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Colloquy for strings : quintet [demo recording]

Title
Colloquy for strings : quintet [demo recording], June 1953 / music by Tom Scott. [Final [3rd] section of songs from "The fisherman" : rehearsal for soloists and piano], February 1957 / music by Tom Scott.
Author
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961
Publication
1953, 1957.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
  • Scott, Tom, 1912-1961
  • Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
  • Scott, Tom, 1912-1961.
Found In
Tom Scott audio collection, 1941-1960.
Description
1 streaming audio file (32:31) : digital, mono.
Alternative Title
Tom Scott audio collection.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Demo recordings.
  • Operas.
Note
  • Title from cataloger; additional notes from original orchestral score (JPB 1208, b. 13, f. 1)
  • "Coloquy [Colloquy] [for] strings; quintet; June/ 53; 2/ /57; 4"--From original audiotape reel container (5 in.)
  • "Tom Scott collection; Colloquy for strings; 2/57 or 06/53; tape #4; original 5" rehoused"--From original audiotape reel container (7 in.)
  • "Libretto adapted by the composer from 'The fisherman and his soul' by Oscar Wilde"--From original orchestral score (Part 2).
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only onsite at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Source (note)
  • Music Division, Tom Scott papers
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Tom Scott audio collection, 1941-1960.
Contents
  • Part 1: Colloquy for strings: 1st movement (0:00-7:15) ; 2nd movement (7:24-11:44) ; 3rd movement (11:52-16:24) / Tom Scott.
  • Part 2: Rehearsal of song selections from the opera "The fisherman": 1st song (tenor & piano) (0:00-4:27) [ends abruptly] ; 2nd song (tenor & baritone & piano) (4:34-8:51) [ends abruptly] ; 3rd song (tenor & piano) (8:58-13:25) ; 3rd to 4th song [p. 25-26 in score] (tenor & piano) (13:36-14:29) ; 4th song (tenor, contralto & piano) (14:30-16:06) [ends abruptly].
Call Number
*LT-7-A 4100
OCLC
954050449
Author
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961, composer.
Title
Colloquy for strings : quintet [demo recording], June 1953 / music by Tom Scott. [Final [3rd] section of songs from "The fisherman" : rehearsal for soloists and piano], February 1957 / music by Tom Scott.
Production
1953, 1957.
Playing Time
001624 001607
Type of Content
performed music
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio files WAV file
Performer
Part 1: [Unidentified string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello and double bass?)]. Part 2: Tom Scott, composer and piano ; with an unidentified tenor (The fisherman), a baritone (Minsterel) and a contralto (Young witch) ; Tom Scott, conductor.
Event
Demo recorded [Tom Scott's house, New York, New York] June 1953 (Part 1); Rehearsal recorded [New York, New York] February 1957 (Part 2).
Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only onsite at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half-track, mono, NAB ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 4100, rewound from 5 in. hub.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Tom Scott audio collection, 1941-1960.
Local Note
Preservation files: (2 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lt7a4100_v01f01_em (Part 1) and myh_lt7a4100_v01f02_em (Part 2)].
Source
Separated from; Music Division, Tom Scott papers, 1912-1970 (bulk 1942-1960); JPB 12-08.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, librettist.
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961, performer.
Adaptation of (work): Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Fisherman and his soul.
Container of (work): Scott, Tom, 1912-1961. Colloquy for strings.
Container of (work): Scott, Tom, 1912-1961. Fisherman. Selections; arranged.
Scott, Susanna, donor.
Added Title
Tom Scott audio collection.
Found In:
Tom Scott audio collection, 1941-1960.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 4100
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