Link 1: Opening announcement ; Psalmody (excerpt) from Prologue of opera "Mefistofele" / music and libretto by Boito (chorus, orchestra) ; Announcement ; Swear not by the inconstant moon (arranged from the Love theme of Romeo and Juliet) / music by Tchaikovsky ; words from the play by Shakespeare (Melton, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad -- Link 2: Announcement ; Intermezzo (originally for violin and piano) / music by Provost ; lyrics by Henning (White, orchestra) ; Announcement ; Fantasie-impromptu (originally for piano) / music by Chopin (orchestra) ; Announcement ; Come where my love lies dreaming (originally for unacc. vocal quartets) / music by Foster (Melton, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad -- Link 3: Announcement ; Love duet from opera "Madama Butterfly" / music by Puccini ; libretto by Illica and Giacosa (White, Melton, orchestra) ; Closing announcement.
Call number
*LK-16 911-912
Note
Title from original disc label; credits from audition.
Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
Matrix nos: BB28037 C1 (Disc 1, side 1), BB28039 C1 (Disc 1, side 2), BB28038 B2 (Disc 2).
"Telephone Hour, Prog 73, part 1; Telephone Hour, Prog 73, part 3; Telephone Hour, Prog 73, 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 Italian.
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1941-09-15 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Production
1941.
Country of producing entity
United States
Playing time
000943 001215 000744
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 ; Bell Telephone Hour Chorus ; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor.
Event
Broadcast on NBC Radio in New York 1941 September 15.
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 Italian.
Linking entry
Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.