| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
000912 000256 001800 002100 000356 000525 |
| 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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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
The 3rd work is a secular cantata; the 4th work is a ballet. |
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The 1st work for soprano, chorus and orchestra; the 2nd work for mixed chorus, unacc.; the 3rd work for mezzo-soprano, narrator, 2 choruses, and orchestra; the 4th work for orchestra; the 5th-6th works for organ. |
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The 2nd work is a song by Stephen Forster, harmonized by Still, and arr. for chorus by Dana Paul Pena. |
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Words of the 1st work by Verna Arvey; libretto of the 3rd work by Katherine Garrison Chapin. |
| Performer |
William Warfield, narrator (3rd work); Yolanda Williams, soprano (1st work); Hilda Harris, mezzo- soprano (3rd work); Ensemble Singers, Chorus, and Orchestra of the Plymouth Series of Minnesota (variously,1st-4th works); Leigh Morris Chorale (3rd work); Philip Brunelle, organ (5th-6th works), and conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Oct. 11, 1995, Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis (organ works); and Aug. 23-25, 1995, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis (remainder). |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Dominique-René de Lerma in English with French and German translations, and texts (15 p.) in container. |
| Contents |
Wailing woman (9:12) -- Swanee River : (Old folks at home) / Stephen Foster (2:56) -- And they lynched him on a tree.We've swung him higher ; Look dere ; Oh, sorrow ; He was her baby ; They took away his freedom ; They left him hanging (18:00) -- Miss Sally's party. Introduction ; The square dance ; Tias' dance ; Toby and Tip's dance ; The country dance ; Miss Sally's dance ; Jim Slack's dance ; The cake walk contest (21:00) -- Reverie (3:56) -- Elegy (5:25). |
| Language |
The 2nd work is wordless; the 1st and 3rd works sung in English. |
| Subject |
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Arvey, Verna, 1910-1987 -- Musical settings.
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Arvey, Verna, 1910-1987. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Cantatas, Secular.
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Cantatas, Secular. |
| Genre/Form |
Cantatas, Secular.
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| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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| Genre/Form |
Ballets.
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| Subject |
Organ music.
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Organ music. |
| Genre/Form |
Organ music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Arvey, Verna, 1910-1987, lyricist.
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Chapin, Katherine Garrison, 1890-1977, librettist.
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Pena, Dana Paul, arranger.
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Warfield, William, narrator.
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Williams, Yolanda, performer.
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Harris, Hilda, 1930- performer.
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Brunelle, Philip, 1943- performer, conductor.
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Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
Wailing woman.
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Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864.
Old folks at home; arranged.
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Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
And they lynched him on a tree.
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Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
Miss Sally's party.
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Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
Reverie.
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Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
Elegies, organ.
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Leigh Morris Chorale, performer.
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Plymouth Music Series (Musical group), performer.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98014201
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William Grant Still |
| Note |
Vol. title on container spine: Music of William Grant Still |
| Added Title |
Swanee River.
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| Music No. |
14542 Collins Classics |
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