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Selections from Porgy and Bess

Title: Selections from Porgy and Bess [sound recording] / George Gershwin ; [lyrics by] Du Bose Heyward, I. Gershwin.
Author: Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Publication: New York : Decca, [1955?]

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Description

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

Uniform Title

Porgy and Bess. Selections

Alternative Title

Porgy and Bess.
Summertime.
Woman is a sometime thing.
My man's gone now.
It takes a long pull to get there.
I got plenty o' nuttin'.
Buzzard song.
Bess, you is my woman.
It ain't necessarily so.
What you want wid Bess?
Strawberry woman's call.
Crab man's call.
I loves you Porgy.
Requiem.
There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York.
Porgy's lament.

Subject

Operas > Excerpts

Note

"The original cast album"--Container.
"Enhanced for stereo"--Container.
Program notes by Louis Untermeyer on container.

Contents

Overture ; Summertime -- A woman is a sometime thing (introducing: Summertime) -- My man's gone now -- It takes a long pull to get there -- I got plenty o' nuttin' -- Buzzard song -- Bess, you is my woman -- It ain't necessarily so -- What you want wid Bess? -- Strawberry woman's call ; Crab man's call -- I loves you Porgy -- The requiem -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York -- Porgy's lament ; Finale.

Call Number

*LZR 58928

LCCN

94761211

OCLC

7158865

Author

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Title

Selections from Porgy and Bess [sound recording] / George Gershwin ; [lyrics by] Du Bose Heyward, I. Gershwin.

Imprint

New York : Decca, [1955?]

Performer

Featuring Todd Duncan, Anne Brown and other cast members ; with the Eva Jessye Choir and the Decca Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Smallens, conductor.

Added Author

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.

Duncan, Todd. Performer

Brown, Anne, 1912-2009. Performer

Smallens, Alexander, 1889-1972. Conductor

Eva Jessye Choir. Performer

Decca Symphony Orchestra. Performer

Added Title

Porgy and Bess.

Summertime.

Woman is a sometime thing.

My man's gone now.

It takes a long pull to get there.

I got plenty o' nuttin'.

Buzzard song.

Bess, you is my woman.

It ain't necessarily so.

What you want wid Bess?

Strawberry woman's call.

Crab man's call.

I loves you Porgy.

Requiem.

There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York.

Porgy's lament.

Publisher No.

DL-79024 Decca

Research Call Number

*LZR 58928 Program notes on container.

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