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Lost in the stars a new concert suite; Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Title
Lost in the stars [videorecording] : a new concert suite; Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; performance series co-producer, Tom Roush ; television producer, Catherine Tatge and Dominique Lasseur ; television director, Catherine Tatge ; music by Kurt Weill ; libretto by Maxwell Anderson.
Publication
1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
  • Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.
  • Drew, David.
  • Wexler, Peter.
  • Davies, Dennis Russell.
  • Allen, Betty, 1927-2009
  • Evans, Damon
  • Vargas, Milagro
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Gregg Smith Singers.
  • Morgan State University. Choir.
  • American Composers Orchestra.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (28 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Excerpts from Lost in the stars are interspersed with commentary by David Drew, Peter Wexler, Dennis Russell Davies, and Betty Allen. The speakers discuss the 1950 Broadway show of the same name by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson from which Drew adapted this concert suite version; the book Cry the beloved country, on which the show was based, and its subject, South Africa; Weill's music and the show's place in his career. Excerpts performed include Hills of Ixopo; Train to Johannesburg; Who'll buy?; and Cry, the beloved country.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 021
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Music.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Lost in the stars: a new concert suite adapted by David Drew from the Broadway show by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson; concert suite directed by Peter Wexler.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 7 and 8, 1988.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1021
OCLC
NYPG06-F640
Title
Lost in the stars [videorecording] : a new concert suite; Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; performance series co-producer, Tom Roush ; television producer, Catherine Tatge and Dominique Lasseur ; television director, Catherine Tatge ; music by Kurt Weill ; libretto by Maxwell Anderson.
Imprint
1988.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 021
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Lost in the stars: a new concert suite adapted by David Drew from the Broadway show by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson; concert suite directed by Peter Wexler.
Performer
Interviewees: David Drew, Peter Wexler, Dennis Russell Davies, Betty Allen. Excerpts from Lost in the stars performed by Damon Evans, Milagro Vargas, The Gregg Smith Singers, The Morgan State University Singers, and the American Composers Orchestra, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 7 and 8, 1988.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Added Author
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Lost in the stars.
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Librettist
Drew, David. Adapter
Drew, David. Interviewee
Wexler, Peter. Director
Wexler, Peter. Interviewee
Davies, Dennis Russell. Conductor
Davies, Dennis Russell. Interviewee
Allen, Betty, 1927-2009, interviewee.
Evans, Damon, singer.
Vargas, Milagro, singer.
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Gregg Smith Singers.
Morgan State University. Choir.
American Composers Orchestra.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1021
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