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The life and music of Richard Rodgers : Program no. 2: The Rodgers and Hammerstein partnership.

Title: The life and music of Richard Rodgers : Engineer's cut of BBC 4 radio broadcast, 1970 : Program no. 2: The Rodgers and Hammerstein partnership.
Author: BBC Radio 4.
Publication: 1970.

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Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music, 1914-1989.

Description

3 audio discs (89:36) : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This is the long clip version of the second program of BBC Radio 4's "The life and music of Richard Rodgers", featuring candid interview clips of Richard Rodgers, members of his family, friends, people he had worked with in musical theater, and two musical theater analysts, interspersed with pre-recorded music clips of musical selections from various works Rodgers had written with Oscar Hammerstein or himself. This is not the final version of the broadcast.

Alternative Title

There's always room for one more.
Oh, what a beautiful mornin'.
Oh, what a beautiful morning.
Surrey with the fringe on the top.
Farmer and the cowman.
All or nuttin'.
All or nothing.
Oklahoma!
You'll never walk alone.
Mr. Snow.
Mister Snow.
If I loved you.
This was a real nice clambake.
I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair.
I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair.
I'm in love with a wonderful guy.
Cock-eyed optimist.
This nearly was mine.
Getting to know you.
Something wonderful.
March of the Siamese children.
Do I love you because you're beautiful?
I enjoy being a girl.
Do-Re-Mi.
Sweetest sounds.
No strings.
Strangers.
We're gonna be all right.
We're going to be all right.
Falling in love with love.
Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Interviews.
Sound recordings.

Note

"ID's inserted every 5 minutes"--CD container.

Access (note)

Access to original items restricted; use service CDs.

Credits (note)

Geoffrey Millay (?), radio engineer and producer ; with unidentified BBC Radio 4 announcer.

Source (note)

Dorothy Rodgers;

Linking Entry (note)

Separated from the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, THE Mss 1987-006.

Contents

CD 1: Overture (from the 1951 soundtrack "The King and I") (starts at 0:47, track 1) -- [Excerpt] There's always room for one more (written originally for the Columbia University varity show "Come fly with me") (1st Rodgers and Hammerstein tune) (starts at 0:33, track 2) -- Overture (starts at 1:07, track 2) ; [Excerpt] Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (starts at 1:33, track 3) ; [End of reprise] Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (starts at 3:42, track 3) ; [End] Surrey with the fringe on the top (starts at 4:45, track 3) ; [Excerpt] The farmer and the cowman (starts at 0:29, track 4) ; [Excerpt] All or nuttin' (starts at 3:24, track 4) ; [Excerpt] Oklahoma! (starts at 0:24, track 5) (from the 1943 Broadway soundtrack LP "Oklahoma!") -- [Excerpt] Overture (starts at 2:08, track 5) ; [Excerpt] You'll never walk alone (starts at 4:18, track 5) ; [Excerpt] Mr. Snow (starts at 2:10, track 6) ; If I loved you (reprise) (starts at 0:02, track 7) ; [End] This was a real nice clambake (starts at 2:10, track 7) (from the 1956 LP movie soundtrack of "Carousel") / R. Rodgers-O. Hammerstein.
CD 2: Unidentified orchestra selection 1 (starts at 1:00, track 1) -- Unidentified orchestra selection 2 (starts at 4:23, track 1) -- [Excerpt] Overture (starts at 1:55, track 2) ; [Excerpt] I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair (starts at 3:51, track 2) ; I'm in love with a wonderful guy (starts at 1:10, track 3) ; A cock-eyed optimist (starts at 4:37, track 3) ; This nearly was mine (starts at 2:17, track 4) (from the original 1949 Broadway soundtrack LP "Sound Pacific") -- Getting to know you (starts at 4:54, track 4) ; Something wonderful (starts at 2:07, track 5) ; March of the Siamese children (starts at 4:15, track 5) (from the original 1951 Broadway soundtrack LP "The King and I") / R. Rodgers-O. Hammerstein.
CD 3: [Excerpt] Do I love you because you're beautiful? (from the original 1957 television musical soundtrack LP "Cinderella") (starts at 1:38, track 1) -- [Excerpt] I enjoy being a girl (from the original 1958 Broadway soundtrack LP "Flower drum song") (starts at 4:02, track 1) -- Overture (starts at 1:45, track 2) ; [Excerpt] Do-Re-Mi (starts at 4:07, track 2) (from the 1965 movie musical soundtrack LP of "The sound of music") / R. Rodgers-O. Hammerstein. [Excerpt] The sweetest sounds (starts at 1:47, track 3) ; [Excerpt] No strings (starts at 0:30, track 4) (from the original 1962 Broadway soundtrack LP "No strings") -- [Excerpt] Strangers (from the 1967 television musical soundtrack LP "Androcles and the lion") (starts at 2:29, track 4) / R. Rodgers. [Excerpt] We're gonna be all right (from the original 1965 Broadway soundtrack LP "Do I hear a waltz?") (starts at 2:55, track 5) / R. Rodgers-S. Sondheim. Falling in love with love (Waltz) (unknown private live 1968 concert recording in Saratoga (?)) (starts at 1:04, track 6) / R. Rodgers.

Call Number

*LDC 50486

OCLC

841304302

Author

BBC Radio 4.

Title

The life and music of Richard Rodgers : Engineer's cut of BBC 4 radio broadcast, 1970 : Program no. 2: The Rodgers and Hammerstein partnership.

Production

1970.

Playing Time

003304 002648 002934

Type of Content

spoken word

performed music

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Credits

Geoffrey Millay (?), radio engineer and producer ; with unidentified BBC Radio 4 announcer.

