Research Catalog

Title

Wonderful world of music for children [sound recording].

Publication

[S.l.] : Reader's Digest, [196-]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brannigan, Owen.
• Allister, Jean.
• Riley, Stanley.
• Dowd, Ronald, 1914-
• Hitesman, Walter.
• Backus, Jim.
• Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. prf
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. prf
• Beecham Choral Society. prf
• Reader's Digest Association.

Description

6 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo.; 12 in.

Series Statement

Treasure chest series

Subjects

• Musicals > Excerpts
• Children's songs
• Marches (Orchestra)
• Operas > Excerpts

Note

• Reader's Digest: RDS38-M (RDS-38-1--RDS-38-6).
• Program notes on inner sleeves inserted in container.

Contents

• Let's all sing and dance. Davy Crockett ; Michael Finnigan ; Frog went a-courting ; Skip to my lou ; Whoopee ti-yi-yo ; Waltzing Mathilda ; Pop goes the weasel ; Golden slumbers ; Jump down, spin around ; Old Chisholm trail ; Polly put the kettle on ; Areyou sleeping brother John? ; Polly wolly doodle ; A-hunting we will go ; Blue the fly ; Coverntry carol (Owen Brannigan, bass) -- Songs from the theater. Mutual admiration society (from "Happy hunting") ; Sit down, you're rockin' the boat (from "Guys and dolls") ; Getting to know you (from "The king and I") ; A bushel and a peck (from 'Guys and dolls") ; Dites-moi (From "South Pacific") ; The surrey with the fringe on top (from "Oklahoma") ; Seventy-six trombones (from "Music man") ; Do re mi (from "The sound of music") ; Buckle down Winsocki (from "Best foot forward") ; March of the Siamese children (from "The king and I") ; Get me to the church on time (from "My fair lady" ; Tramp, tramp, tramp along the highway (from "Naughty Marietta") --
• Songs for a rainy afternoon. The yellow rose of Texas ; Chipmunk song ; Riders in the sky ; Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer ; Teddy bears' picnic ; How much is that doggie in the window ; When the saints come marching in ; Whistle while you work ; Alexander's ragtime band ; The peanut vendor ; Parade of the wooden soldiers ; Santa Claus is coming to town ; Jingle bells -- Stories in music. William Tell overture. Finale / Rossini ; Carnival of the animals. Fossils ; Elephants / Saint-Saëns ; The hall of the mountain king / Grieg ; In a clock store / Orth ; Hunt in the Black Forest / Volker ; The little train of the Brazilian countryman (Toccata) / Villa-Lobos ; Rode. Hoe-down / Copland ; Billy the Kid. Street in a frontier town ; Mexican dance ; Fist fight-posse-gun battle ; Billy captured ; Celebration dance ; The open prairie / Copland --
• Let's march. Stars and stripes forever / Sousa ; Babes in toyland. March of the toys-Toyland / Herbert ; March of the dwarfs / Grieg ; Aida. Grand march / Verdi ; Pomp and circumstance / Elgar ; Athalia. War march of the priests / Mendelssohn -- H.M.S. Pinafore / Gilbert and Sullivan (Jean Allister, Ronald Dowd, Stanley Riley, Beecham Choral Society) -- Peter and the wolf / Prokofieff (Walter Hitesman, narrator) -- Dukas (poem by Mary Rodgers) -- The sorcerer's apprentice (Jim Backus, naarrator) ; Nutcracker suite. March ; Dance of the sugar plum fairy ; Russian dance ; Chinese dance ; Dance of the reed flutes / Tchaikovsky.

Call Number

*LZR 41698

OCLC

57408491

Title

Wonderful world of music for children [sound recording].

Imprint

[S.l.] : Reader's Digest, [196-]

Series

Treasure chest series

Performer

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; orchestra and chorus conducted by James Walker ; with various soloists.

Added Author

Brannigan, Owen. voc

Allister, Jean. voc

Riley, Stanley. voc

Dowd, Ronald, 1914- voc

Hitesman, Walter. Narrator

Backus, Jim. Narrator

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Performer

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer

Beecham Choral Society. Performer

Reader's Digest Association.

Publisher No.

RDS38-M Reader's Digest

RDS-38-1--RDS-38-6 Readers's Digest

Research Call Number

*LZR 41698 Program notes on file.