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Treemonisha an opera in three acts

Title
Treemonisha [sound recording] : an opera in three acts / by Scott Joplin.
Author
Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917.
Publication
Brooklyn, NY : New World Records, p2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Benjamin, Rick.
  • Burnett, Janinah.
  • Johnson, Anita (Soprano)
  • Mack, Robert (Tenor)
  • Packer, Chauncey.
  • Sojola, Phumzile.
  • Payne, Todd.
  • Pleasant, Edward.
  • Stokes, Darren.
  • Ward, Frank, Jr.
  • Jackson, Frederick (Bass)
  • Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. prf
  • Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc.
Description
2 sound discs (99 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +
Subject
  • Operas
  • African Americans > Drama
Note
  • "[The] original 1911 materials for the opera were almost entriely destoryed in the early 1960s. But here now is an authentic historically-correct reconstruction of this "Sleeping Beauty of American Music"--Container.
  • Libretto by the composer
  • Compact discs.
  • Program notes and libretto in English (109 p. : ports.) bound in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded May 31-June 1-2, 2011, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English.
Contents
Disc 1. Act one. 1. Overture -- 2. The Bag of Luck -- 3. The Corn-Huskers -- 4. We're Goin' Around -- 5. The Wreath -- 6. The Sacred Tree -- 7. Surprised -- 8. Treemonisha's Bringing Up -- 9. Good Advice -- 10. Confusion -- Act two. 11. Superstition -- 12. Treemonisha in Peril -- 13. Frolic of the Bears -- 14. The Wasp-Nest -- 15. The Rescue -- 16. We Will Rest Awhile -- 17. Going Home -- 18. Aunt Dinah Has Blowed de Horn -- Disc 2. Act Three. 1. Prelude to Act 3 -- 2. I Want to See My Child -- 3. Treemonisha's Return -- 4. Wrong is Never Right -- 5. Abuse -- 6. When Villains Ramble Far and Near -- 7. Conjurers Forgiven -- 8. We Will Trust You As Our Leader -- 9. A Real Slow Drag -- Appendix. 10. Bowing Music: Themes from the Opera in One-Step Tempo (2003) / Rick Benjamin -- 11. Libretto Preface, read by Scott Joplin's closest living relative, Grandniece Mrs. LaErma White of Texarkana, Arkansas) -- Accompanying booklet: Treemonisha / by Rick Benjamin -- The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra -- Treemonisha / by Scott Joplin -- Selected discography -- Selected bibliography.
LCCN
093228072027
OCLC
  • ocn766419117
  • 766419117
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries