Name
Wagenaar, Bernard, 1894-1971
Eager, Edward
Ditson Fund Recordings Archive
Title
Pieces of eight
Collection Name
Ditson Fund Recordings Archive
Subjects
Operas; Live sound recordings
Format
music; sound recordings
Genre
music; sound recordings
Date
May 13, 1944
Physical Description
1 online resource (5 audio files: 194, 163, 149, 170, 137 mb)
Note (Funding)
Grammy Foundation Archiving & Preservation Grant
Note
An operatic comedy in 2 acts, for 9 singers and chamber orchestra.
Title from CD-ROM container-insert as transcribed from the original item.
Libretto by Edward Eager.
Incomplete; using page numbers in the Music Library's copy of the ms. vocal score (09 D6355 W114) only following passages have been recorded: DIT.074.04a (v.1 p.81-99); DIT.074.04b (v. 2 p. 1-11); DIT.074.06a (v.2 p. 27-35); DIT.074.07a (v.2 p. 52-62) ; DIT.074.08a (p. 62-88 [end]).
Originally recorded under the auspices of The Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University.
Forms part of: Ditson Fund Recordings Archive.
Digitization of the original sound recordings (8 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.) Incomplete: discs 1-3 & 5 are broken and were not digitized. Recorded in live performance. "Evening performance."
File numbers: DIT.074.01a-b-DIT.074.08a-b (lacks DITSON.074.01a-b-DITSON.074.03a-b; DIT.074.05.a-b.
Related CD identification no.: 622221314423 (DIT.074.04a-b); 622221314464 (DIT.074.06a); 622221314424 (DIT.074.07a); 622221314425 (DIT.074.08a)
Recorded live: [Columbia University] May 13, 1944
Note (Performers)
Unidentified performers.
Language
English
Library Location
Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
14413020
Also In
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-jfmv-d147