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Wonderful town

Title
Wonderful town / music by Bernstein.
Author
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Publication
  • New York, NY : EMI Classics, [2009]
  • ℗2009

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Additional Authors
  • Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966
  • Chodorov, Jerome
  • Comden, Betty
  • Green, Adolph
  • Walker, Don, 1907-1989
  • Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982
  • Criswell, Kim
  • McDonald, Audra
  • Hampson, Thomas
  • Rattle, Simon, 1955-
  • Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966.
  • McKenney, Ruth, 1911-1972.
  • London Voices, singer
  • Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, instrumentalist
Description
1 online resource (1 sound file).
Series Statement
American classics
Uniform Title
American classics (EMI (Firm))
Subject
Musicals
Note
  • Musical in two acts.
  • Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov; lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; based upon the play My sister Eileen by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov and the stories by Ruth McKenney.
  • Orchestrations by Don Walker; vocal arrangements by Lehman Engel.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on hard copy version record.
Contents
Overture (5:19) -- Christopher Street (4:58) -- Ohio (3:29) -- Conquering New York (3:52) -- One hundred easy ways (3:22) -- What a waste (3:07) -- A little bit in love (2:58) -- Pass the football (3:46) -- Conversation piece (3:48) -- A quiet girl (3:38) -- Conga! (3:36) -- Entr'acte (3:54) -- My darlin' Eileen (3:33) -- Swing! (5:14) -- Quiet incidental (:49) -- Reprise : Ohio (1:25) -- It's love (3:33) -- Ballet at the Village Vortex (2:28) -- Wrong note rag (2:25) -- Reprise : It's love (1:23).
LCCN
  • GBAYC9802844
  • GBAYC9802845
  • GBAYC9802846
  • GBAYC9802847
  • GBAYC9802848
  • GBAYC9802849
  • GBAYC9802850
  • GBAYC9802851
  • GBAYC9802852
  • GBAYC9802853
  • GBAYC9802854
  • GBAYC9802855
  • GBAYC9802856
  • GBAYC9802857
  • GBAYC9802858
  • GBAYC9802859
  • GBAYC9802860
  • GBAYC9802861
  • GBAYC9802862
  • GBAYC9802863
OCLC
890725961
Author
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, composer.
Title
Wonderful town / music by Bernstein.
Publisher
New York, NY : EMI Classics, [2009]
Copyright Date
℗2009
Playing Time
010637
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
American classics
American classics (EMI (Firm))
Event
Recorded 1998 June Studio 1, Abbey Road Recording Studios, London.
Performer
Kim Criswell (Ruth) ; Audra McDonald (Eileen) ; Thomas Hampson (Robert Baker) ; various supporting soloists ; London Voices ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group ; Simon Rattle, conductor.
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Added Author
Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966, librettist.
Chodorov, Jerome, librettist.
Comden, Betty, lyricist.
Green, Adolph, lyricist.
Walker, Don, 1907-1989, arranger of music.
Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982, arranger of music.
Criswell, Kim, singer.
McDonald, Audra, singer.
Hampson, Thomas, singer.
Rattle, Simon, 1955- conductor.
Libretto based on (work): Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966. My sister Eileen.
Libretto based on (work): McKenney, Ruth, 1911-1972. My sister Eileen.
London Voices, singer.
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, instrumentalist.
Other Standard Identifier
GBAYC9802844
GBAYC9802845
GBAYC9802846
GBAYC9802847
GBAYC9802848
GBAYC9802849
GBAYC9802850
GBAYC9802851
GBAYC9802852
GBAYC9802853
GBAYC9802854
GBAYC9802855
GBAYC9802856
GBAYC9802857
GBAYC9802858
GBAYC9802859
GBAYC9802860
GBAYC9802861
GBAYC9802862
GBAYC9802863
Publisher No.
5099996713655 EMI Classics
Branch Call Number
eNYPL Music
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