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Sorry, wrong number ; Practice in the art of elocution

Title
Sorry, wrong number ; Practice in the art of elocution / [music and libretto by] Jack Beeson.
Author
Beeson, Jack, 1921-2010.
Publication
Albany, NY : Albany Records, [2008]

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Additional Authors
  • Fletcher, Lucille.
  • Delsarte, François, 1811-1871.
  • Pogle, Frances Putnam.
  • Hill, Wendy (Soprano)
  • Steichen, Gerald
  • Marshall, Richard (John Richard)
  • Beeson, Jack, 1921-2010.
  • Center for Contemporary Opera, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Description
1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Alternative Title
Practice in the art of elocution.
Subjects
Note
  • The 1st work an opera in one act; the 2nd work a music theater work for soprano and acting pianist.
  • Librettos by Jack Beeson based on a radio play by Louise Fletcher, Sorry, wrong number (1st work), and based on The standard American speaker and entertainer by Frances Putnam Pogle, which quotes the writings of François Delsarte, and includes settings of poems by Rupert Brooke, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an anonymous poet, and James Whitcomb Riley (2nd work).
  • Compact disc.
  • Librettos and program notes in English in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded In New York City May 26, 1999 (1st work) and May 16, 2007 (2nd work).
Language (note)
  • Sung and spoken in English.
Contents
Sorry, wrong number (35:08) -- Practice in the art of elocution (35:10).
LCCN
  • 00034061100928
  • 034061100928
OCLC
  • ocn223990525
  • 223990525
  • SCSB-14032484
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries