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Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings
C0130
Published by George Mason University Libraries
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| Repository |
George Mason University Special Collections Research Center |
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George Mason University. Special Collections Research Center. |
| Title |
Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings collection |
| Date |
1949-1986 |
| Physical Characteristics |
1.25 linear feet (4 boxes) |
| 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. |
| Collection Number |
C0130 |
| Language |
English
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No information of donor or history is known.
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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.
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The collection is not arranged in any specific order.
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Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Recordings may be protected by copyright laws..
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Special Collections Research Center also holds the Japanese Phonograph collection.
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Subjects:
Acting.
Folk music--United States
Great Depression
Music.
Music--20th century.
Protest songs--United States
Document Types:
Live sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
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Music, Theatre, and Spoken Word Sound Recordings, Collection #C0130, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Donor unknown.
Processed by Kristen Korfitzen in 2012. EAD markup completed by Kristen Korfitzen in 2012.
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A Tribute to Woody Guthrie Part Two 1972 |
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Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet 1961 |
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George Gershwin's Song Book and Other Music for Piano Solo 1986 |
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Preformed by Leonard Pennario. |
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Song Recital (Vol. 1) Lotte Lehmann, Soprano with Eno Balogh at the Piano |
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What if I am a Woman? Black Women's Speeches Narrated by Ruby Dee With an Introduction by Ossie Davis 1977 |
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Eubie Blake Song Hits 1976 |
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Speeches by Frederick Douglas read by Ossie Davis 1977 |
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Folk Music of the United States 1952 |
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William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew 1960 |
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Songs of the FDR Years 1979 |
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Roy Berkeley and Tim Woodbridge |
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Hard Times: The Story of the Depression in the Voices of those who Lived It. 1971 |
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Strange, Unusual, Evening: A Santa Barbara Story 1970 |
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Brigham! Original Soundtrack 1976 |
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Arthur Miller's After the Fall 1964 |
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The Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center |
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Promised Valley: Suit for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra from the Musical Play 1984 |
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Winnie: Original Cast Recording 1988 |
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Judith Anderson in Medea 1949 |
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Sir John Gielgud and Miss Irene Worth in Men and Women of Shakespeare 1967 |
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Only the Music: Opera Without Words |
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To be Young, Gifted and Black 1970 |
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Lorraine Hansberry |
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Union Train 1975 |
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Joe Glazer |
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I Will Win: Songs of the Wobblies 1977 |
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Joe Glazer |
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The Cradle Will Rock 1964 |
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The Labour Stage Production: Pins and Needles 1962 |
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Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits 1967 |
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Living Shakespeare: Hamlet 1961 |
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Negro Songs of Protest 1973 |
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Songs of Complaint and Protest 1977 |
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Twentieth Century Poetry in English: Contemporary Recordings of the Poets Reading Their Own Poems 1949 |
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T.S. Eliot |
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The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music 1981 |
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