Research Catalog

Title

Mischellaneous Cherry orchard music, (1972) and live Brecht concert [sound recording] : [rehearsals and event] / [performed by Gisela May.]

Author

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.

Publication

1972-1973.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• May, Gisela
• Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
• Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962.
• Dessau, Paul, 1894-1979.
• Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
• Callahan, Fred
• Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, 1890-1975.
• Jones, James Earl
• Morris, John, 1926-2018.
• Shultz, Michael
• National Public Radio (U.S.)
• WBFO (Radio station : Buffalo, N.Y.)
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. dnr

Found In

New York Shakespeare Festival records, 1954-1992.

Description

1 sound cassette : analog, stereo.

Summary

Cassette contains unidentified rehearsal music bits from the 1972 NYSF production of The cherry orchard, and a live performance of Gisela May singing Brecht songs in German at the 1973 Helsinski Festival.

Uniform Title

Vishnevyĭ sad. English

Alternative Title

• Vishnevyĭ sad.
• New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Subject

• Theater > New York (State) > New York
• Music rehearsals

Note

• Credits and production information taken from the book: New York Shakespeare Festival, the people and the plays and the Public Theater website.
• "Cherry orchard; Brecht songs; (Gise Lemai) [sic]; side 1; Brecht songs; Gise Lemai [sic]; Side #2"--Cassette.
• Public Theater website (http://www.publictheater.org/view.php?mode=eventdisplay&eventid=49&past=1&returnURL=%2Fcelebrating%2Fpast_view.php%3Fdecade%3D1970), Production information and credits.
• The Bertolt Brecht concert with Gisele May was previously recorded at the 1973 Helsinski Festival; Fred Callahan hosted the recording on NPR (WBFO-FM).
• Separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival records; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 1993-028; for sheet music and scores, see the Music Division, JPB 04-03.

Credits (note)

• The cherry orchard: Playwright, Anton Chekov ; translation, Avrahm Yarmolinsky ; conception, James Earl Jones ; music, John Morris ; director, Michael Shultz.

Event (note)

• Recorded on 1972 and 1973.

Source (note)

• The New York Shakespeare Festival and Gail Merrifield Papp;

Language (note)

• Sung in German and English.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Contents

• Side 1. Four unidentifed Cherry orchard piano pieces [rehearsal, 1st work with dog barking] ; 1973 Helsinski Festival Brecht concert. Ballad of wise woman and the soldier (from Schweik in the Second World War) ; The complaint of the horse ; Peace song / music by Hanns Eisler.
• Side 2. Jenny's song ; Mandalay song (from The rise and fall the city of Mahagony) / music by Kurt Weill ; Salomon song ; Song of great capulation ; Courage song (from Mother Courage and her children) ; Song of the eighth elephant (from The good woman of Szechuan) / music by Paul Dessau [cut abruptly] ; "... Why is a raven like a writing desk? ..." (Folk song rehearsal), for The cherry orchard (?)

Call Number

*LTC 10586

OCLC

213502955

Author

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.

Title

Mischellaneous Cherry orchard music, (1972) and live Brecht concert [sound recording] : [rehearsals and event] / [performed by Gisela May.]

Imprint

1972-1973.

Performer

Gisella May, vocalist ; with unidentified ensemble (5th-14th works)

Credits

The cherry orchard: Playwright, Anton Chekov ; translation, Avrahm Yarmolinsky ; conception, James Earl Jones ; music, John Morris ; director, Michael Shultz.

Event

Recorded on 1972 and 1973.

Language

Sung in German and English.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Added Author

May, Gisela. Performer

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Lyricist

Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962. Schweyk im zweiten Weltkrieg. Ballade vom weib und dem Soldaten.

Dessau, Paul, 1894-1979. Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder. Selections.

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. Selections.

Dessau, Paul, 1894-1979. Gute Mensch von Sezuan. Lied vom achten Elefanten.

Callahan, Fred. Reporter

Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, 1890-1975. Translator

Jones, James Earl, conceptor.

Morris, John, 1926-2018. Composer

Shultz, Michael. Director

National Public Radio (U.S.)

WBFO (Radio station : Buffalo, N.Y.)

Papp, Gail Merrifield. Donor

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. Donor

Added Title

New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Found In:

New York Shakespeare Festival records, 1954-1992.

Research Call Number

*LTC 10586