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The Telephone Hour

Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-10-28 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Publication
1940.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976
  • Melton, James, 1904-1961
  • White, Francia, 1908-1984
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Shields, Maud
  • Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963
  • Redding, Sheldon, 1867-1914
  • Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
  • Del Riego, Teresa, 1876-1968.
  • Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
  • Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957.
  • Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924.
  • White, C. A. (Charles Albert), 1832-1892.
  • Yradier, Sebastián, 1809-1865.
  • Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, performer
  • Bell Telephone Hour Chorus, performer
  • National Broadcasting Company
Found In
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Description
3 streaming audio files (approximately 29 min.) : digital, mono.
Uniform Title
Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
Alternative Title
  • Bell Telephone Hour
  • Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Classical music radio programs.
  • Radio commercials.
Note
  • Title and date from original disc label; credits from audition.
  • Song "I'se gwine back to Dixie" is erroneously attributed to composer Clarence Cameron White by the host Anderson.
  • Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
  • Matrix nos: BB24531 B2 (Disc 1, side 1), BB24533 B2 (Disc 1, side 2), BB24532 C1 (Disc 2).
  • "Telephone Hour, Prog 27, part 1; Telephone Hour, Prog 27, part 3; Telephone Hour, Prog 27, part 2 "-- On run-out of discs sides 1 and 2 and 3 respectively.
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English and Spanish.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Contents
Link 1: Opening announcement ; Hungarian rhapsody no. 2 (arr. for orchestra and shortened by 3 min.) / music by Liszt ; Announcement ; The green hills of Ireland (originally for voice and piano) / music by Del Riego ; words by Maud Shields (Melton, orchestra) ; Announcement -- Link 2: Night was made for love / music by Kern ; words by Harbach (Melton, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Valse triste / music by Sibelius (orchestra) ; Joy of spring from opera Natoma / music by Herbert ; libretto by Redding (White, orchestra) ; Announcement (with commentary on the song I'se gwine back to Dixie) -- Link 3: I'se gwine back to Dixie / music by C.A. White (chorus, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; La Paloma / music by Yradier (Melton, White, orchestra) ; Closing announcement.
Call Number
*LK-16 834-835
OCLC
938693463
Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-10-28 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Production
1940.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001004 001150 000731
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Warner Anderson, announcer ; James Melton, tenor ; Francia White, soprano ; Bell Telephone Hour Chorus ; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor.
Event
Broadcast on NBC Radio in New York 1940 October 28.
Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Language
Sung in English and Spanish.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976, host.
Melton, James, 1904-1961, performer.
White, Francia, 1908-1984, performer.
Voorhees, Donald, conductor.
Voorhees, Donald, arranger of music.
Shields, Maud, lyricist.
Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963, lyricist.
Redding, Sheldon, 1867-1914, lyricist.
Container of (expression): Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Rhapsodies hongroises. No 2; arranged. Selections.
Container of (expression): Del Riego, Teresa, 1876-1968. Green hills of Ireland; arranged.
Container of (work): Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Cat and the fiddle. Night was made for love.
Container of (work): Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Kuolema. Valse triste.
Container of (work): Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924. Natoma. Joy of spring.
Container of (work): White, C. A. (Charles Albert), 1832-1892. I'se gwine back to Dixie.
Container of (work): Yradier, Sebastián, 1809-1865. Paloma.
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, performer.
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus, performer.
National Broadcasting Company.
Added Title
Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Found In:
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Research Call Number
*LK-16 834-835
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