| Description |
1 audio disc (66 min., 8 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
010608 |
| Description |
digital 1.4 m/s stereo |
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audio file CD audio |
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Overtures. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Mercury living presence
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Mercury living presence.
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| Performer |
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (1st-2nd works) ; London Symphony Orchestra (3rd work) ; University of Minnesota Brass Band (1st work) ; Antal Dorati, conductor ; Deems Taylor, commentator. |
| Event |
Recorded: 1st work: Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Apr. 5, 1958; with the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Carillon, Riverside Church, New York, May 10, 1958; and cannon shots fired at West Point, July 30, 1958; 2nd work: Northrop Memorial Auditorium, Dec. 22, 1955; 3rd work: Wembly Town Hall, outside London, June 9, 1960; commentaries: Fine Recording, New York, Nov. 13, 1958 and Nov. 22-23, 1960. |
| Note |
Two 6-pound smooth-bore bronze cannons and 12-pound Howitzer, French Charleville-pattern muskets and British Brown Bess muskets, courtesy US Military Academy, West Point, New York. Cannon and musket firing under the direction of Gerald C. Stowe by the reactivated Civil War unit, Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery. -- Container. |
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Compact disc. |
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Analog recordings, digitally remastered. |
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Program notes (13 pages) in English inserted in container. |
| Contents |
1812 Festival overture, op. 49 (Original scoring) (15:20) -- Capriccio Italien, op. 45 (14:30) -- Wellington's victory, op. 91: I. Battle (8:18); II. Victory symphony (6:33). |
| Language |
Commentary spoken in English. |
| Subject |
Overtures.
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Overtures. |
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Orchestral music.
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Orchestral music. |
| Genre/Form |
Orchestral music.
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Overtures.
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Overtures.
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Art music.
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Art music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Dorati, Antal, conductor.
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Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966, commentator.
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Container of (work): Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
1812.
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Container of (work): Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
Capriccio italien.
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Container of (work): Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Wellingtons Sieg.
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Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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London Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Capriccio italien.
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Wellington's victory.
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| Standard No. |
028943436021 |
| Music No. |
434 360-2 Mercury |
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