Treemonisha / Scott Joplin.

Author/creator Joplin, Scott
Format Audio (CD)
Publication Info[Hamburg, Germany] : Deutsche Grammophon, [1992?], ℗1976.
Description2 audio discs (90 min., 6 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Supplemental ContentDr. John S. Chamberlain Music Collection
Subjects

Other author/creatorBalthrop, Carmen singer.
Other author/creatorAllen, Betty, 1927-2009, singer.
Other author/creatorRayam, Curtis singer.
Other author/creatorWhite, Willard singer.
Other author/creatorSchuller, Gunther arranger of music, conductor.
Other author/creatorHouston Grand Opera performer.
Variant title Title on container: Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
Contents Disc one. Overture (7:31) -- The bag of luck (6:37) -- The corn huskers (0:43) -- We're goin' around (a ring play) (2:10) -- The wreath (1:36) -- The sacred tree (7:41) -- Surprised (0:17) -- Treemonisha's bringing up (3:57) -- Good advice (4:43) -- Confusion (2:46) -- Disc two. Superstition (3:39) -- Treemonisha in peril (2:52) -- Frolic of the bears (3:08) -- The wasp nest (1:14) -- The rescue (1:27) -- We will rest awhile (1:24) -- Going home (0:39) -- Aunt Dinah has blowed the horn (1:35) -- Prelude (3:33) -- I want to see my child (2:23) -- Treemonisha's return (3:34) -- Wrong is never right (a lecture) (5:52) -- Abuse (0:29) -- When villains ramble far and near (4:56) -- Conjurors forgiven (1:09) -- We will trust you as our leader (8:34) -- A real slow drag (5:33).
Abstract The story of Treemonisha, who, because of her education, becomes a leader of her people in up country Arkansas in the later half of the 19th century.
Local noteLittle--305140010771
Local noteEMUSIC- 305140008734- CD
General noteDeutsche Grammophon: 435 710-2--435 711-2 (on container: 435 709-2).
General noteOpera in 3 acts; libretto by the composer.
General noteEd. recorded: Dramatic Pub. Co.
General noteOriginally released as analog discs, 1976 (2707 083).
General noteCompact discs.
General noteAnalog recording.
General noteNotes by Vera Brodsky Lawrence, Joplin's original preface, and libretto (30 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Performer Original cast recording: Carmen Balthrop, soprano ; Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano ; Curtis Rayam, tenor ; Willard White, bass ; supporting soloists ; orchestra and chorus of the Houston Grand Opera ; Gunther Schuller, orchestrator and conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Oct. 1975, RCA Studio A, New York.
LanguageSung in English.
Genre/formOperas.
Genre/formOperas.
LCCN 2014619470
Publisher number435 709-2 Deutsche Grammophon
Publisher number435 710-2 Deutsche Grammophon
Publisher number435 711-2 Deutsche Grammophon
Publisher number2707 083 Deutsche Grammophon