| Description |
1 audio disc (49 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
004900 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
"The highest of all arts, to gypsies, is the bajour--a confidence game in which they swindle lonely and unhappy women out of their life savings. Among gypsies, a talented bajour woman is the most precious possission of her husbnd's tribe."--Notes, p. 12. |
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Based on the New Yorker stories by Joseph Mitchell. |
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Orchestrations by Mort Lindsey; dance music arr. by Richard De Benedictis; vocal arrangements by Lehman Engel. |
| Performer |
Chita Rivera (Anyanka); Nancy Dussault (Emily Kirsten); Herschel Bernardi (Cockeye Johnny Dembo); Robert Burr (Lou MacNiall); Mae Questel (Mrs. Helene Kirsten); Gus Trikonis (Steve); Herbert Edelman (King of Newark); supporting cast; orchestra; Lehman Engel, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Nov. 29, 1964, Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York City. |
| Note |
"Consists of previously released material"--Container. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Ken Mandelbaum and synopsis by Curtis F. Brown in English with German, French, and Italian translations (40 p. : ill.) in container. |
| Contents |
Overture (4:18) -- Move over, New York (2:48) -- Where is the tribe for me? (4:28) -- The haggle (1:59) -- Love-line (3:31) -- Words, words, words (4:18) -- Mean (4:12) -- Bajour (3:35) -- Must it be love? (2:41) -- Soon (2:40) -- I can (2:57) -- Living simply (3:17) -- Honest man (3:21) -- Guarantees ; Love is a chance (3:30) -- Finale : Move over, America (:52). |
| Subject |
Musicals -- Excerpts.
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Musicals -- Excerpts. |
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Musicals. |
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Musicals. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Kinoy, Ernest, librettist.
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Mitchell, Joseph, 1908-1996.
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Lindsey, Mort, 1923-2012, arranger.
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DeBenedictis, Dick, 1937- arranger.
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Rivera, Chita, performer.
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Dussault, Nancy, performer.
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Bernardi, Herschel, performer.
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Burr, Robert, performer.
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Questel, Mae, 1910-1998, performer.
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Trikonis, Gus, performer.
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Edelman, Herb, 1933-1996, performer.
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Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982, arranger, conductor.
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| Added Title |
Bajour. Selections
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Bajour |
| Music No. |
SK 48208 Sony Broadway |
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