Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 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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digital recording |
Note |
Musical. |
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Music by Kurt Weill; original lyrics by Bert Brecht; English adaptation of book and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein; based on John Gay's The beggar's opera. |
Performer |
Scott Merrill (Macheath (Mack the Knife)); Martin Wolfson (Mr. J.J. Peachum); Jo Sullivan (Polly Peachum); Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Peachum); Gerald Price (Streetsinger); Beatrice Arthur (Lucy Brown); George Tyne (Tiger Brown); Lotte Lenya (Jenny); supporting cast; orchestra; Samuel Matlowsky, piano, conductor. In the bonus track: Lotte Lenya, vocal; Marc Blitzstein, piano. |
Event |
Recorded Apr. 1954. |
Note |
"Originally released as M-G-M album E/SE 3121, July 1954"--Notes, p. 15. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by David Farneth, and synopsis from the 1954 release (15 p. : ports.) in container. |
Contents |
Prologue : (spoken) -- Overture -- The ballad of Mack the Knife -- Morning anthem -- Instead-of-song -- Army song -- Wedding song -- Love song -- Ballad of dependency -- The world is mean -- Melodrama ; and, Polly's song -- Pirate Jenny -- Tango-ballad -- Ballad of the easy life -- Barbara song -- Jealousy duet -- How to survive -- Useless song -- Solomon song -- Call from the grave -- Death message -- Finale : The mounted messenger -- Bonus track: The ballad of Mack the Knife. |
Language |
Sung in English; originally in German. |
Subject |
Musicals -- Excerpts.
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Musicals -- Excerpts. |
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Musicals. |
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Musicals -- Excerpts, Arranged.
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Musicals -- Excerpts, Arranged. |
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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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Arrangements (Music)
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Arrangements (Music)
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Added Author |
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956, lyricist.
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Blitzstein, Marc, translator, performer.
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Merrill, Scott, performer.
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Wolfson, Martin, performer.
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Sullivan, Jo, performer.
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Rae, Charlotte, 1926-2018, performer.
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Price, Gerald (Actor), performer.
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Arthur, Beatrice, performer.
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Tyne, George, performer.
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Lenya, Lotte, performer.
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Matlowsky, Samuel, performer, conductor.
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Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Beggar's opera.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Dreigroschenoper. Moritat von Mackie Messer. English; arranged.
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Added Title |
Dreigroschenoper. Selections. English; arranged https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006003928
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Note |
Title on container: Kurt Weill's The threepenny opera = Die Dreigroschenoper |
Added Title |
Dreigroschenoper |
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Ballad of Mack the Knife.
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Mack the Knife.
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Music No. |
012 159 463-2 Decca |
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E/SE 3121 M-G-M |
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