Giants in the earth
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- Name
- Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969
- Sundgaard, Arnold, 1909-2006
- Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931
- Ditson Fund Recordings Archive
- Title
- Giants in the earth
- Collection Name
- Ditson Fund Recordings Archive
- Subjects
- Operas; Live sound recordings
- Format
- music; sound recordings
- Genre
- music; sound recordings
- Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (6 audio files : 240, 267, 310, 283, 282, 240 mb)
- Note (Funding)
- Grammy Foundation Archiving & Preservation Grant
- Note
- Opera in 3 acts, 4 scenes.
- Title from CD-ROM container-insert as transcribed from the original item.
- Libretto by Arnold Sundgaard, based on the novel of O.E. Rølvaag.
- The opera's 3 acts are distributed across files as follows: Act 1 (beginning): CD-ROM 1 (DIT.040.01a); Act 1(conclusion): CD-ROM 2 (DIT.040.02a) -- Act 2: CD-ROM 3 (DIT.040.03a-b) -- Act 3 (beginning): CD-ROM 2 (DIT.040.02b); Act 3 (conclusion): CD-RO M 1 (DIT.040.01b)
- Originally recorded under the auspices of The Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University.
- Forms part of: Ditson Fund Recordings Archive.
- Digitization the original sound recording (3 sound discs : analog, mono. ; 12 in.)
- File numbers: DIT.040.01a-b; DIT.040.02a-b; DIT.040.03a-b.
- Related CD identification no.: 617521127215 (CD-ROM 1), 617521127216 (CD-ROM-2), 617521127218 (CD-ROM-3).
- Numbers on original items: M782 365 1-6, M782 365 2-5, M782 365 3-4.
- Recorded live: Brander Matthews Hall, Columbia University at one of the performances mounted by the Columbia Opera Workshop, March 28-April 7, 1951
- Note (Performers)
- Columbia Opera Workshop; the 2 accompanying programs list 2 different possible casts of soloists.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 14412995
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-6k5j-0h05