| Description |
2 audio discs (86:11) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
001345 001342 002612 001732 001425 |
| Medium of Performance |
orchestra 1 1 |
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speaker 1 orchestra 1 1 1 |
| 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 |
Two symphonies, a tone poem (The Alamo), a suite (Portrait of a frontier town), and a monologue with orchestra (The man who invented music). |
| Performer |
The New Symphony Orchestra ; Don Gillis, conductor ; Jack Kilty, narrator (disc 2). |
| Event |
Recorded 1950 January 31 and February 2 Kingsway Hall, London. |
| Note |
Title from disc 1 label. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Symphony no. 5 1/2 (13:45) -- The Alamo (13:42) -- Saga of a prairie school (Symphony no. 7) (26:12) -- Portrait of a frontier town. Chamber of commerce (2:19) ; Where the West begins (4:11) ; Ranch house party (2:30) ; Prairie sunset (4:22) ; Main Street-Saturday night (4:10) -- Disc 2. The man who invented music (14:25). |
| Subject |
Symphonies.
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Symphonies. |
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Symphonic poems.
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Symphonic poems. |
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Suites (Orchestra)
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Suites (Orchestra) |
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Monologues with music (Orchestra)
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Monologues with music (Orchestra) |
| Genre/Form |
Symphonies.
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Symphonies.
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Symphonic poems.
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Symphonic poems.
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Suites.
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Suites.
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Monologues (Music)
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Monologues (Music)
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Kilty, Jack, narrator.
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Container of (work): Gillis, Don, 1912-1978.
Symphonies, no. 5 1/2.
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Container of (work): Gillis, Don, 1912-1978.
Alamo.
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Container of (work): Gillis, Don, 1912-1978.
Symphonies, no. 7.
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Container of (work): Gillis, Don, 1912-1978.
Portrait of a frontier town.
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Container of (work): Gillis, Don, 1912-1978.
Man who invented music.
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New Symphony Orchestra of London, instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections
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Symphony number five and one half |
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Saga of a prairie school.
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| Standard No. |
765387416324 |
| Music No. |
CDLK 4163 Vocalion |
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