Research Catalog

The Telephone Hour

Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1941-05-19 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Publication
1941.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976
  • Melton, James, 1904-1961
  • Heidt, Winifred
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897
  • Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908
  • Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
  • Poldini, Ede, 1869-1957.
  • Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  • 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)
  • Loch Lomond (Song)
Alternative Title
  • Bell Telephone Hour
  • Little David, play on your harp.
  • 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: BB26741 C1 (Disc 1, side 1), BB26743 C1 (Disc 1, side 2), BB26742 B2 (Disc 2).
  • "Telephone Hour, Prog 56, part 1; Telephone Hour, Prog 56, part 3; Telephone Hour, Prog 56, 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 Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English and French.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Contents
Link 1: Opening announcement ; Take my thanks (known as Dedication or Devotion, originally for voice and piano) / music by R. Strauss (Melton, orchestra) ; Announcement ; Dancing doll (originally for piano) / music by Poldini (orchestra) ; Announcement ; Seguidilla, from opera Carmen / music by Bizet (Heidt, orchestra) ; libretto by Meilhac and Halévy ; Bell Telephone ad -- Link 2: Announcement with commentary on Tchaikovsky ; Canzonetta, from Violin Concerto in D major / music by Tchaikovsky (orchestra) ; Announcement ; Loch Lomond (or Bonnie Banks) (Melton, chorus, orchestra) ; Announcement -- Link 3: Little David, play on your harp (chorus, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Announcement ; Home to our mountains, from opera Il Trovatore / music by Verdi (Heidt, Melton, orchestra) ; Closing announcement.
Call Number
*LK-16 888-889
OCLC
  • 945634049
  • 945634049
Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1941-05-19 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Production
1941.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
000921 001017 000932
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Warner Anderson, announcer ; James Melton, tenor and commentator ; Winifred Heidt, mezzo-soprano ; Bell Telephone Hour Chorus ; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor and commentator.
Event
Broadcast on NBC Radio in New York 1941 May 19.
Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Language
Sung in English and French.
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.
Heidt, Winifred, performer.
Voorhees, Donald, conductor.
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897, librettist.
Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908, librettist.
Container of (expression): Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Lieder, op. 10. Zueignung; arranged. English.
Container of (expression): Poldini, Ede, 1869-1957. Marionettes. Poupée valsante; arranged.
Container of (work): Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Près des remparts de Séville.
Container of (expression): Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 35, D major. Canzonetta; arranged.
Container of (expression): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore. Sì, la stanchezza. English.
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, performer.
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus, performer.
National Broadcasting Company.
Added Title
Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
Container of (work): Loch Lomond (Song)
Little David, play on your harp.
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Found In:
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Research Call Number
*LK-16 888-889
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