Research Catalog

Title

The musical parlor of Emily Dickinson [sound recording] / presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center ; series producer, Cheryl D. Raymond.

Publication

New York, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Raymond, Cheryl D.
• Toscano, Elise.
• Williams, Trudy.
• Boziwick, George, 1954-
• Red Skies Music Ensemble. prf
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Description

2 sound discs (90 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division Chief, George Boziwick and The Red Skies Music Ensemble (Geoge Boziwick and Trudy Williams, co-founders and co-creators) recreate the intimate settings of music-making in the Dickinson home. A selection of popular ballads, minstrel tunes, and Irish dance music from Emily's own music book illustrates in performance, pictures, and commentary how the Dickinsons collected, listened to, and performed the music of their time.

Subject

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

Note

• House program (4 p.), including biographical information about the performers, available on request, in *LDC 52548.

Event (note)

• Recorded, Dec. 8, 2012, the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y.

Contents

I. Boston, 8 September, 1846 (My dear friend Abiah). 1. Reading (Elise Toscano) ; 2. Song "Long long ago" / words and music by Thomas Haynes Bayly (Elise Toscano, voice ; Brendan Dolan, piano) -- II. Emily Dickinson's Music book (George Boziwick) -- III. "The show is not the show" : the Dickinsons and musicmaking in Antebellum America / George Boziwick. 1. Readings (Elise Toscano) ; 2. Song "Oh the merry days when we were young" (Elise Toscano, voice ; Brendan Dolan, piano) -- IV. The Dickinsons and the American political struggle / George Boziwick. 1. Reading (Elise Toscano) ; 2. Song "There's a good time coming" (from Emily Dickinson's music book) / words and music by Charles MacKay and E.L. White (1846) (performed by the Ensemble ; Elise Toscano, voice) ; 3. Instrumental tune "The girl I left behind me": a. Version from Emily Dickinson's music book (ca. 1830) ; b. Traditional version / performed by the Ensemble ; 4. Song "The blue Juniata" / words and music by M.D. Sullivan (1844) (from Emily Dickinson's music book) (performed by the Ensemble ; Don Meade, voice) -- V. The Dickinson's servants (George Boziwick). 1. Reading (Elise Toscano) ; 2. Song "Old Dan Tucker" / words and music by Daniel Decatur Emmett (1844) (from Emily Dickinson's music book / performed by the Ensemble ; Elise Toscano, voice ; George Boziwick, harmonica -- VI. Amherst Irish / George Boziwick. 1. Readings / Elise Toscano ; 2. Drops of brandy. a. From Emily Dickinson's music book ; b. Traditional version ; 3. "Bonaparte crossing the Rhine" (from Emily Dickinson's music book) ; 4. "The devil's dream" (as it may have been performed by Emily Dickinson) ; 5. "Fisher's hornpipe" (from Emily Dickinson's music book) (performed by the Ensemble) -- VII. May 15, 1886. Song "Ye banks and braes of Bonnie Doon" (from Emily Dickinson's music book) / performed by the Ensemble ; Elise Toscano, voice.

Call Number

*LDC-A 388

OCLC

828417527

Title

The musical parlor of Emily Dickinson [sound recording] / presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center ; series producer, Cheryl D. Raymond.

Imprint

New York, 2012.

Performer

The Red Skies Music Ensemble (George Boziwick, presenter, harmonica ; Brendan Dolan, piano ; Don Meade, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, voice ; Elise Toscano, voice, reader ; Rob Meador, mandolin ; Trudy Williams, bass ; Phil Forbes, percussion).

Event

Recorded, Dec. 8, 2012, the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y.

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Added Author

Raymond, Cheryl D., producer.

Toscano, Elise. Narrator

Williams, Trudy. Performer

Boziwick, George, 1954- Commentator

Red Skies Music Ensemble. Performer

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Research Call Number

*LDC-A 388

*LDC 52548