Performer

Dr. Mortimer Rodgers, Philip Leavitt, Dorothy Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Armina [Marshall] Langner, Agnes de Mille, Brooks Atkinson, Mary Rodgers, Robert Russell Bennett, Mary Martin, Lehman Engel and Goddard Lieberson, interviewees. CD 1: 1st work: Unidentified orchestra. 2nd work: Richard Rodgers, vocals and piano ; 3rd work: Unidentified orchestra. 4th-6th, 8th works: Alfred Drake, vocals ; with orchestra and chorus (6th, 8th works only). 6th work: Ralph Riggs and Lee Dixon, vocals ; with orchestra and chorus. 7th work: Lee Dixon and Celeste Holm, vocals ; with orchestra. 9th work: Unidentified orchestra. 10th work: Claramae Turner, vocals ; with orchestra. 11th work: Barbara Ruick, vocals ; with orchestra. 12th work: Gordon MacRae, vocals ; with orchestra. 13th work: Chorus with orchestra. CD 2: 1st-3rd works: Unidentified orchestra. 4th-5th works: Mary Martin, vocals ; with orchestra. 6th work: Ezio Pinza, vocals ; with orchestra. 7th work: Gertrude Lawrence, vocals ; with orchestra. 8th work: Dorothy Sarnoff, vocals, with orchestra. 9th work: Unidentified orchestra. CD 3: 1st work: Jon Cypher, vocals ; with orchestra. 2nd work: Pat Suzuki, vocals ; with orchestra. 3rd work: Unidentified orchestra. 4th work: Julie Andrews and the Von Trapp children (Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies, Duane Chase, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, Kym Karath), vocals ; with orchestra. 5th-6th works: Richard Kiley, vocals ; Diahann Carroll (5th work only), vocals ; with orchestra. 7th work: John Cullum and Inga Swenson, vocals ; with orchestra. 8th work: Stuart Damon and Jullienne Marie, vocals ; with orchestra. 9th work: Philadelphia Symphony ; Richard Rodgers, conductor.

Event

Recorded long version without host's remarks for future broadcast BBC Radio 4 Studios, London, England approximately 1970.

Access

Access to original items restricted; use service CDs.

Original Version

Archival originals: (3 audio tape reels : analog, mono, 7 1/2 ips, full track ; 7 in) available in *LT-7 3034 (CD 1 of 3), *LT-7 3035 (CD 2 of 3) and *LT-7 3036 (CD 3 of 3)

Linking Entry

Separated from the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, THE Mss 1987-006.

Local Note

Preservation files: (3 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lt73034_f01_em.WAV (CD 1 of 3, tracks 1-7), myh_lt73035_f01_em.WAV (CD 2 of 3, tracks 1-6) and myh_lt73036_f01_em.WAV (CD 3 of 3, tracks 1-6)].

Source

Gift; Dorothy Rodgers; THE Mss 1987-006; 1987.

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Added Author

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, interviewee.

Rodgers, Mortimer, interviewee.

Leavitt, Philip, interviewee.

Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992, interviewee.

Marshall, Armina, interviewee.

De Mille, Agnes, interviewee.

Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984, interviewee.

Rodgers, Mary, 1931-2014, interviewee.

Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981, interviewee.

Martin, Mary, 1913-1990, interviewee.

Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982, interviewee.

Lieberson, Goddard, 1911-1977, interviewee.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, conductor.

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, lyricist.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, lyricist.

Sondheim, Stephen, lyricist.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, performer.

Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992, performer.

Riggs, Ralph, performer.

Dixon, Lee, -1953, performer.

Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012, performer.

Turner, Claramae, 1920- performer.

Ruick, Barbara, performer.

MacRae, Gordon, performer.

Martin, Mary, 1913-1990, performer.

Pinza, Ezio, performer.

Lawrence, Gertrude, performer.

Sarnoff, Dorothy, performer.

Cypher, Jon, performer.

Suzuki, Pat, performer.

Andrews, Julie, performer.

Carr, Charmian, 1942-2016, performer.

Hammond, Nicholas, 1950- performer.

Menzies, Heather, 1949-2017, performer.

Chase, Duane, 1950- performer.

Cartwright, Angela, 1952- performer.

Turner, Debbie, 1956- performer.

Karath, Kym, 1958- performer.

Kiley, Richard, performer.

Carroll, Diahann, performer.

Cullum, John, 1930- performer.

Swenson, Inga, 1932-2023, performer.

Damon, Stuart, performer.

Julienne Marie, performer.

Millay, Geoffrey, radio engineer.

Millay, Geoffrey, producer.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. King and I. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Come fly with me. There's always room for one more. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Oklahoma!. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Carousel. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. South Pacific. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Cinderella. Do I love you because you're beautiful?. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Flower drum song. I enjoy being a girl. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Sound of music. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. No strings. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Androcles and the lion. Strangers. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Do I hear a waltz? We're gonna be all right. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Boys from Syracuse. Falling in love with love; arranged.

Philadelphia Orchestra, performer.

Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992, donor.

Added Title

There's always room for one more.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin'.

Oh, what a beautiful morning.

Surrey with the fringe on the top.

Farmer and the cowman.

All or nuttin'.

All or nothing.

Oklahoma!

You'll never walk alone.

Mr. Snow.

Mister Snow.

If I loved you.

This was a real nice clambake.

I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair.

I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair.

I'm in love with a wonderful guy.

Cock-eyed optimist.

This nearly was mine.

Getting to know you.

Something wonderful.

March of the Siamese children.

Do I love you because you're beautiful?

I enjoy being a girl.

Do-Re-Mi.

Sweetest sounds.

No strings.

Strangers.

We're gonna be all right.

We're going to be all right.

Falling in love with love.

Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.

Found In:

Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music, 1914-1989.

Research Call Number

*LDC 50486

*LT-7 3034-3036

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