Guide to the Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings collection 1949-1986 Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings C0130

Guide to the Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings collection 1949-1986

Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings
C0130


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George Mason University Special Collections & Archives

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George Mason University
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2012

Finding aid prepared by Kristen Korfitzen

Repository
George Mason University Special Collections & Archives
Collection Number
C0130
Title
Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings collection 1949-1986
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/musictheatrespokenrecordings.html
Physical Characteristics
1.25 linear feet (4 boxes)
Creator
George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives.
Language
English
Abstract
This collection contains LP phonograph albums containing a variety of music, oral history, and musical scores. This box was found unlabeled and might be associated with another collection.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

Recordings may be protected by copyright laws.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Music, Theatre, and Spoken Word Sound Recordings, C0130, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donor unknown.

Processing Information

Processed by Kristen Korfitzen in 2012. EAD markup completed by Kristen Korfitzen in 2012.


Historical Information

No information of donor or history is known.

Scope and Content

This collection contains 31 LP phonograph albums including music, musical scores, plays, literature recordings, and speech recordings. The albums span a roughly 40 year period being released between 1949 and the late 1980s. Musical albums include: A Tribute to Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits, Songs of the Depression, and I Will Win: Songs of the Wooblies. Albums of recorded plays feature playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Arthur Miller. The collection also features original cast recordings of musicals Winnie and Brigham!, a musical based on the life of Brigham Young and contains literary recordings of the works of T.S. Elliot, Frederick Douglass and Lorraine Hansberry.

Several of the albums focus on content related to the Great Depression, unions, American labor, and Folk Music.

Arrangement note

The collection is not arranged in any specific order.

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds the Japanese Phonograph collection.

Index Terms

    Subjects:

  • Acting.
  • Folk music--United States
  • Great Depression
  • Music--20th century.
  • Music.
  • Protest songs--United States
  • Document Types:

  • Live sound recordings.
  • Sound recordings.

Container List

Audio Box: 1
A Tribute to Woody Guthrie Part Two
1972
Audio Box: 1
Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet
1961
Audio Box: 1
George Gershwin's Song Book and Other Music for Piano Solo
1986
Scope and Contents note

Preformed by Leonard Pennario.

Audio Box: 1
Song Recital (Vol. 1) Lotte Lehmann, Soprano with Eno Balogh at the Piano
Audio Box: 1
What if I am a Woman? Black Women's Speeches Narrated by Ruby Dee With an Introduction by Ossie Davis
1977
Audio Box: 1
Eubie Blake Song Hits
1976
Audio Box: 1
Speeches by Frederick Douglas read by Ossie Davis
1977
Audio Box: 1
Folk Music of the United States
1952
Audio Box: 1
William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
1960
Audio Box: 1
Songs of the FDR Years
1979
Scope and Contents note

Roy Berkeley and Tim Woodbridge

Audio Box: 2
Hard Times: The Story of the Depression in the Voices of those who Lived It.
1971
Audio Box: 2
Strange, Unusual, Evening: A Santa Barbara Story
1970
Audio Box: 2
Brigham! Original Soundtrack
1976
Audio Box: 2
Arthur Miller's After the Fall
1964
Scope and Contents note

The Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center

Audio Box: 2
Promised Valley: Suit for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra from the Musical Play
1984
Audio Box: 2
Winnie: Original Cast Recording
1988
Audio Box: 1
Judith Anderson in Medea
1949
Audio Box: 2
Sir John Gielgud and Miss Irene Worth in Men and Women of Shakespeare
1967
Audio Box: 2
Only the Music: Opera Without Words
Audio Box: 3
To be Young, Gifted and Black
1970
Scope and Contents note

Lorraine Hansberry

Audio Box: 3
Union Train
1975
Scope and Contents note

Joe Glazer

Audio Box: 3
I Will Win: Songs of the Wobblies
1977
Scope and Contents note

Joe Glazer

Audio Box: 3
The Cradle Will Rock
1964
Audio Box: 3
The Labour Stage Production: Pins and Needles
1962
Audio Box: 3
Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits
1967
Audio Box: 3
Living Shakespeare: Hamlet
1961
Audio Box: 3
Songs of the Depression
Audio Box: 3
Negro Songs of Protest
1973
Audio Box: 3
Songs of Complaint and Protest
1977
Audio Box: 4
Twentieth Century Poetry in English: Contemporary Recordings of the Poets Reading Their Own Poems
1949
Scope and Contents note

T.S. Eliot

Audio Box: 4
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music
1981