Research Catalog

Black swans at mid-century.

Title
Black swans at mid-century.
Publication
  • Woodstock, NY : Parnassus Records, [2021]
  • ©2021, ℗2021

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

2 Items

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Not available - Please for assistance.
AudioUse in library *LDC 55869Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
Not available - Please for assistance.
AudioUse in library *LDC 55869Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

Details

Additional Authors
  • Addison, Adele
  • Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
  • Bledsoe, Jules, 1898-1943
  • Brice, Carol, 1918-1985
  • Brown, Anne, 1912-2009
  • Allen, Betty, 1927-2009
  • Carey, Thomas (Baritone)
  • Davis, Ellabelle, 1907-1960
  • Dobbs, Mattiwilda
  • Davy, Gloria
  • Duncan, Todd
  • Elzy, Ruby
  • Holland, Charles
  • Matthews, Inez
  • McFerrin, Robert, 1921-2006
  • Tynes, Margaret
  • Warfield, William
  • Williams, Camilla, 1919-2012
Description
2 audio discs (approximately 2 hr., 29 min.) : CD audio; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
In 2019, Parnassus Records' "Black Swans" CD recalled to life an almost forgotten aspect of Black culture, the active participation of Black musicians in classical music 100 years ago. As a follow-up, "Black Swans at Mid-Century" presents a collection of 18 fine Black singers who specialized in opera and art song, in recordings made from the late 1920s to the early 1960s.
Subject
  • African Americans in the performing arts
  • Songs with instrumental ensemble
  • Songs with piano
  • Operas > Excerpts, Arranged
Genre/Form
  • Arrangements (Music)
  • Art music.
  • Chamber music.
  • Excerpts.
  • Operas.
  • Songs.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from disc label.
  • Contains previously released recordings.
  • Biographical notes in on the performers by Leslie Gerber inserted in container.
Credits (note)
  • Produced by Leslie Gerber and Steve Smolian ; audio restoration by Steve Smolian.
Language (note)
  • Chiefly English words.
Contents
  • Disc 1. Messiah-rejoice greatly / Handel (Adele Addison, soprano) (9:10) -- Home sweet home / Bishop (3:44) -- Every time I feel the Spirit / Anon (Marian Anderson, contralto) (1:31) -- Show boat-old man river / Kern (Jules Bledsoe, baritone) (4:28) -- Alto rhapsody / Brahms (Carol Brice, contralto) (13:39) -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Mortensen (1:57) -- The nightingale, "One morning in May" / Brockway (arr.) (2:45) -- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child / Burleigh (arr.) (2:45) -- Hold on / Johnson (arr.) (2:23) -- His name so sweet / Jordan (arr.) (2:25) -- Adventures of Isabel / Mortensen (Anne Brown, soprano) (2:04) -- Stabat mater-fac ut portem / Rossini (Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano) (3:45) -- Sister Mary / Hayes (arr.) (3:29) -- Little boy / Hayes (arr.) (Thomas Cary, baritone) (3:24) -- Chère nuit / Bachelet (4:21) -- Berceuse creole / Sauguet (Ellabelle Davis, soprano) (3:38) -- Lakmé-ou va la jeune indoue "Bell song" / Delibes (Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano) (7:29).
  • Disc 2. O, the chimneys / Shulamit Ran (Gloria Davy, soprano) (17:57) -- Von ewiger Liebe / Brahms (4:09) -- Danse macabre / Saint-Saëns (3:06) -- The seminarianist / Mussorgsky (Todd Duncan, baritone) (3:42) -- Porgy and Bess : My man's gone now / Gershwin (Ruby Elzy, soprano) (4:12) -- Talk about a child that do love Jesus / Dawson (2:18) -- Honor! Honor! / Johnson (arr.) (2:55) -- Old folks at home / Foster (Inez Matthews, soprano ; Juanita Hall Choir) (2:31) -- Le nozze di Figaro : Dove sone / Mozart (Dorothy Maynor, soprano) (6:17) -- Aida : Quest' asissa / Verdi (2:19) -- Aida : E in uo potere lo sto! In poser di lei! / Verdi (Robert McFerrin, baritone ; Anna Maria Rovere, soprano) (7:26) -- Porty and Bess : Summertime / Gershwin (Margaret Tynes, soprano) (2:52) -- Sea shanties : Rio grande (3:42) ; Blow ye winds (1:28) ; Across the Western Ocean (3:41) ; Mobile Bay (2:03) ; Shenandoah (3:16 / Daugherty (arr.) -- When I bring you coloured toys / Carpenter (Camillia Williams, soprano) (2:43).
Call Number
*LDC 55869
LCCN
602003690068
OCLC
1295443743
Title
Black swans at mid-century.
Publisher
Woodstock, NY : Parnassus Records, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021, ℗2021
Playing Time
011219 011627
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Physical Medium
4 3/4 in.
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
CD audio
Performer
Adele Addison, Marian Anderson, Jules Bledsoe, Carol Brice, Anne Brown, Betty Allen, Thomas Carey, Ellabelle Davis, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Gloria Davy, Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy, Charles Holland, Inez Matthews, Robert McFerrin, Margaret Tynes, William Warfield, & Camilla Williams ; with various accompanying musicians and ensembles.
Credits
Produced by Leslie Gerber and Steve Smolian ; audio restoration by Steve Smolian.
Event
Recorded 1920s-early 1960s.
Language
Chiefly English words.
Added Author
Addison, Adele, performer.
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993, performer.
Bledsoe, Jules, 1898-1943, performer.
Brice, Carol, 1918-1985, performer.
Brown, Anne, 1912-2009, performer.
Allen, Betty, 1927-2009, performer.
Carey, Thomas (Baritone), performer.
Davis, Ellabelle, 1907-1960, performer.
Dobbs, Mattiwilda, performer.
Davy, Gloria, performer.
Duncan, Todd, performer.
Elzy, Ruby, performer.
Holland, Charles, performer.
Matthews, Inez, performer.
McFerrin, Robert, 1921-2006, performer.
Tynes, Margaret, performer.
Warfield, William, performer.
Williams, Camilla, 1919-2012, performer.
Other Standard Identifier
602003690068
Publisher No.
PACD 96078/9 Parnassus Records (set)
PACD 96078 Parnassus Records (disc 1)
PACD 96079 Parnassus Records (disc 2)
Research Call Number
*LDC 55869 Notes on file
View in Legacy Catalog