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Moby Dick : cantata for male chorus, soloists and orchestra

Title
Moby Dick : cantata for male chorus, soloists and orchestra / music by Bernard Herrmann ; text selected and arranged from the novel by Herman Melville by W. Clark Harrington.
Author
Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975
Publication
1940.

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Additional Authors
  • Harrington, W. Clark
  • Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970
  • Williamson, John Finley, 1887-1964
  • Weede, Robert
  • Hain, William
  • Reep, Philip
  • Greenwell, Gean
  • Horne, William, 1913-1983
  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
  • New York Philharmonic, performer
  • Westminster Choir, performer
  • WCBS (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 audio disc : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.
Subject
Note
  • Title supplied by cataloger from the announcement.
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted.
Performer (note)
  • Robert Weede (Ahab) ; William Hain (Ishmael) ; William Horne (Starbuck) ; Philip Reep, Gean Greenwell (sailors).
Call Number
*LDC 42823
OCLC
872410981
Author
Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975, composer.
Title
Moby Dick : cantata for male chorus, soloists and orchestra / music by Bernard Herrmann ; text selected and arranged from the novel by Herman Melville by W. Clark Harrington.
Production
1940.
Playing Time
004400
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Cast
Robert Weede (Ahab) ; William Hain (Ishmael) ; William Horne (Starbuck) ; Philip Reep, Gean Greenwell (sailors).
Performer
Male chorus of the Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson, choir conductor ; New York Philharmonic Orchestra ; John Barbirolli, conductor.
Event
Broadcast on WCBS radio in NYC 1940 April 14.
Access
Access to original item restricted.
Local Note
Service CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from preservation master.
Preservation master (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 5463.
Archival originals (2 audio discs : analog, 33 rpm, mono ; 16 in.) in *LJ-16 3151-3152.
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Added Author
Harrington, W. Clark, librettist.
Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970, conductor.
Williamson, John Finley, 1887-1964, conductor.
Weede, Robert, performer.
Hain, William, performer.
Reep, Philip, performer.
Greenwell, Gean, performer.
Horne, William, 1913-1983, performer.
Libretto based on (work): Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
New York Philharmonic, performer.
Westminster Choir, performer.
WCBS (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
*LDC 42823
*LT-10 5463
*LT-J 3151-3152
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