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| Genre/Form: | Excerpts |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Music |
| Document Type: | Sound Recording |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
George Gershwin; DuBose Heyward; Ira Gershwin; Anne Brown; Todd Duncan; Alexander Smallens; Eva Jessye Choir.; Decca Symphony Orchestra. |
| OCLC Number: | 27084561 |
| Notes: | "Originally released as two separate 'Selections from' 78 r.p.m. albums, Decca 145 and Decca 283, in 1940 and 1942, respectively, except for Avon Long's 'I got plenty o' nuttin', ' originally released 1942 as Decca 78 r.p.m. single 18323"--Insert. Compact disc. Original liner notes by Louis Untermeyer, and reissue notes by Max O. Preeo (10 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Performer(s): | Anne Brown, soprano ; Todd Duncan, baritone ; other singers ; Eva Jessye Choir ; Decca Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Smallens, conductor. |
| Production notes: | Recorded May 1940 and May 1942. |
| Description: | 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Contents: | Overture ; and, Summertime -- A woman is a sometime thing ; Introducing Summertime (Edward Matthews, Harriet Jackson) -- My man's gone now -- It take a long pull to get there (Edward Matthews) -- I got plenty o' nuttin' -- Buzzard song -- Bess, you is my woman -- It ain't necessarily so -- What you want wid Bess? -- Strawberry woman's call ; Crab man's call (Helen Dowdy, Gladys Goode; William Woolfolk, Georgette Harvey) -- I loves you, Porgy -- The requiem -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (with Avon Long) -- Porgy's lament and finale -- I got plenty o' nuttin (Avon Long with Leo Reisman's orchestra; recorded Apr. 1942). |
| Series Title: | Broadway gold. |
| Other Titles: | Summertime. Woman is a sometime thing. My man's gone now. It take a long pull to get there. I got plenty o' nuttin'. Buzzard song. Bess, you is my woman. It ain't necessarily so. What you want wid Bess? Strawberry woman's call. Crab man's call. I loves you, Porgy. Requiem. There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York. Porgy's lament and finale. Porgy and Bess. Porgy and Bess Decca presents selections from George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess |
| Responsibility: | all songs written by George Gershwin, DuBoss [i.e. DuBose] Heyward, Ira Gershwin ; except "The requiem" written by George Gershwin. |
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