Research Catalog

The Telephone Hour

Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-07-29 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Publication
1940.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Melton, James, 1904-1961
  • White, Francia, 1908-1984
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976
  • Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
  • Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908.
  • Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963.
  • Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
  • Alvarez, F. M. (Fermín María), 1833-1898.
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
  • Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924.
  • Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
  • Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, performer.
  • Bell Telephone Hour Chorus, performer.
  • National Broadcasting Company.
Found In
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 30 min.) : digital, mono.
Uniform Title
Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
Alternative Title
  • Bell Telephone Hour
  • Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Classical music radio programs.
Note
  • Title and date from the orininal discs label; credits from audition.
  • Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
  • Matrix nos: BB23658-C2 (disc 1); BB23659-B2 (disc 2).
  • "Program 14"-- On label.
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site aat the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English and Spanish.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Contents
1st link: Opening announcement ; Gypsy airs (arr. for orchestra) / music by Sarasate ; Mother of mine (originally with piano) / music by Tours ; words by Kipling (Melton, orchestra, Voorhees) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Etude no. 3 in D-flat major (arr. for orchestra) / music by Liszt ; Announcement -- 2nd link: La partida / music by Alvarez (White, orchestra, Voorhees) -- It ain't necessarily so / music by Gershwin (Melton, chorus, orchestra, Voorhees) ; Spanish serenade / music by Herbert (orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Barcarolle from Contes d'Hoffmann (originally for soprano and mezo-soprano with orchestra) / music by Offenbach (Melton, White, chorus, orchestra, Voorhees) ; Closing announcement.
Call Number
*LK-16 818-819
OCLC
936554643
Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-07-29 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Imprint
1940.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001432 001452
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Warner Anderson, announcer ; James Melton, tenor ; Francia White, soprano ; Bell Telephone Hour Chorus ; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor.
Event
Broadcast on NBC Radio in New York 1940 July 29.
Access
Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site aat the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Language
Sung in English and Spanish.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Melton, James, 1904-1961, performer.
White, Francia, 1908-1984, performer.
Voorhees, Donald, conductor.
Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976, host.
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936, lyricist.
Container of (expression): Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Zigeunerweisen; arranged.
Container of (expression): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Mother o' mine; arranged.
Container of (expression): Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Études de concert (1848). No 3; arranged.
Container of (work): Alvarez, F. M. (Fermín María), 1833-1898. Partida.
Container of (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. It ain't necessarily so.
Container of (work): Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924. Suite of serenades. Spanish.
Container of (expression): Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann. Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour; arranged. English.
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, performer.
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus, performer.
National Broadcasting Company.
Added Title
Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Found In:
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Research Call Number
*LK-16 818-819
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