Medley of Tom Scott homemade recordings made between 1947 and 1958

Item data

Title

Medley of Tom Scott homemade recordings made between 1947 and 1958

Collection

Tom Scott audio collection

Names

Moran, Jim (Author)
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961 (Composer)
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961 (Performer)
Macero, Teo, 1925-2008 (Performer)
Scott, Tom, 1912-1961 (Commentator)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1947 - 1958
Place: New York, NY

Table Of Contents

Part 1: Saxophone and piano jazz/pop music tracks: no. 1 ; no. 2 ; no. 3 / music by Tom Scott -- Mole [theme and] variations for [two] recorders: Opening narrration ("I am Miff, said the mole...") [words written by Jim Moran; some music later used as themes for "Sophocles, the hyena", ca. 1957] ; Introduction of recorders (tenor and bass) ; Theme ; Theme played backwards ; Variations: Gavotte (bass) ; Mazurka (bass and tenor) ; Polka (bass and tenor) ; Waltz (bass and tenor) ; Gigue (tenor and bass) [ends abruptly] (Tom Scott, narrator) / music by Tom Scott (10:04). Part 2: Home recording (slight background noise, writing?) (4:32). Part 3: [Excerpt, end of] "Red alert: [a] short synopsis" (3:00) / [a science-fiction movie idea about life in Venus; the hero Zomaz meets women from Venus] / idea dictated by Tom Scott. Part 4: [Telephone calls (August 1958)] (10:01): Tom Scott and Donna Ricca's conversation ; Tom sings a Verdi recitative ("Freddo sepolcro") before aria ("Il lacerato spirito") from "Simon Boccanegra" ; Donna Ricca's audio [slightly erratic] ; Tom talks about trouble of receiving payments to Tom Scott Interprises, and talks about his work on three "Camera Three" episodes: "The tell-tale heart" (originally broadcast 8/24/58), "Ivy day [in the committee room]" (originally broadcast 8/17/58) and "Emily Dickinson: [Portrait of a poet]" (originally broadcast 8/10/58). Part 5: [Unidentified] Short old (radio) broadcast clip of a dramatic interpretation of the day before the Gettysburg Address (originally broadcast 11/19/47) [ends abruptly]

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 4072

Subjects

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address -- Drama
Camera three (Television program)
Recorder music (Recorders (2))
Popular music -- 1951-1960
Jazz -- 1951-1960
Saxophone and piano music
Science fiction
Television music
Operas
Radio plays

Genres

Live Sound Recordings
Demo Recordings
Radio Rehearsals
Music
Radio Programs

Notes

Content: Title from original audiotape reel container. "Teo Macero Sax (pop songs); Mole Variations for recorder"--From original audiotape reel container.
Performers: Part 1: Teo Macero, tenor saxophone ; [with unidentfied piano] (1st-3rd works) ; [2 unidentified recorders (tenor and bass)] (4th work) ; Tom Scott, composer and narrator (4th work). Parts 2-4: Tom Scott, recording engineer, singer (Part 4 only) and added commentary. Part 5: [Unidentified narrator and 2 actors playing Ward Lamon and Abraham Lincoln)]
Venue: Recorded Tom Scott's house, New York, New York [195-?] (Parts 1-3) [August 1958] (Part 4); Broadcast? [New York, New York] 1947 November 19 (Part 5).
Acquisition: Separated from; Music Division, Tom Scott papers, 1912-1970 (bulk 1942-1960); JPB 12-08.
Acquisition: Gift; Susanna Scott; 2011.
Language: Spoken in English, sung (Part 4 only) in Italian.
Numbering: "17"--From original audiotape container spine.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audiotape reel (28 min., 45 sec.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips and 3 3/4 ips, full-track, mono, NAB ; 7 in.
originally re-wound from a 5 in. audiotape reel.

Languages

English
Italian

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 941849045
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20906752
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 25ec6a60-880c-0134-30ee-00505686a51c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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