Research Catalog

Title

Knoxville, summer of 1915 ; Dover Beach : op. 3 ; Hermit songs ; Andromache's farewell : op. 39 [sound recording] / Samuel Barber.

Author

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.

Publication

New York : Masterworks Portrait, p1991.

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Additional Authors

• Steber, Eleanor.
• Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012.
• Price, Leontyne.
• Arroyo, Martina.
• Strickland, William.
• Schippers, Thomas.
• Dumbarton Oaks Chamber Orchestra. prf
• Juilliard String Quartet. prf
• New York Philharmonic. prf

Description

1 sound disc (51 min., 22 sec.) : digital, mono., stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Songs. Selections

Alternative Title

• Songs.
• Knoxville, summer of 1915.
• Dover beach.
• Hermit songs.
• Andromache's farewell.

Subject

• Songs (High voice) with orchestra
• Songs (Medium voice) with string quartet
• Songs (High voice) with piano

Note

• The 1st and 4th songs for soprano and orchestra; the 2nd for baritone and string quartet; the 3rd for soprano and piano.
• Previously released material.
• Compact disc.
• Analog recording; digitally remastered.
• Durations: 14:00 ; 8:20 ; 17:00 ; 12:12.
• Program notes by Robert Cushman in English, German, and French (14 p.) in container.

Event (note)

• The 1st work recorded Nov. 7, 1950; the 2nd and 3rd works recorded at 30th Street Studio, New York City, on April 8, 1967, and Nov. 19, 1954, respectively; the 4th work recorded at Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall), New York City, Apr. 9, 1963.

Contents

Hermit songs, op. 29. At Saint Patrick's purgatory (1:29) -- Church bell at night (:54) -- St. Ita's vision (3:03) -- The heavenly banquet (1:13) -- The Crucifixion (1:53) -- Sea-snatch (:36) -- Promiscuity (:39) -- The monk and his cat (2:14) -- The praises of God (:50) -- The desire for hermitage (3:17).

OCLC

• 51470862
• ocm51470862

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries