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African and African-American art song

Title: African and African-American art song [sound recording] / presented by New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center ; series producer, Alan J. Pally.
Publication: New York, 2002.

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Not available - Please for assistance.	Audio	No restrictions	*LTC-A 965	Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
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Description

1 sound cassette : analog, stereo.

Summary

Betty Allen speaks about African-American poet, social activist, novelist and playwright Langston Hughes. One of the songs performed in the program is a setting of a text by Huges's (Song to the dark virgin).

Series Statement

Joy in singing ; history, commentary and performance of art songs

Uniform Title

Joy in singing ; history, commentary and performance of art songs.

Alternative Title

American and African-American art song

Subjects

Note

House program (2 p.) available on request.
"Each session of "Joy in singing" will be preceded by a brief talk on some aspect of the art song" -- Program.

Access (note)

Access restricted, original cassette requires preservation. Advance notification required for use.

Credits (note)

Introduced and hosted by Betty Allen.

Event (note)

Recorded, Mar. 6, 2002, the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y.

Language (note)

Sung in French, German and English; lecture in English.

Contents

African and African-American art song (Betty Allen, speaker) -- Le papillon et la fleur / Gabriel Fauré ; Hugo -- Dass sie hier gewesen / Franz Schubert ; R̈ückert -- L'Hiver a cessé / G. Fauré ; Verlaine -- Song to the dark virgin / Florence Price ; Langston Hughes -- Elle était déscendue au bas [de la prairie] / Lili Boulanger-- The silver swan / Ned Rorem ; Gibbons.

Call Number

*LTC-A 965

OCLC

761955978

Title

African and African-American art song [sound recording] / presented by New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center ; series producer, Alan J. Pally.

Imprint

New York, 2002.

Series

Joy in singing ; history, commentary and performance of art songs

Joy in singing ; history, commentary and performance of art songs.

Credits

Introduced and hosted by Betty Allen.

Performer

Naomi Gurt Lind (1st and 2nd works), James Martin (3rd and 4th works), Heidi Moss (5th and 6th works), [singers] ; Christopher Oldfather, pianist (all works).

Event

Recorded, Mar. 6, 2002, the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y.

Access

Access restricted, original cassette requires preservation. Advance notification required for use.

Language

Sung in French, German and English; lecture in English.

Added Author

Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Papillon et la fleur.

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Lyricist

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Dass sie hier gewesen.

Rückert, Friedrich, 1788-1866. Lyricist

Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Bonne chanson. Hiver a cessé.

Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896. Lyricist

Oldfather, Christopher. Performer

Price, Florence, 1887-1953. Song to the dark virgin.

Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918. Clairières dans le ciel. Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie.

Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Silver swan.

Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625. Madrigals and mottets. Silver swanne.

Lind, Naomi Gurt. Performer

Martin, James. Performer

Moss, Heidi. Performer

Allen, Betty, 1927-2009. Speaker

Pally, Alan J. Producer

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Research Call Number

*LTC-A 965

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