| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
002042 001054 001035 001526 |
| 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 Dessoff Choirs, 1999 winner of an ASCAP/Chorus America award for adventurous programming, in four distinctive American works from the second half of the 20th century"--Container. |
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The 1st work for baritone solo, mixed chorus, trumpet, and string orchestra. The 2nd-3rd works for mixed chorus and orchestra; acc. of the 2nd work originally for piano; arranged for orchestra by the composer. The 4th work for mezzo-soprano solo, mixed chorus, and orchestra; orchestration revised and augmented by the composer. |
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Words of the 1st work from letters written to and from soldiers during American wars; words of the 2nd work by Wallace Stevens; words of the 3rd chiefly anonymous with 1 work by John Dowland; words of the 4th work by Dylan Thomas. |
| Performer |
Mary Ann Hart, mezzo-soprano (in the 4th work); David Arnold, baritone (in the 1st work); Dessoff Choirs; unnamed orchestra; Kent Trittle, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Apr. 10 and 17, 1999, Master Sound Astoria, New York City. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by John Shepard, biographical notes on the performers, and texts ([20] p.) in container. |
| Contents |
Songs of love and war. Don't ask : (Vietnam War) ; Dearest Rowland : (World War II) ; Here hard by that lonely grave : (World War I) ; Always, always : (Civil War) / Paul Moravec (20:42) -- To the one of fictive music / Robert Convery (10:54) -- From an unknown past. The lover in winter plaineth for the spring ; Hey nonny no! ; My blood so red-- ; Suspiria ; The miracle ; Tears ; Crabbed age and youth / Ned Rorem (10:35) -- Fern Hill / John Corigliano (15:26). |
| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Music -- United States -- 20th century.
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Music. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 -- Musical settings.
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Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Dowland, John, 1563?-1626 -- Musical settings.
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Dowland, John, 1563?-1626. |
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Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953 -- Musical settings.
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Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955, lyricist.
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Hart, Mary Ann, performer.
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Arnold, David, 1943- performer.
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Tritle, Kent, conductor.
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Dowland, John, 1563?-1626.
Songs or ayres, 3rd book. Weepe you no more, sad fountaines.
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Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953.
Fern Hill.
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Moravec, Paul, 1957-
Songs of love and war.
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Convery, Robert, 1954-
To the one of fictive music; arranged.
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Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022.
From an unknown past.
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Corigliano, John, 1938-
Fern Hill.
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| Added Title |
4 contemporary American composers look back |
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Four contemporary American composers look back |
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Contemporary American composers look back |
| Music No. |
1101 Dessoff Choirs |
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