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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Day celebration

Title
Abraham Lincoln [videorecording] : Bicentennial Day celebration / series producer, Alan Pally ; presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Publication
c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
  • Pally, Alan J.
  • Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910.
  • Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
  • Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-
  • Johnson, Virginia, 1950-
  • Cooper, Duncan (Dancer)
  • Ward, Penny
  • Penny Ward/Video
  • New York Public Library. Dance Division
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (67 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Mystic chords of memory
Uniform Title
Battle hymn of the republic (Song)
Subject
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Recording made possible by the cooperation of the Dance Theatre of Harlem ; Public Programs, The New York Public Library ; and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
  • Part of the series "Mystic chords of memory" : Abraham Lincoln and the performing arts.
  • Not included on this recording is a screened excerpt from the 1993 production of Abe Lincoln in Illinois, directed by Gerald Gutierrez, with Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln.
  • Some credits from house program.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer Penny Ward (Penny Ward/Video).
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on Feb. 12, 2009.
Funding (note)
  • The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, transferred from DVCam cassette.
Contents
  • [Introduction] (ca. 2 min.) / by Alan Pally.
  • Battle Hymn of the Republic (ca. 6 min.) / words, Julia Ward Howe ; music, William Steffe ; arr. by Peter J. Wilhousky ; performed by members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus: Constance Green and Ellen Lang (sopranos), Irwin Reese (tenor), John Shelhart (baritone) ; Robert Rogers (pianist).
  • Readings (ca. 57 min.). Lincoln's centennial (ca. 12 min.) / written by Anna Maria Gillis ; read by Arthur Mitchell -- Autobiographical sketch written by Lincoln (1859) (ca. 5 min.) / read by Duncan Cooper -- Conclusion of Lincoln's first inaugural address (Mar. 4, 1861) (ca. 2 min.) / read by Virginia Johnson -- The Gettysburg address (Nov. 19, 1863) (ca. 2 min.) / read by Arthur Mitchell -- Excerpt from Lincoln's second inaugural address (Mar. 4, 1865) (ca. 5 min.) / read by Duncan Cooper -- Excerpt from an oration by Frederick Douglass (Apr. 14, 1876) (ca. 29 min.) / read by Virginia Johson, Arthur Mitchell, Duncan Cooper -- Poem written and originally read by Julia Ward Howe in her 90th year, at the Lincoln Centennial, Boston (Feb. 12, 1909) (ca. 2 min.) / read by Virginia Johnson.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4897
OCLC
441419608
Title
Abraham Lincoln [videorecording] : Bicentennial Day celebration / series producer, Alan Pally ; presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Imprint
c2009.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Mystic chords of memory
System Details
DVD, transferred from DVCam cassette.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on Feb. 12, 2009.
Performer
Readings by Arthur Mitchell (founding artistic director, Dance Theatre of Harlem), Duncan Cooper and Virginia Johnson (Dance Theatre of Harlem alumni dance artists).
Credits
Videographer Penny Ward (Penny Ward/Video).
Funding
The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Added Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Speeches. Selections.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address.
Pally, Alan J., speaker.
Pally, Alan J., producer.
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Author
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Battle hymn of the republic.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Author
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- Speaker
Johnson, Virginia, 1950- Speaker
Cooper, Duncan (Dancer) Speaker
Ward, Penny, videographer.
Penny Ward/Video.
New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Added Title
Battle hymn of the republic (Song)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4897
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