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Alice and Jan Peerce at Lubavitch Center dinner : speeches and Jan Peerce concert.

Title
Alice and Jan Peerce at Lubavitch Center dinner : speeches and Jan Peerce concert.
Publication
[1974?]

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984
  • Peerce, Alice
  • Harmati, Sandor, 1892-1936.
  • Heyman, Edward, 1907-1981
  • Davies, Harry Parr, 1914-1955
  • Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
  • Bock, Jerry.
  • Harnick, Sheldon
  • Jan Peerce Estate, donor.
Found In
Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings.
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 68 minutes) : digital, stereo.
Summary
The concert is preceded by the fund-raising address from Peerces wife Alice Peerce, and commentaries by Jan Peerce. Peerce talks about his life and career as a cantor, operatic tenor, and a singer of Yiddish and Hebrew folk songs, tells Jewish jokes, and sings live various songs.
Alternative Title
  • E lucevan le stelle.
  • Ṿe-li-Yerushalayim ʻirkha.
  • Sha, shtil.
  • Look, listen.
  • Tradition.
  • Le-ḥayim.
  • To life.
  • If were a rich man.
  • Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title provided by cataloger based on the information from original reel tape container.
  • Streaming file transferred from original audio tape reel.
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Archival original: (1 audio tape reel : analog, mono) in *LT-7-A 1417.
Source (note)
  • Jan Peerce Estate
Language (note)
  • Spoken in English; sung in Yiddish, Hebrew, English, and Italian.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings, 1932-1983, *L (Special) 95-03.
Contents
Songs performed by Peerce during the concert. Aria from Tosca, E lucevan le stelle / Giacomo Puccini -- Ṿe-li-Yerushalayim ʻirkha -- Sha, shtil = Look, listen -- Fiddler on the roof: Tradition ; Le-ḥayim = To life ; If I were a rich man / music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick -- Blue bird of happiness / music by Sandor Harmati ; words by Edward Heyman ; additional lyrics by Harry Parr-Davies.
Call Number
*LT-7-A 1417
OCLC
939533245
Title
Alice and Jan Peerce at Lubavitch Center dinner : speeches and Jan Peerce concert.
Production
[1974?]
Type of Content
spoken word
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Jan Peerce, speaker and singer ; with piano accompaniment. Alice Peerce, speaker.
Event
Recorded live from the concert Chabad-Lubavitch Center, Toronto, Canada [1974 or perhaps 1977?]
Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Additional Formats
Archival original: (1 audio tape reel : analog, mono) in *LT-7-A 1417.
Language
Spoken in English; sung in Yiddish, Hebrew, English, and Italian.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings, 1932-1983, *L (Special) 95-03.
Source
Gift; Jan Peerce Estate, [1995].
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984, performer.
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984, speaker.
Peerce, Alice, speaker.
Container of (work): Harmati, Sandor, 1892-1936. Blue bird of happiness.
Heyman, Edward, 1907-1981, lyricist.
Davies, Harry Parr, 1914-1955, lyricist.
Container of (expression): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca. E lucevan le stelle; arranged.
Container of (expressinon): Bock, Jerry. Fiddler on the roof. Selections; arranged.
Harnick, Sheldon, lyricist.
Jan Peerce Estate, donor.
Added Title
E lucevan le stelle.
Ṿe-li-Yerushalayim ʻirkha.
Sha, shtil.
Look, listen.
Tradition.
Le-ḥayim.
To life.
If were a rich man.
Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings.
Found In:
Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 1417
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