| Description |
2 audio discs : 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 |
| Note |
Chiefly opera excerpts. |
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"1945-1995 anniversary of the end of the Second World War"--Container. |
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Libretto of the 6th work by Francesco Maria Piave; words of the 7th work by Arrigo Boito. |
| Performer |
Zinka Milanov, soprano (6th work); Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano (6th work); Jan Peerce, tenor (6th-7th works); Leonard Warren, baritone (6th work); Nicola Moscona, bass (6th work); Westminster Choir (7th work); NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor |
| Event |
Recorded May 25, 1944, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Contents |
Tannhäuser. Overture (13:56) ; Götterdämmerung. Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine journey (11:06) ; Tristan und Isolde. Prelude ; and, Liebestod : (concert version arr. Humperdinck) (16:23) ; Die Walküre. Ride of the Valkyries (4:56) / Richard Wagner -- New York Mayor Firello La Guardia auctions Toscanini's baton (10:45) -- Rigoletto. Act 3 (29:53) ; Inno delle nazioni (13:27) / Giuseppe Verdi -- Stars and stripes forever / John Philip Sousa ; arr. Arturo Toscanini (3:34). |
| Language |
Sung in Italian (6th work), or Italian and English (7th work). |
| Subject |
Radio programs -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Radio programs. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged.
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged. |
| Genre/Form |
Overtures.
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Overtures.
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| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918 -- Musical settings.
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Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Marches (Orchestra)
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Marches (Orchestra) |
| Genre/Form |
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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Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876, librettist.
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Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, lyricist.
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Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921, arranger.
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La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
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Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984, performer.
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Milanov, Zinka, performer.
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Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960, performer.
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Merriman, Nan, performer.
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Moscona, Nicola, performer.
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Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957, arranger, conductor.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Tannhäuser. Ouvertüre.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Tristan und Isolde. 1. Aufzug. Einleitung.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod; arranged.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Walkürenritt.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Rigoletto. Atto 3o.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Inno delle nazioni.
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Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932.
Stars and stripes forever.
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Westminster Choir, performer.
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NBC Symphony Orchestra, performer.
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| Added Title |
Nineteen forty-four, the Red Cross concert |
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Red Cross concert |
| Music No. |
RY 71--RY 72 Radio Years |
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