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Reginald De Koven's Robin Hood [a cast recording of America's first great musical comedy]

Title: Reginald De Koven's Robin Hood [sound recording] : [a cast recording of America's first great musical comedy] / music by Reginald De Koven ; lyrics by Harry B. Smith.
Author: De Koven, Reginald, 1859-1920.
Publication: Beverly Hills, CA : AEI, p1996.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Audio	Use in library	*LDC 18653 (F)	Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Description

1 sound disc (1 hr., 13 min., 54 sec.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Robin Hood

Alternative Title

Robin Hood

Subject

Note

Subtitle from container.
Operetta.
Libretto by Harry B[ache] Smith.
Originally issued on LP: (AEI : 1179) in 1986.
Includes as bonus tracks recordings of two performers in the original cast, recorded in 1898 and 1906; the 1919 revival cast; and selections by the Victor Light Opera Company, 1909.
"Robin Hood" presented by the Boston Ideal Opera Company opened in New York at the Standard Theatre, Sept. 28, 1891; 82 performances.
Compact disc.
Program notes ([4] p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.

Performer (note)

Marion Claire, narrator ; orchestra and chorus directed by Henry Webber.

Event (note)

Recorded in 1898, 1906, 1909 and 1919.

Contents

Overture ; Brown October ale ; Forest song ; Come to the fair ; Come the bowmen ; Country dance ; Within this hour we met ; I am the Sheriff of Nottingham ; O promise me ; Away to the woods ; Song of the black crow ; The tinkers' song ; Serenade: A troubadour sang to his love ; O promise me (reprise) ; Armourer's song ; Finale ultimo -- Bonus tracks: Original cast: O promise me (recorded 1898) ; The armourer's son[g] (recorded 1906) -- 1919 revival cast: Brown October ale ; O see the lambkins play ; The armourer's song ; The tinkers' chorus ; O promise me ; The forest song ; The legend of the chimes ; The crow song -- Selections (Victor Light Opera Company 1909).

Call Number

*LDC 18653 (F)

OCLC

38549703

Author

De Koven, Reginald, 1859-1920.

Title

Reginald De Koven's Robin Hood [sound recording] : [a cast recording of America's first great musical comedy] / music by Reginald De Koven ; lyrics by Harry B. Smith.

Imprint

Beverly Hills, CA : AEI, p1996.

Cast

Marion Claire, narrator ; orchestra and chorus directed by Henry Webber.

Event

Recorded in 1898, 1906, 1909 and 1919.

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Added Author

Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936. Lyricist

Claire, Marion. Narrator

Webber, Henry. Conductor

Victor Light Opera Company. Performer

Publisher No.

AEI-CD 032 AEI

1179 AEI

Research Call Number

*LDC 18653 (F) Program notes on file.

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