.
- Buzzard song.
- Bess, you is my woman now.
- It ain't necessarily so.
- Bess, oh where's my Bess/Oh Lawd, I'm on my way.
- LCCN
- 76762527
- Publisher no.
- AVM1-1742 RCA Victrola
- Research call number
- *LZR 40870 Program notes on container.