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The life and music of Richard Rodgers : Program no. 1: The Rodgers and Hart partnership (part 1).

Title: The life and music of Richard Rodgers : radio broadcast, 1970-06-17 : Program no. 1: The Rodgers and Hart partnership (part 1).
Author: BBC Radio 4.
Publication: 1970.

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

Description

1 audio disc (40:18) : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This is part 1 of the first program of BBC Radio 4's "The life and music of Richard Rodgers", featuring pre-recorded candid interview clips of Richard Rodgers, members of his family (brother Dr. Mortimer Rodgers and wife Dorothy Rodgers), friend Philip Leavitt, Theatre Guild head Armina Marshall Langner and music theater analyst Lehman Engel. The interview clips are interspersed with pre-recorded music clips of music selections from various works Rodgers had written with Lorenz Hart.

Alternative Title

Manhattan.
Any old place with you.
Gilding the Guild.
Mountain greenery.
Blue room.
My heart stood still.
Thou swell.
Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Popular music radio programs.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.

Note

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

Access (note)

Access to original items restricted; use service CDs.

Credits (note)

[John Dunn], narrator.

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

[Piano excerpt] Manhattan (18 seconds only) (starts at 0:31, track 1) ; Overture (from unknown recording of the musical "Babes in arms") (starts at 0:54, track 1) / R. Rodgers -- [Piano excerpt] Unidentified music (from Franz Lehár's "The Merry Widow") (starts at 4:47) -- [Piano excerpt] Any old place with you (1st work written by Rodgers and Hart, 14 seconds only) (starts at 3:54, track 3) ; Any old place with you (from the 1953 LP "Songs by Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hart: the 1953 Walden sessions") (starts at 4:09, track 3) -- [Excerpt] Gilding the Guild (unidentified recording clip; originally from "The Garrick gaieties" no. 1) (starts at 4:56, track 4) -- [Excerpt] Manhattan (from 1956 LP "Ella Fitzgerald sings the Rodgers & Hart songbook") (starts at 2:03, track 5) -- Manhattan (unidenfified 1920s or 1930s orchestra recording) (starts at 3:54, track 5) -- [Excerpt] Garrick gaieties no. 2 overture (?) (unidentified 1920s or 1930s orchestra recording) (starts at 0:05, track 6) -- [Excerpt] Mountain greenery (from 1956 LP "Ella Fitzgerald sings the Rodgers & Hart songbook") (starts at 1:35, track 6) -- Lehman Engel discusses "Mountain greenery (plays motif and harmony on piano) (starts at 3:05, track 6) -- [Piano excerpt] Mountain greenery (22 seconds long) (starts at 0:17, track 7) -- [Piano excerpt] The blue room (37 seconds long) (starts at 2:04, track 7) -- [Piano excerpt] My heart stood still (17 seconds long) (starts at 3:35, track 7) -- [Excerpt] My heart stood still (1927 recording) (starts at 3:52) -- [Excerpt] Overture (from unknown recording of the musical "Ever green"(?)) (starts at 1:32, track 8) -- [Excerpt] Thou swell (from 1956 LP "Ella Fitzgerald sings the Rodgers & Hart songbook") (starts at 4:07, track 8)

Call Number

*LDC 52482

OCLC

841304333

Author

BBC Radio 4.

Title

The life and music of Richard Rodgers : radio broadcast, 1970-06-17 : Program no. 1: The Rodgers and Hart partnership (part 1).

Production

1970.

Playing Time

004018

Type of Content

spoken word

performed music

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Credits

[John Dunn], narrator.

Performer

Richard Rodgers, Dr. Mortimer Rodgers, Philip Leavitt, Armina [Marshall] Langner, and Lehman Engel, interviewees. 1st, 3rd-4th, 12th-14th works: Richard Rodgers, piano. 2nd work: Unidentified orchestra. 5th work: Bob Shaver, vocals ; with unidentified music ensemble ; David Baker, arranger ; John Morris, conductor. 6th work: Unidentifed perfomers and orchestra (recording clip). 7th, 10th, and 16th works: Ella Fitzgerald, vocals ; [Buddy Bregman Orchestra? ; Buddy Bregman, arranger and conductor]. 8th-9th works: Unidentified 1920's orchestra. 11th work: Lehman Engel, piano. 15th work: Jessie Matthews, vocals ; with unidentified orchestra. 16th work: Unidentified orchestra.

Event

Broadcast BBC 4 Studios, London, England 1970 June 17.

Access

Access to original items restricted; use service CDs.

Original Version

Archival original: (1 audio tape reel : analog, mono, 7 1/2 ips, full track ; 7 in) available in *LT-7 3041.

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 file: (1 audio file : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lt73041_f01_em.WAV].

Part 2 of this radio program is missing. According to narrator John Dunn on the audio, part 2 includes interview clips from Jessie Matthews (?), George Abbott, Brooks Atkinson and Agnes de Mille. These individuals are not on this audio (part 1)--CMR

Source

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

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Added Author

Dunn, John, 1934-2004, narrator.

Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943, lyricist.

Baker, David, 1931-2016, arranger of music.

Bregman, Buddy, arranger of music.

Morris, John, 1926-2018, conductor.

Bregman, Buddy, conductor.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, interviewee.

Rodgers, Mortimer, interviewee.

Leavitt, Philip, interviewee.

Marshall, Armina, interviewee.

Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992, interviewee.

Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982, interviewee.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, performer.

Shaver, Bob, performer.

Fitzgerald, Ella, performer.

Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982, performer.

Matthews, Jessie, performer.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Garrick gaieties (1925). Manhattan. Selections; arranged.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Babes in arms. Selections.

Container of (work): Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Lustige Witwe. Ouverture. Selections; arranged.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Lonely Romeo. Any old place with you. Selections; arranged.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Garrick gaieties. (1925), Gilding the Guild. Selections.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Garrick gaieties (1926). Mountain greenery. Selections; arranged.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Garrick gaieties (1926). Selections; arranged.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Girl friend. Blue room. Selections; arranged.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. One dam thing after another. My heart stood still. Selections; arranged.

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

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Connecticut Yankee. Thou swell. Selections; arranged.

Buddy Bregman Orchestra, performer.

Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992, donor.

Added Title

Manhattan.

Any old place with you.

Gilding the Guild.

Mountain greenery.

Blue room.

My heart stood still.

Thou swell.

Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.

Found In:

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

Research Call Number

*LDC 52482

*LT-7 3041

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