Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Addison, Adele
2. Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
3. Bledsoe, Jules, 1898-1943
4. Brice, Carol, 1918-1985
5. Brown, Anne, 1912-2009
6. Allen, Betty, 1927-2009
7. Carey, Thomas (Baritone)
8. Davis, Ellabelle, 1907-1960
9. Dobbs, Mattiwilda
10. Davy, Gloria
11. Duncan, Todd
12. Elzy, Ruby
13. Holland, Charles
14. Matthews, Inez
15. McFerrin, Robert, 1921-2006
16. Tynes, Margaret
17. Warfield, William
18. Williams, Camilla, 1919-2012

Description

1. 2 audio discs (approximately 2 hr., 29 min.) : CD audio; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

1. In 2019, Parnassus Records' "Black Swans" CD recalled to life an almost forgotten aspect of Black culture, the active participation of Black musicians in classical music 100 years ago. As a follow-up, "Black Swans at Mid-Century" presents a collection of 18 fine Black singers who specialized in opera and art song, in recordings made from the late 1920s to the early 1960s.

Subject

1. African Americans in the performing arts
2. Songs with instrumental ensemble
3. Songs with piano
4. Operas > Excerpts, Arranged

Genre/Form

1. Arrangements (Music)
2. Art music.
3. Chamber music.
4. Excerpts.
5. Operas.
6. Songs.
7. Sound recordings.

Contents

1. Disc 1. Messiah-rejoice greatly / Handel (Adele Addison, soprano) (9:10) -- Home sweet home / Bishop (3:44) -- Every time I feel the Spirit / Anon (Marian Anderson, contralto) (1:31) -- Show boat-old man river / Kern (Jules Bledsoe, baritone) (4:28) -- Alto rhapsody / Brahms (Carol Brice, contralto) (13:39) -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Mortensen (1:57) -- The nightingale, "One morning in May" / Brockway (arr.) (2:45) -- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child / Burleigh (arr.) (2:45) -- Hold on / Johnson (arr.) (2:23) -- His name so sweet / Jordan (arr.) (2:25) -- Adventures of Isabel / Mortensen (Anne Brown, soprano) (2:04) -- Stabat mater-fac ut portem / Rossini (Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano) (3:45) -- Sister Mary / Hayes (arr.) (3:29) -- Little boy / Hayes (arr.) (Thomas Cary, baritone) (3:24) -- Chère nuit / Bachelet (4:21) -- Berceuse creole / Sauguet (Ellabelle Davis, soprano) (3:38) -- Lakmé-ou va la jeune indoue "Bell song" / Delibes (Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano) (7:29).
2. Disc 2. O, the chimneys / Shulamit Ran (Gloria Davy, soprano) (17:57) -- Von ewiger Liebe / Brahms (4:09) -- Danse macabre / Saint-Saëns (3:06) -- The seminarianist / Mussorgsky (Todd Duncan, baritone) (3:42) -- Porgy and Bess : My man's gone now / Gershwin (Ruby Elzy, soprano) (4:12) -- Talk about a child that do love Jesus / Dawson (2:18) -- Honor! Honor! / Johnson (arr.) (2:55) -- Old folks at home / Foster (Inez Matthews, soprano ; Juanita Hall Choir) (2:31) -- Le nozze di Figaro : Dove sone / Mozart (Dorothy Maynor, soprano) (6:17) -- Aida : Quest' asissa / Verdi (2:19) -- Aida : E in uo potere lo sto! In poser di lei! / Verdi (Robert McFerrin, baritone ; Anna Maria Rovere, soprano) (7:26) -- Porty and Bess : Summertime / Gershwin (Margaret Tynes, soprano) (2:52) -- Sea shanties : Rio grande (3:42) ; Blow ye winds (1:28) ; Across the Western Ocean (3:41) ; Mobile Bay (2:03) ; Shenandoah (3:16 / Daugherty (arr.) -- When I bring you coloured toys / Carpenter (Camillia Williams, soprano) (2:43).

Call number

1. *LDC 55869

Note

1. Title from disc label.
2. Contains previously released recordings.
3. Biographical notes in on the performers by Leslie Gerber inserted in container.

Credits (note)

1. Produced by Leslie Gerber and Steve Smolian ; audio restoration by Steve Smolian.

Language (note)

1. Chiefly English words.

Title

1. Black swans at mid-century.

Publisher

1. Woodstock, NY : Parnassus Records, [2021]

Copyright date

1. ©2021, ℗2021

Playing time

1. 011219 011627

Type of content

1. performed music

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audio disc

Physical medium

1. 4 3/4 in.

Digital file characteristics

1. audio file
2. CD audio

Performer

1. Adele Addison, Marian Anderson, Jules Bledsoe, Carol Brice, Anne Brown, Betty Allen, Thomas Carey, Ellabelle Davis, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Gloria Davy, Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy, Charles Holland, Inez Matthews, Robert McFerrin, Margaret Tynes, William Warfield, & Camilla Williams ; with various accompanying musicians and ensembles.

Credits

1. Produced by Leslie Gerber and Steve Smolian ; audio restoration by Steve Smolian.

Event

1. Recorded 1920s-early 1960s.

Language

1. Chiefly English words.

Added author

1. Addison, Adele, performer.
2. Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993, performer.
3. Bledsoe, Jules, 1898-1943, performer.
4. Brice, Carol, 1918-1985, performer.
5. Brown, Anne, 1912-2009, performer.
6. Allen, Betty, 1927-2009, performer.
7. Carey, Thomas (Baritone), performer.
8. Davis, Ellabelle, 1907-1960, performer.
9. Dobbs, Mattiwilda, performer.
10. Davy, Gloria, performer.
11. Duncan, Todd, performer.
12. Elzy, Ruby, performer.
13. Holland, Charles, performer.
14. Matthews, Inez, performer.
15. McFerrin, Robert, 1921-2006, performer.
16. Tynes, Margaret, performer.
17. Warfield, William, performer.
18. Williams, Camilla, 1919-2012, performer.

Other standard identifier

1. 602003690068

Publisher no.

1. PACD 96078/9 Parnassus Records (set)
2. PACD 96078 Parnassus Records (disc 1)
3. PACD 96079 Parnassus Records (disc 2)

Research call number

1. *LDC 55869 Notes on file