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A hand is on the gate an original cast recording and Ivor David Balding Production for the Establishment Theatre Company, Inc.

Title
  1. A hand is on the gate [sound recording] : an original cast recording and Ivor David Balding Production for the Establishment Theatre Company, Inc.
Published by
  1. [New York, N.Y.] : Verve Folkways, [1966]

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FormatAudioAccessUse in libraryCall number*LZR 70455 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Additional authors
  1. Bibb, Leon
  2. Browne, Roscoe Lee
  3. Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001
  4. Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993
  5. Holly, Ellen, 1931-2023
  6. Jones, James Earl
  7. Premice, Josephine
  8. Tyson, Cicely
Description
  1. 2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono.; 12 in.
Subject
  1. Original cast recordings
  2. Revues
  3. Folk songs, English > United States
  4. American poetry > African American authors
  5. Folk music > United States
  6. Popular music > 1961-1970
  7. African Americans > Music
Genre/Form
  1. Original cast recordings.
Contents
  1. From the dark tower ; The negro speaks of rivers ; Frederick Douglass ; We wear the mask (4:34) -- Runagate runagate ; From the dark symphony: Lento grave ; O black and unknown bards ; 'Buked and scorned (10:04) -- Ol' Lem ; Sonnet to a negro in Harlem ; Southern mansion ; Mother to son (4:20) -- Sence you went away ; When Malindy sings ; A negro love song ; All hid ; Little boy (8:12) -- An old women remembers ; Between the world and me ; My angel ; Dink's song (11:09) -- Journey to a parallel ; The end of man is his beauty ; The ballad of Rudolph Reed ; A moment please ; We have been believers ; O' Shenandoah ; From speech: I have heard (15:35) -- La vie c'est la vie ; At early morn (1:35) -- The elevator man ; Look at that gal ; Glory, glory (3:49) -- To a young poet ; From four questions ; Counterpoint (1:55) -- Meanwhile a Mississippi mother burns bacon and the last quatrain of the aballad of Emmett Till ; Bound no'th blues ; Ma Rainey ; Get up, blues ; The rebel ; Distant drum (19:35) -- No images ; Why try ; Ontogeny recapitulates ; Robert Whitmore ; Harlem sweeties (6:10) -- From a street in Bronzeville: Kitchenette ; After Winter ; When in Rome ; American gothic ; To Satch (3:50) -- Jane Jane ; Epigram ; Conception ; Alien (3:01) -- My Lord, what a morning ; The preacher ruminates ; Personal ; Preface to a 20 volume suicide note ; Careless love (6:51) -- This ain't no mass thing ; Rocks and gravel ; If the birds (:25).
Call number
  1. *LZR 70455
Note
  1. Musical revue interspersing folk and popular songs with poetry recitations.
  2. Program and biographical notes on container.
Event (note)
  1. Recorded Sept. 26, 27 and 29, 1966 in New York City.
Title
  1. A hand is on the gate [sound recording] : an original cast recording and Ivor David Balding Production for the Establishment Theatre Company, Inc.
Imprint
  1. [New York, N.Y.] : Verve Folkways, [1966]
Performer
  1. Performed by Leon Bibb, Roscoe Lee Browne, Gloria Foster, Moses Gunn, Ellen Holly, James Earl Jones, Josephine Prémice and CicelyTyson ; with instrumental acc.
Event
  1. Recorded Sept. 26, 27 and 29, 1966 in New York City.
Added author
  1. Bibb, Leon, performer.
  2. Browne, Roscoe Lee, director.
  3. Browne, Roscoe Lee, performer.
  4. Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001, performer.
  5. Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, performer.
  6. Holly, Ellen, 1931-2023, performer.
  7. Jones, James Earl, performer.
  8. Premice, Josephine, performer.
  9. Tyson, Cicely, performer.
Publisher no.
  1. FV-9040-2-OC Verve Folkways
Research call number
  1. *LZR 70455 Program notes on container.
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