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Mostly about love [songs and vocal works]

Title: Mostly about love [sound recording] : [songs and vocal works] / Virgil Thomson.
Author: Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Publication: Saxonville, MA : Northeastern, p1993.

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Request for On-site Use Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Music CD	Use in library	*LDC 11690 (F)	Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Description

1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Classical arts

Uniform Title

Vocal music. Selections.

Alternative Title

Vocal music.

Subjects

Note

Principally for voice and piano; "By night" for voice and percussion; "Capital capitals" for male quartet (TTBarB) and piano.
Subtitle from container.
Texts by Gertrude Stein (1st-2nd & 10th works), Kenneth Koch (5th work), Jacques Bossuet (9th work), and others.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Anthony Tommasini, biographical notes on the performers, and texts, the 6th & 10th with English translations (31 p.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

Recorded July and Sept. 1993 at the Campion Center, Weston, MA.

Language (note)

Sung in English (principally) or French (6th & 10th works).

Contents

Susie Asado (1:41) -- Pigeons on the grass alas (3:19) -- Praises and prayers: From "The canticle of the sun" (5:08) ; My master hath a garden (1:30) ; Sung by the shepherds (3:58) ; Before sleeping (1:55) ; Jerusalem my happy home (4:46) -- Five phrases from the Song of Solomon: Thou that dwellest in the gardens (0:40) ; Return, O Shulamite! (1:00) ; O, my dove (0:52) ; I am my beloved's (0:47) ; By night (1:29) -- Mostly about love: Love song (2:27) ; Down at the docks (2:09) ; Let's take a walk (1:27) ; A prayer to St. Catherine (2:40) -- Commentaire sur Saint Jérome (1:02) -- From "Sneden's Landing variations" (1:50) -- Shakespeare songs: Was this fair face the cause? (2:14) ; Take, O, take those lips away (2:12) ; Tell me where is fancy bred (1:20) ; Sigh no more, ladies (2:08) -- Oraison funèbre de Henriette-Marie de France, reine de la Grande-Bretagne (13:28) -- Capital capitals (16:57)

Call Number

*LDC 11690 (F)

LCCN

9667802502

OCLC

31495942
NYPG97-R462

Author

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.

Title

Mostly about love [sound recording] : [songs and vocal works] / Virgil Thomson.

Imprint

Saxonville, MA : Northeastern, p1993.

Playing Time

000141 000319 001634 000457 000851 000102 000150 000804 001328 001657

Series

Classical arts

Performer

Nancy Armstrong, soprano ; D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano ; Frank Kelley, Paul Kirby, tenors ; Sanford Sylvan, baritone ; David Ripley, bass ; James Russell Smith, percussion ; Anthony Tommasini, piano.

Event

Recorded July and Sept. 1993 at the Campion Center, Weston, MA.

Language

Sung in English (principally) or French (6th & 10th works).

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Armstrong, Nancy (Soprano) Performer

Fortunato, D'Anna. Performer

Kelley, Frank. Performer

Kirby, Paul (Tenor) Performer

Sylvan, Sanford. Performer

Ripley, David (Bass) Performer

Smith, James Russell. Performer

Tommasini, Anthony, 1948- Performer

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Susie Asado.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Four saints in three acts. Pigeons on the grass alas.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Praises and prayers.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Phrases from the Song of Solomon.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Mostly about love.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Commentaire sur St. Jérome.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. From Sneden's Landing variations.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Shakespeare songs.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Oraison funèbre de Henriette-Marie de France, reine de la Grande-Bretagne.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Capital capitals.

Other Standard Identifier

9667802502

Publisher No.

Northeastern NR 250-CD

Research Call Number

*LDC 11690 (F) Texts and program notes on file.

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