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The Telephone Hour: radio broadcast, 1940-11-11

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The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings

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Title
The Telephone Hour: radio broadcast, 1940-11-11
Additional title: Bell Telephone Hour
Additional title: Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
Names
Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976 (Host)
Melton, James, 1904-1961 (Performer)
White, Francia, 1908-1984 (Performer)
Voorhees, Donald (Conductor)
Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963 (Lyricist)
Weatherly, F. E. (Frederic Edward), 1848-1929 (Lyricist)
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 (Lyricist)
Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960 (Lyricist)
Dix, J. Airlie, 1862-1911 (Composer)
Braga, Gaetano, 1829-1907 (Composer)
Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972 (Composer)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 (Composer)
Wood, Haydn, 1882-1959 (Composer)
Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953 (Composer)
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Composer)
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra (Performer)
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus (Performer)
National Broadcasting Company (Producer)
Collection

The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940-11-11
Table of Contents
Link 1: Opening announcement ; The trumpeter / music by Dix ; words by Barron (Melton, orchestra) ; Announcement ; Angel's serenade / music by Braga ; arr. for chorus and orchestra ; Giannina mia from operetta Firefly / music by Friml ; words by Harbach (White, orchestra) ; Announcement ; Bell Telephone ad -- Link 2: Announcement ; Scherzo from Midsummer night's dream / music by Mendelssohn (orchestra) ; Roses of Picardy / music by Wood ; lyrics by Weatherly (Melton, orchestra) ; Announcement -- Link 3: Now sleeps the crimson petal (originally for voice and piano) / music by Quilter ; lyrics by Tennyson (chorus, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Why do I love you from the musical Show boat / music by Kern ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2 (Melton, White, orchestra) ; Closing announcement.
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LK-16 839-840
Topics
Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
Musicals
Incidental music
Orchestral music
Radio programs, Musical
Dix, J. Airlie, 1862-1911. Trumpeter
Braga, Gaetano, 1829-1907. Serenata; arranged. English
Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972. Firefly. Giannina mia
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum. Scherzo
Wood, Haydn, 1882-1959. Roses of Picardy
Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953. Songs, op. 3. Now sleeps the crimson petal; arranged
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Show boat. Why do I love you?
Genres
Radio programs
Music
Radio commercials
Advertising
Notes
Content: Title and date from original disc label; credits from audition.
Source note: Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
Content: Matrix nos: BB24661-C1 (Disc 1, side 1), BB24663-C1 (Disc 1, side 2), BB24662-B2 (Disc 2).
Content: "Telephone Hour, Prog 29, part 1; Telephone Hour, Prog 29, part 3; Telephone Hour, Prog 29, part 2 "-- On run-out of discs sides 1 and 2 and 3 respectively.
Performers: Warner Anderson, announcer ; James Melton, tenor ; Francia White, soprano ; Bell Telephone Hour Chorus ; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor.
Venue: Broadcast on NBC Radio in New York 1940 November 11.
Language: Sung in English.
Citation/reference: Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Physical Description
Audio disc
Extent: 2 (1 two-sided and 1 one-sided) audio discs (approximately 30 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, vertical cut, mono ; 16 in.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16130236
MSS Unit ID: 20502
RLIN/OCLC: 939554431
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20894238
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2df43ca0-c365-0133-ed4e-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1911: Creator Born
  • 1940: Created
  • 1976: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The Telephone Hour" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/31f2b200-c365-0133-6623-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The Telephone Hour" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/31f2b200-c365-0133-6623-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1940). The Telephone Hour Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/31f2b200-c365-0133-6623-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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The Telephone Hour