The Telephone Hour, 1956-10-15
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Title
The Telephone Hour, 1956-10-15
Collection
The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings
Names
Seefried, Irmgard (Performer)
Voorhees, Donald (Conductor)
Coward, Noel, 1899-1973 (Composer)
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 (Composer)
Marx, Joseph, 1882-1964 (Composer)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 (Composer)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 (Composer)
National Broadcasting Company (Producer)
National Broadcasting Company (Associated name)
Bell Telephone Orchestra (Performer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1956-10-15
Table Of Contents
[Disc side 1: (14:49)]: Conversation piece: I'll folllow my secret heart / Coward -- Turandot: Tu che di gel [sei] cinta / Puccini -- [Bell Telephone announcement about "The woman's touch"] (Unidentified host) -- [Waldseligkeit = Woodland rapture)] ; Venetianisches Wiegenlied = Venetian cradle song / Marx -- [Introduction to Mendelssohn's "Symphony no. 4, op. 90: 1st movement"] (Unidentififed host) |||| [Disc side 2: (14:44)]: Symphony no. 4, op. 90: 1st movement (Allegro vivace) / Mendelssohn -- Marriage of Figaro: Deh vieni, non tardar = Oh come, do not delay / Mozart -- [Closing remarks and announcements] (Unidentified host)
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LJ-16 2609
Shelf locator: *LT-10 10224
Subjects
Radio programs, Musical
Operas
Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Symphonies
Coward, Noel, 1899-1973. Conversation piece. I'll follow my secret heart; arranged
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Turandot. Tu che di gel sei cinta
Marx, Joseph, 1882-1964. Lieder und Gesänge. Waldseligkeit
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Symphonies, no. 4, op. 90, A major. Allegro vivace
Genres
Notes
Content: "NBC Orthacoustic instantaneous; Telephone Hour; Irmgard Seefried, soprano; UCT-100-10; 10/15/56"--From original disc label.
Performers: Irmgard Seefried, soprano (Disc side 1: 2nd-4th works ; Disc side 2: 2nd work) ; Bell Telephone Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor ; with unidentified host.
Venue: Broadcast from Carnegie Hall, New York, New York 1956 October 15.
Language: Spoken in English; sung in Italian and German.
Citation/Reference: Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 audio disc (29:33) : analog, mono, 33 1/3 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 16 in.
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16130236
Archives ID: 20502
RLIN/OCLC: 908255413
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20614592
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6413fd80-b8bf-0133-1bb3-60f81dd2b63c
Rights
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MLA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The Telephone Hour, 1956-10-15" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1956. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6413fd80-b8bf-0133-1bb3-60f81dd2b63c
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1956). The Telephone Hour, 1956-10-15 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6413fd80-b8bf-0133-1bb3-60f81dd2b63c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The Telephone Hour, 1956-10-15" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6413fd80-b8bf-0133-1bb3-60f81dd2b63c
Wikipedia citation
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