Research Catalog

The Telephone Hour

Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1941-02-24 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Publication
1941.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976
  • Melton, James, 1904-1961
  • White, Francia, 1908-1984
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
  • Dominguez, Alberto, 1913-1975.
  • Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.
  • Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
  • Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
  • Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907.
  • Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
  • Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, performer.
  • Bell Telephone Hour Chorus, performer.
  • National Broadcasting Company.
Found In
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Description
3 streaming audio files (approximately 30 min.) : digital, mono.
Uniform Title
  • Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
  • Go down, Moses.
Alternative Title
  • Bell Telephone Hour
  • Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Classical music radio programs.
  • Radio commercials.
Note
  • Title and date from original disc label; credits from audition.
  • Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
  • Matrix nos: BB25819 C1 (Disc 1, side 1), BB25821 C1 (Disc 1, side 2), BB25820 B2 (Disc 2).
  • "Telephone Hour, Prog 44, part 1; Telephone Hour, Prog 44, part 3; Telephone Hour, Prog 44, part 2 "-- On run-out of discs sides 1 and 2 and 3 respectively.
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the Performing Arts Research Center.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Spanish, Latin, English and Italian.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Contents
Link 1: Opening announcement ; Perfidia / music by Dominguez (Melton, chorus, orchestra) ; Announcement ; Salut d'amour (originally for violin and piano) / music by Elgar (orchestra) ; Announcement with commentary by White -- Link 2: Ave Maria (adapted to the first prelude of J.S. Bach ) / music by Gounod (White, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Announcement ; Fête bohème, from suite Scènes pittoresques / music by Massenet (orchestra) ; Announcement -- Link 3: A dream / music by Grieg (Melton, orchestra) ; Announcement ; Go down Moses (chorus, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Announcement ; Brindisi, from opera Traviata / music by Verdi ; libretto by Piave (White, Melton, orchestra, chorus) ; Closing announcement.
Call Number
*LK-16 867-868
OCLC
  • 944455207
  • 944455207
Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1941-02-24 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Production
1941.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
000850 000900 001138
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Warner Anderson, announcer ; James Melton, tenor ; Francia White, soprano and commentator ; Bell Telephone Hour Chorus ; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor.
Event
Broadcast on NBC Radio in New York 1941 February 24.
Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the Performing Arts Research Center.
Language
Sung in Spanish, Latin, English and Italian.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976, host.
Melton, James, 1904-1961, performer.
White, Francia, 1908-1984, performer.
White, Francia, 1908-1984, commentator.
Voorhees, Donald, conductor.
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876, librettist.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, composer.
Container of (work): Dominguez, Alberto, 1913-1975. Perfidia.
Container of (expression): Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Salut d'amour; arranged.
Container of (expression): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Ave Maria (Vocal version); arranged.
Container of (work): Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Scènes pittoresques. Fête bohème.
Container of (expression): Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Lieder, op. 48. Traum; arranged. English.
Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata. Libiamo ne lieti calici.
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, performer.
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus, performer.
National Broadcasting Company.
Added Title
Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
Container of (work): Go down, Moses.
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Found In:
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Research Call Number
*LK-16 867-868
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