Research Catalog

The Telephone Hour

Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-09-02 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Publication
1940.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976
  • Melton, James, 1904-1961
  • White, Francia, 1908-1984
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911
  • Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886
  • Wilcox, E. S
  • MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908.
  • Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
  • Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
  • Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
  • Jensen, Adolf, 1837-1879.
  • Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
  • 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
  • Kitty, my love, will you marry me.
  • Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Classical music radio programs.
Note
  • Title and credits from audition; date from finding aid.
  • Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
  • Matrix nos: BB23985-C1 (disc 1); BB23986-B2 (disc 2).
  • "Tel. Hour, Prog 19, part 1; and Tel. Hour, Prog 19, part 2"-- On run-out of discs 1 and 2 respectively.
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English and Italian.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Contents
1st link: Opening announcement ; To the sea (arr. for orchestra) / music by MacDowell ; Commentary ; Poor wandering one / music by Sullivan ; libretto by W. S. Gilbert (White, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Rhapsody no. 6 / music and arr. by Liszt (orchestra) ; Commentary on Ombra mai fu -- Link 2: Ombra mai fu / music by Handel (Melton, orchestra) ; Kitty, my love, will you marry me? (Melton, orchestra) ; Murmuring zephyrs (arr. for chorus and orchestra) / music by Jensen ; English words by E.S. Wilcox ; Bell Telephone ad ; They didn't believe me / composed by Kern for musical The girl from Utah (Melton, Utah, orchestra) ; Closing announcement.
Call Number
*LK-16 823-824
OCLC
938185866
Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-09-02 / [produced by NBC Radio Network].
Imprint
1940.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001442 001446
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 September 2.
Access
Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Language
Sung in English and Italian.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976, host.
Melton, James, 1904-1961, performer.
White, Francia, 1908-1984, performer.
Voorhees, Donald, conductor.
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911, librettist.
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886, arranger of music.
Wilcox, E. S, lyricist.
Container of (expression): MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908. Sea pieces. To the sea; arranged.
Container of (work): Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Pirates of Penzance. Poor wandering one.
Container of (expression): Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Rhapsodies hongroises. No 6; arranged.
Container of (work): Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Serse. Ombra mai fù.
Container of (expression): Jensen, Adolf, 1837-1879. Gesänge aus dem spanischen Liederbuch. Murmelndes Lüftchen; arranged. English.
Container of (work): Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. They didn't believe me.
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, performer.
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus, performer.
National Broadcasting Company.
Added Title
Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
Kitty, my love, will you marry me.
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Found In:
Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings.
Research Call Number
*LK-16 823-824
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