Treemonisha / Scott Joplin.
| Author/creator | Joplin, Scott |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | [Hamburg, Germany] : Deutsche Grammophon, [1992?], ℗1976. |
| Description | 2 audio discs (90 min., 6 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Dr. John S. Chamberlain Music Collection |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Balthrop, Carmen singer. |
| Other author/creator | Allen, Betty, 1927-2009, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Rayam, Curtis singer. |
| Other author/creator | White, Willard singer. |
| Other author/creator | Schuller, Gunther arranger of music, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Houston 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 note | Little--305140010771 |
| Local note | EMUSIC- 305140008734- CD |
| General note | Deutsche Grammophon: 435 710-2--435 711-2 (on container: 435 709-2). |
| General note | Opera in 3 acts; libretto by the composer. |
| General note | Ed. recorded: Dramatic Pub. Co. |
| General note | Originally released as analog discs, 1976 (2707 083). |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Analog recording. |
| General note | Notes 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 note | Recorded Oct. 1975, RCA Studio A, New York. |
| Language | Sung in English. |
| Genre/form | Operas. |
| Genre/form | Operas. |
| LCCN | 2014619470 |
| Publisher number | 435 709-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
| Publisher number | 435 710-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
| