| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in. |
| 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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mono |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Decca personality series
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Decca personality series.
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| Note |
Musical based on Bizet's opera Carmen, after Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy's adaptation of Prosper Mérimée's Carmen. |
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Includes a bonus track, following the cast recording. |
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Orchestra arrangements by Robert Russell Bennett. |
| Performer |
Muriel Smith (Carmen); Luther Saxon (Joe); Carlotta Franzell (Cindy Lou); Glenn Bryant (Husky Miller); June Hawkins (Myrt); Cozy Cole (Drummer); Jessica Russell (Frankie); Dick Montgomery (Dink); Randall Steplight (Soldier); supporting cast; chorus, Robert Shaw, conductor; orchestra; Joseph Littau, conductor. In the bonus track: Kitty Carlisle, vocals; Russ Morgan and his orchestra. |
| Event |
Recorded Jan. 17-20, 1944 (cast album) and Nov. 20, 1945 (bonus track). |
| Note |
Cast album originally released in Apr. 1944 as DA-366; bonus track originally released as DE-23542. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Oscar Hammerstein II, Robert Russell Bennett, and Brian Drutman, and synopsis ([20] p. : ill.) in container. |
| Contents |
Prelude (1:59) -- Opening scene. Introducing Lift 'em up and put 'em down : (Changing of the guard) (2:28) -- Dat's love : (Habanera) (3:40) -- You talk just like my maw : (Don José-Micaela duet) (4:16) -- Dere's a café on de corner : (Seguidilla) (4:23) -- Beat out dat rhythm on a drum : (Gypsy song) (4:06) -- Stan' up and fight : (Toreador song) (3:58) -- Whizzin' away along de track : (quintet) (4:18) -- Dis flower : (Flower song) (4:06) -- De cards don't lie : (Card song) (4:22) -- My Joe : (Micaela's air) (4:22) -- Dat's our man : (opening chorus, Act IV) (3:29) -- Finale (3:49) -- Bonus track: Beat out dat rhythm on a drum (3:05). |
| Subject |
Musicals -- Excerpts.
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Musicals -- Excerpts. |
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Musicals. |
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Carmen (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Carmen (Fictitious character) |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
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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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, lyricist.
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Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897, librettist.
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Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908, librettist.
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Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981, arranger.
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Smith, Muriel, 1923-1985, performer.
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Franzell, Carlotta, performer.
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Saxon, Luther, performer.
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Bryant, Glenn, performer.
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Hawkins, June, performer.
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Cole, Cozy, performer.
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Russell, Jessica, performer.
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Montgomery, Dick, performer.
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Steplight, Randall, performer.
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Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007, performer.
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Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999, conductor.
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Littau, Joseph, conductor.
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Morgan, Russ, conductor.
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Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
Carmen.
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Russ Morgan's Orchestra, performer.
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| Added Title |
Carmen (Carmen Jones). Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98037336
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| Music No. |
440 066 780-2 Decca Broadway |
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DA-366 Decca |
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DE-23542 Decca |
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