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Wonderful town

Title
Wonderful town / book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Author
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
Publication
New York, NY : Sony Broadway, [1991]

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Additional Authors
  • Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966.
  • Chodorov, Jerome
  • Comden, Betty
  • Green, Adolph
  • McKenney, Ruth, 1911-1972.
  • Russell, Rosalind
  • Chaplin, Sydney
  • McKeever, Jacquelyn
  • Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982.
  • CBS Television Network
Description
1 online resource (1 sound file)
Subject
  • Musicals
  • Television music
  • Television music
Genre/Form
Streaming audio.
Note
  • Columbia Records television cast recording from 1958.
  • Based on the play My sister Eileen by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, and the stories by Ruth McKenney.
  • "It does not feature the soundtrack from the telecast, but was instead recorded in a studio by the TV cast; first stereo recording of the score"--Insert, p. 15.
  • Originally released on Columbia Records: OS 2008.
  • "Presented on the CBS Television Network on November 30, 1958"--Insert, p. 9.
  • Analog recording.
Event (note)
  • Recorded Nov. 16, 1958, at CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City.
Contents
Overture (5:05) -- Christopher Street (4:02) -- Ohio (2:54) -- One hundred easy ways (2:53) -- What a waste (2:28) -- A little bit in love (1:38) -- Pass the football (3:27) -- Conversation piece (3:35) -- A quiet girl (2:24) -- Conga! (3:24) -- My darlin' Eileen (2:54) -- Swing! (5:12) -- It's love (1:57) -- Ballet at the Village Vortex (2:39) -- Wrong note rag (2:27).
LCCN
  • USSM10207185
  • USSM10207186
  • USSM10207187
  • USSM10207188
  • USSM10207189
  • USSM10207190
  • USSM10207191
  • USSM10207192
  • USSM10207193
  • USSM10207194
  • USSM10207195
  • USSM10207196
  • USSM10207197
  • USSM10207198
  • USSM10207199
OCLC
906155988
Author
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
Title
Wonderful town / book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Publisher
New York, NY : Sony Broadway, [1991]
Playing Time
004700
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Television cast, starring Rosalind Russell, Sydney Chaplin, and Jacquelyn McKeever, vocals ; with supporting singers ; orchestra ; Lehman Engel, conductor.
Event
Recorded Nov. 16, 1958, at CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City.
Source of description
Hard copy version record.
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Added Author
Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966.
Chodorov, Jerome.
Comden, Betty.
Green, Adolph.
McKenney, Ruth, 1911-1972.
Russell, Rosalind.
Chaplin, Sydney.
McKeever, Jacquelyn.
Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982.
Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966. My sister Eileen.
CBS Television Network.
Other Form:
Source record: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Wonderful town. New York, NY : Sony Broadway, [1991] (DLC) 2013629050 (OCoLC)25329135
Other Standard Identifier
USSM10207185
USSM10207186
USSM10207187
USSM10207188
USSM10207189
USSM10207190
USSM10207191
USSM10207192
USSM10207193
USSM10207194
USSM10207195
USSM10207196
USSM10207197
USSM10207198
USSM10207199
Publisher No.
074644802122 Sony Classical
Branch Call Number
eNYPL Music
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