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Title Hymn of the nations / Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra ; [new introduction by Burgess Meredith].

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division, 1988.

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 Talbott Media  DVD 593    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Talbott Westminster Archives  VIDwa 1    Lib Use Only  Ask Librarian for access
 Talbott Westminster Archives  DVDwa 74    Lib Use Only  Ask Librarian for access
Description 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 1/2 in. + 1 lyric sheet.
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium 1/2 in.
Description analog
magnetic
VHS
Series Living collections from the Library of Congress
Living collections from the Library of Congress.
System Details VHS format; preservation copy in DVD format.
Note Title on container: Arturo Toscanini conducting Giuseppe Verdi's Hymn of the nations.
Performer Jan Peerce, tenor ; Westminster Choir.
Burgess Meredith.
Credits Producer, Irving Lerner ; director, Alexander Hammid ; script, May Sarton.
Summary The sole motion picture of Arturo Toscanini, made in Dec. 1943 for the Office of War Information ; a recreation of his NBC Radio broadcast celebrating the downfall of Mussolini's Italian fascist government. "As originally filmed," complete with the Soviet Internationale, and with restored sound. Also includes the overture to Verdi's Forza del destino.
Note VHS hi-fi.
Lyric sheet with text by Arrigo Boito in Italian and English included in container.
Library of Congress: LCMV-001; VLC-1.
Genre/Form Overtures.
Overtures.
Subject Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Forza del destino. Sinfonia. 1988.
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Inno delle nazioni. 1988.
Degeyter, Pierre Chrétien, 1848-1932. Internationale. 1988.
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997.
Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.
Sarton, May, 1912-1995.
Westminster Choir.
NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
Added Title Arturo Toscanini conducting Giuseppe Verdi's Hymn of the nations
ISBN $19.95