| Description |
1 audio disc (55 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
005417 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Musical; based on Father Knickerbocker's history of New York, by Washington Irving. |
| Performer |
Walter Huston, Jeanne Madden, Jean Darling, David Brooks, Robert Shackleton and members of the original Broadway cast ; orchestra conducted by Maurice de Abravanel and Harold Levy. |
| Event |
Recorded 1938 November and 1945 December. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program and biographical notes (7 unnumbered pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A history of New York -- Clickety clack -- Entrance of the council -- It never was you -- One touch of alchemy -- September song -- Finale: All hail the political honeymoon -- Prologue to scene two: There's nowhere to go but up -- To war! -- The scars -- September song (reprise) -- Finale ultimo: That's how you tell an American. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672 -- Drama.
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Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Musicals.
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Musicals. |
| Genre/Form |
Musicals.
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Musicals.
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| Subject |
Musicals. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959, librettist, lyricist.
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Huston, Walter, 1884-1950, singer.
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Madden, Jeanne, singer.
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Darling, Jean, singer.
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Brooks, David (Vocalist), singer.
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Shackleton, Robert, approximately 1914-1956, singer.
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Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993, conductor.
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Levy, Harold, conductor.
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Musical theatre adaptation of (work): Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
History of New York.
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Container of (work): Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Knickerbocker holiday.
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| Note |
At head of title: Playwrights' Company presents Walter Huston in |
| Standard No. |
765911000722 |
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00765911000722 |
| Music No. |
AEI-CD 007 AEI |
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