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Author Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Title Perséphone : for narrator, tenor, and chorus [and orchestra] / melodrama by André Gide ; [music by Igor] Stravinsky.

Publication Info. [New York, N.Y.] : Columbia Masterworks, [1957]

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 Talbott Westminster Archives  Preservation Room V378796    Lib Use Only  Ask Librarian for access
Description 1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono ; 12 in.
Physical Medium 12 in.
Description analog
33 1/3 rpm
microgroove
mono
Note In 3 parts.
Performer Vera Zorina, narrator; Richard Robinson, tenor; Westminster Choir, John Finley Williamson, director; New York Philharmonic; Igor Stravinsky, conductor.
Note Ed. recorded: Boosey & Hawkes.
Program notes by Robert Craft in English, and text with English translation (11 p.) in slipcover.
Contents Persephone abducted = Perséphone ravie -- Persephone in the underworld = Perséphone aux enfers -- Persephone restored = Perséphone renaissante.
Local Note Westminster Choir College faculty member publication.
Language Narrated and sung in French.
Subject Monologues with music (Chorus with orchestra)
Monologues with music (Chorus with orchestra)
Persephone (Greek deity) -- Drama.
Persephone (Greek deity)
Genre/Form Drama.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Zorina, Vera, narrator.
Robinson, Richard, 1929-2007, performer.
Williamson, John Finley, 1887-1964, conductor.
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, conductor.
Gide, André, 1869-1951. Perséphone.
Westminster Choir, performer.
New York Philharmonic, performer.
Music No. ML 5196 Columbia Masterworks