America’s Musical Landscape, Fourth Edition

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label: Sony(243524)

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Tracklist

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1Little Johnny Jones: Give My Regards to Broadway
vocals:
Al Jolson
recording of:
Give My Regards to Broadway (Little Johnny Jones)
lyricist and composer:
George M. Cohan
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
George M. Cohan2:42
2Show Boat: Ol’ Man River
bass-baritone vocals:
William Warfield (bass-baritone)
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
Jerome Kern3:33
3West Side Story: Tonight
performer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
recording of:
West Side Story: Tonight Quintet (Jets, Sharks, Anita, Tony, Maria, Riff, Bernardo)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
part of:
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein3:42
4Porgy and Bess, Act II Scene 1: Bess, You Is My Woman Now
bass-baritone vocals:
Lawrence Winters (operatic bass-baritone)
soprano vocals:
Camilla Williams (operatic soprano)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I
George Gershwin5:16
5Three Places in New England, S. 7: Putnam’s Camp, Redding, ConnecticutCharles Ives5:41
6At the River, S. 214
performer:
Dalton Baldwin (American pianist) and William Parker (US free jazz double bassist, multi-instrumentalist, poet & composer)
recording of:
At the River, S. 214
lyricist:
Robert Lowry (American hymn writer, 1826-1899) (in 1865)
composer:
Charles Ives (American composer) (in 1916)
part of:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives (number: S. 214)
Charles Ives1:23
7The Banshee, HC 405
piano:
Henry Cowell (American composer)
recording of:
The Banshee
composer:
Henry Cowell (American composer) (in 1925)
Henry Cowell1:44
8Kebjar hudjan mas
gamelan:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
[anonymous]1:05
9The Perilous Night
recording of:
The Perilous Night
composer:
John Cage (American composer) (from 1943 until 1944)
John Cage12:56
10Fanfare for the Common Man
engineer:
Robert Gooch (British classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's) and Hellmuth Kolbe
producer:
Paul Myers (classical record producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1968-10)
conductor:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1968-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (from 1968 to present)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-10)
recording of:
Fanfare for the Common Man (for brass and percussion orchestra) (in 1968-10)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1942)
was commissioned by:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Eugene Goossens (Sir Eugene Goossens, composer and conductor, third of the Eugène Goossens dynasty)
premiered by:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (on 1943-03-12) and Eugene Goossens (Sir Eugene Goossens, composer and conductor, third of the Eugène Goossens dynasty) (on 1943-03-12)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Aaron Copland3:17
11Variations on a Shaker Melody
Aaron Copland3:15
12Adagio for Strings, op. 11
producer:
Thomas Z. Shepard
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (from 1965-02-02 until 1965-02-09)
conductor:
Thomas Schippers (conductor and composer) (from 1965-02-02 until 1965-02-09)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1965-02-02 until 1965-02-09)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings (from 1965-02-02 until 1965-02-09)
orchestrator:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1936)
premiered by:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1938-11-05) and Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (on 1938-11-05)
premiered at:
[radio broadcast] (1938-11-05)
publisher:
Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and G. Schirmer Inc.
arrangement of:
String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio
Samuel Barber9:04
13Symphony no. 1 “Afro‐American”: III. AnimatoWilliam Grant Still3:26
14Ensembles for Synthesizer (excerpt)
Milton Babbitt1:04
15Sound Patterns
choir vocals:
Brandeis New Music Chorale
recording of:
Sound Patterns
composer:
Pauline Oliveros (American composer and improviser) (in 1961)
Pauline Oliveros4:06
16Chester, Overture for Band
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-03-16)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic
conductor:
André Kostelanetz (conductor)
recording of:
New England Triptych: III. Chester
composer:
William Schuman (American composer) (in 1956)
part of:
New England Triptych
William Howard Schuman2:50

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Release

manufactured by:Sony Music Special Products
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 2002)