Research Catalog

Title

The American musical theater [sound recording] / [compiled by Lehman Engel].

Publication

[New York, N.Y.] : CBS Legacy Collection, [1967]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982.
• Raitt, John, 1917-2005.
• Harrison, Rex
• Segal, Vivienne
• Carroll, Diahann
• Martin, Mary, 1913-1990.

Description

2 sound discs : 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in.

Subject

• Musicals > Excerpts

Note

• CBS Legacy Collection: 32 B5 0003 ; 32 15 0005 ; 32 B5 0007.
• "A survey of America's unique contribution to the musical stage, captured in great moments. The best of the openings, ballads, comedy songs, and musical scenes of the past forty years"--Container.
• Issued with book: The American musical theater : a consideration / by Lehman Engel (xii, 236 p. : ill.)
• Program notes inserted in container.

Contents

• Side 1: Overture (from Candide) (Samuel Krachmalnick, director) -- Cotton blossom (from Show boat) (Franz Allers, ensemble director) -- Oh, what a beautiful morning (from Oklahoma!) (John Raitt ; F. Allers, orchestra director) -- Christopher Street (from Wonderful Town) (Lehman Engel, ensemble director) -- Why can't the English (from My Fair Lady) (Rex Harrison ; F. Allers, orchestra director) -- There's a boat that's leaving soon for New York (from Porgy and Bess) (Avon Long ; L. Engel, orchestra director) -- In our little den of iniquity (from Pal Joey) (Vivienne Segal ; Harold Lang ; L. Engel, orchestra director) --
• Side 2: When I'm not near the girl I love (from Finian's rainbow) (David Wayne ; Ray Charles, orchestra director) -- I never has seen snow (from House of flowers) (Diahann Carroll ; Jerry Arlen, orchestra director) -- Standing on the corner (from The most happy fella) (Shorty Long and others ; Herbert Green, orchestra director) -- If I were a rich man (from Fiddler on the roof) (Herschel Bernardi ; Peter Matz, orchestra director) -- Bill (from Show boat) (Anita Darian ; F. Allers, orchestra director) -- Embraceable you (from Girl crazy) (Mary Martin ; L. Engel, orchestra director) --
• Side 3: Dancing in the dark (from The band wagon) (Mary Martin ; L. Engel, orchestra director) -- I get a kick out of you (from Anything goes) (Ethel Merman) -- The girl that I marry (from Annie get your gun) (Robert Goulet ; F. Allers, orchestra director) -- The party's over (from Bells are ringing) (Judy Holliday ; Milton Rosenstock, orchestra director) -- Nobody makes a pass at me (from Pins and needles) (Barbra Steisand ; Stan Freeman, orchestra director) -- Bewitched (from Pal Joey) (Vivienne Segal ; L. Engel, orchestra director) -- Only for Americans (from Miss Liberty) (Ethel Griffies ; Eddie Albert ; L. Engel, ensemble director) --
• Side 4: Diamonds are a girl's best friend (from Gentlemen prefer blondes) (Carol Channing ; M. Rosenstock, orchestra director) -- He had refinement (from A tree grows in Brooklyn) (Shirley Booth ; M. Goberman, orchestra director -- Gee, Officer Krupke! (from West side story) (Eddie Roll ; Grover Dale ; the Jets ; M. Goberman, orchestra director) -- Finale (from Porgy and Bess) (Lawrence Winter and others ; L. Engel, orchestra director) -- Lonely room (from Oklahoma!) (Lee Cass ; L. Engel, orchestra director) -- Conversation piece (from Wonderful Town) (Rosalind Russell and others ; L. Engel, orchestra director) -- The rain in Spain (from My fair lady) (R. Harrison ; Julie Andrews ; Robert Coote ; F. Allers, orchestra director) -- Act I Finale (from West side story) (M. Goberman, ensemble director).

Call Number

*LZR 13485

LCCN

r 67003225

OCLC

11206717

Title

The American musical theater [sound recording] / [compiled by Lehman Engel].

Imprint

[New York, N.Y.] : CBS Legacy Collection, [1967]

Added Author

Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982. American musical theater.

Raitt, John, 1917-2005. Performer

Harrison, Rex. Performer

Segal, Vivienne. Performer

Carroll, Diahann. Performer

Martin, Mary, 1913-1990. Performer

Publisher No.

32 B5 0003 (32 15 0005, 32 15 0007) CBS Legacy Collection

32 15 0005 CBS Legacy Collection

32 15 0007 CBS Legacy Collection

Research Call Number

*LZR 13485 Program notes on file.