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The muse surmounted Florence Foster Jenkins and eleven of her rivals.

Title: The muse surmounted [sound recording] : Florence Foster Jenkins and eleven of her rivals.
Publication: [U.S.A.] : Homophone, p2004.

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Description

1 sound disc (78 min., 24 sec.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

Florence Foster Jenkins and eleven of her rivals
Fado celestial.

Subjects

Note

Operatic arias and songs accompanied by piano, ensemble or orchestra.
Previously released recordings.
Program notes and performers' biographies in English (39 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

Originally recorded from 1920-1987.

Language (note)

Sung variously in Italian, English, German, French, and Portuguese.

Contents

Carmen potpourri / Bizet -- Fado celestial -- Reigen / Weber -- Artaserce [sic]. Va tra la selve / Graun -- Margita [sic]. Canzonetta / Meyer-Helmud [sic] -- Manon. Je marche / Massenet -- Samson and Dalila. Bacchanale / Saint-Saëns -- Il trovatore. Miserere ; Aida. Tomb scene ; Aida. Act four excerpt / Verdi -- Tosca (abridged) / Puccini -- The barber of Seville. Una voce poco fa / Rossini -- La traviata. Ah fors e lui. Sempre libera / Verdi -- Darling Nellie Gray / Hanby -- Valse caressante / McMoon -- Reminiscence of Florence Foster Jenkins / Cosme McMoon.

Call Number

*LDC 37191

OCLC

58399998

Title

The muse surmounted [sound recording] : Florence Foster Jenkins and eleven of her rivals.

Imprint

[U.S.A.] : Homophone, p2004.

Performer

Rosalina Mello (2nd work) ; Alice Gerstl Duschak (3rd work) ; Betty-Jo Schramm (4th work) ; Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (5th & 14th works) ; Natalia de Andrade (6th work) ; Olive Middleton (8th work) ; Norma-Jean Erdmann-Chadbourne (9th work) ; Sylvia Sawyer (10th work) ; Vassilka Petrova (11th work) ; Mari Lyn (12th work) ; Sari Bunchuk Wontner (13th work) ; Florence Foster Jenkins (15th work) ; with various assisting artists ; Homophone Orchestra (1st & 7th works).

Event

Originally recorded from 1920-1987.

Language

Sung variously in Italian, English, German, French, and Portuguese.

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Added Author

Mello, Rosalina. voc

Duschak, Alice Gerstl. voc

Schramm, Betty-Jo. voc

Bates-Batcheller, Tryphosa, 1876-1952. voc

Andrade, Natalia de. voc

Middleton, Olive, 1891-1974. voc

Erdmann-Chadbourne, Norma-Jean, 1899?-1975? voc

Sawyer, Sylvia. voc

Petrova, Vassilka. voc

Lyn, Mari, 1907-1989. voc

Wontner, Sari Bunchuk, approximately 1935-1981. voc

Jenkins, Florence Foster, 1868-1944.

McMoon, Cosme. Narrator

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Selections; arranged.

Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Deutsche Gesänge. Reigen.

Graun, Karl Heinrich, 1704-1759. Artaserse. Va tra la selve.

Meyer-Helmund, Erik, 1861-1932. Margitta. Canzonetta; arranged.

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Manon. Je marche sur tous les chemins; arranged.

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Samson et Dalila. Bacchanale.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Operas. English & Italian. Selections.

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca. Selections.

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Voce poco fa.

Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867. Darling Nelly Gray.

McMoon, Cosme. Valse caressante.

Homophone Orchestra. Performer

Added Title

Fado celestial.

Publisher No.

1001 Homophone

Research Call Number

*LDC 37191 Program notes on file.

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