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A Hand is on the gate

Title
A Hand is on the gate [sound recording].
Publication
New York : Verve Folkways, [1966]

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AudioUse in library *LZR 47638 [Disc]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Bibb, Leon
  • Browne, Roscoe Lee
  • Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001
  • Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993
  • Holly, Ellen
  • Jones, James Earl
  • Premice, Josephine
  • Tyson, Cicely
  • Lee, Bill, 1928-2023
  • Scharf, Stuart
  • Williams, Floyd
  • Powell, Seldon
Description
2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo.; 12 in.
Alternative Title
  • 'Buked and scorned.
  • All hid.
  • Little boy.
  • Dink's song.
  • Ballad of Rudolph Reed.
  • O' Shenandoah.
  • Glory glory.
  • Get up, blues.
  • Harlem sweeties.
  • Jane Jane.
  • My Lord, what a morning.
  • Careless love.
  • Rocks and gravel.
Subject
  • Musicals > Excerpts
  • African Americans > Music
  • American poetry > African American authors
Note
  • Musical revue interspersing folk and popular songs with recitations of Black poetry.
  • Program and biographical notes on container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in New York City, Sept. 26, 27, and 29, 1966.
Contents
  • From the dark tower ; The negro speaks of rivers ; Frederick Douglass ; We wear the mask -- Runagate runagate ; The dark symphonby : Lento grave ; O black and unknown bards ; 'buked and scorned -- Ol' Lem ; Sonnet to a negro in Harlem ; Southern mansion ; Mother to son -- Sence you went away ; When Malindy sings ; A negro love song ; All hid ; Little boy -- An old woman remembers ; Between the world and me ; My angel ; Dink's song -- Journey to a parallel ; The end of man is his beauty ; The ballad of Rudolph Reed ; A moment please ; We have been believers ; O' Shenandoah ; Speech : I have heard ... -- La vie c'est la vie ; At early morn -- The elevator man ; Look at that gal ... ; Glory glory -- To a young poet ; Four questions ; Counterpoint -- Meanwhile, a Mississippi mother burns bacon ; The last quatrain of the ballad of Emmett Till ; Bound no'th blues ; Ma Rainey ; Get up, blues ; The rebel ; The distant drum.
  • No images : Why try : Ontogeny recapitulates ... ; Robert Whitmore ; Harlem sweeties -- A street in Bronzeville : Kitchenette ; After winter ; When in Rome ; American gothic : To Satch -- Jane Jane ; Epigram ; Conception ; Alien -- My Lord, what a morning ; The preacher ruminates ... ; Personal ; Preface to a 20 volume suicide note ; Careless love -- This ain't no mass thing ; Rocks and gravel ; Song ; If the birds.
Call Number
*LZR 47638
LCCN
r 67000423
OCLC
6691279
Title
A Hand is on the gate [sound recording].
Imprint
New York : Verve Folkways, [1966]
Performer
Roscoe Lee Browne, director ; performed by Leon Bibb, Gloria Foster, Moses Gunn, Ellen Holly, James Earl Jones, Joshephine Prémice and Cicely Tyson ; music performed by Stuart Scharf, guitar ; Bill Lee, bass ; Floyd Williams, percussion ; Seldon Powell, flute.
Event
Recorded in New York City, Sept. 26, 27, and 29, 1966.
Added Author
Bibb, Leon, performer.
Browne, Roscoe Lee, director.
Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001, performer.
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, performer.
Holly, Ellen, performer.
Jones, James Earl, performer.
Premice, Josephine, performer.
Tyson, Cicely, performer.
Lee, Bill, 1928-2023, instrumentalist.
Scharf, Stuart, instrumentalist.
Williams, Floyd, instrumentalist.
Powell, Seldon, instrumentalist.
Added Title
'Buked and scorned.
All hid.
Little boy.
Dink's song.
Ballad of Rudolph Reed.
O' Shenandoah.
Glory glory.
Get up, blues.
Harlem sweeties.
Jane Jane.
My Lord, what a morning.
Careless love.
Rocks and gravel.
Publisher No.
FV-9040 OC Verve Folkways
Research Call Number
*LZR 47638 Program notes on container.
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