| Description |
2 audio discs : 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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mono |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Vintage Westminster Choir series
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Vintage Westminster Choir series.
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| Note |
Title from container insert. |
| Performer |
Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson, conductor. Disc 1: Judy Walker, soprano (track 9) ; Ellie Valentine, contralto (11) ; Susan Blumer, contralto (13) ; Walter Keith, tenor (17) ; Marvin Burke, tenor (17, 20) ; Joy Eilers, soprano (20) ; Beth Smathers, mezzo-soprano (20) ; Westminster Choir ; [unidentified pianist and trumpet] -- Disc 2: Robert Stranding, tenor (1) ; Ellie Valentine, contralto (2) ; [unidentified banjo player] ; Emma Smith, contralto (4) ; Alfrica Hayes, soprano (5) ; Allen Crowell, bass (6) ; Clarence Moore, tenor (11) ; Marvin Burke (12) ; Janice Harsányi (13,14,15) ; Flora Bruce, harp (12,13,14,15) ; Alexander McCurdy, organ (12, 13,14,15,17,18,19) ; [unidentified violinist] (12) ; 1959 Westminster Choir (16,17) ; Harold Hedgepeth, conductor ; Westminster chapel congregation (18, 19). |
| Note |
The selections are introduced by John Finley Williamson. |
| Event |
Recorded April 15, 1958 (disc 1); Apr. 14, 1958, McCarter Theater, Princeton, N.J.; May 1957; 1959 (disc 2). Master by Kenneth Wight. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Contents |
1958 concert. Hodie Christus natus est / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina -- Ave verum corpus / William Byrd -- Crucifixus / Antonio Lotti -- Sing ye to the Lord. All breathing life, sing and praise ye the Lord (Allegro vivace from Motet ) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Gloria / Antonio Vivaldi -- Norwegian peasant dance / Edvard Grieg -- At Montserrat / Antonio Nicolau -- Haste thee nymph / George Friedrich Handel -- Testament of freedom. The God who gave us life / Randall Thompson -- Trio from The impresario / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Water boy / Avery Robinson -- St. Louis blues / William C. Handy ; arr. Hall Johnson -- Let's have a square dance / Tom Scott -- Set down servant / arr. Robert Shaw -- Swing low -- Creation / Tom Scott -- Voix celestes / Gilbert A. Alcock -- Lord bless you and keep you (Benediction) / Peter Christian Lutkin -- -- |
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Senior week, May 1957 : the 1957 world tour choir. Alleluia / Randall Thompson ; Soon-ah will be done / arr. William H. Dawson ; Water boy / Avery Robinson ; O Lord most holy / Franck ; Omnipotence / Schubert ; Prodigal son. Lea's air / Debussy ; Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod / Wagner -- 1959 Westminster Choir. Lord, make me an instrument ; Once to every man and nation / David Stanley York -- Student body at Chapel services. O God our help in ages past ; When I survey the wondrous cross -- Benediction / Lutkin. |
| Local Note |
Westminster Choir College performance. |
| Subject |
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with piano.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with piano. |
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Choruses, Secular (Men's voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Secular (Men's voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged.
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged. |
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Live sound recordings.
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Live sound recordings.
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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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Williamson, John Finley, 1887-1964, conductor.
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Walker, Judy, performer.
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Valentine, Ellie, performer.
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Blumer, Susan, performer.
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Keith, Walter, performer.
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Burke, Marvin, performer.
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Eilers, Joy, performer.
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Smathers, Beth, performer.
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Stranding, Ronald, performer.
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Smith, Emma, performer.
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Hayes, Alfrica, performer.
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Crowell, Allen, performer.
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Moore, Clarence, performer.
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Harsányi, Janice, performer.
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McCurdy, Alexander, performer.
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Greenwood, Flora, performer.
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Hedgepeth, Harold, conductor.
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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594.
Motets (1575). Hodie Christus natus est.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Gradualia, liber 1. Ave verum corpus.
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Lotti, Antonio, -1740.
Crucifixus, voices (8)
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Motet). Alles, was Odem hat. English.
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Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741.
Gloria, RV 588, D major.
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Nicolau i Parera, Antoni, 1858-1933.
Incens y farigola. Mort del escolá. English.
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Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907.
Album. Kvaalin's halling.
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Schauspieldirektor. Ich bin die erste Sängerin. English; arranged.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. Haste thee, nymph; arranged.
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Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984.
Testament of freedom. God who gave us life.
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Robinson, Avery, 1878-1965.
Water boy.
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Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958.
Saint Louis blues.
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Scott, Tom, 1912-1961.
Creation.
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Scott, Tom, 1912-1961.
Let's have a square dance.
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Alcock, Gilbert A. (Gilbert Arthur), 1870-1954.
Voix celestes.
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Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1899-1990.
Soon ah will be done.
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Lutkin, Peter Christian, 1858-1931.
Lord bless you and keep you.
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Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984.
Alleluia.
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Franck, César, 1822-1890.
Panis angelicus.
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Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.
Allmacht (Chorus)
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Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
Enfant prodigue. Année en vain; arranged.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod; arranged.
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York, David Stanley.
Lord, make me Thine instrument.
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York, David Stanley.
Once to every man and nation.
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Westminster Choir College.
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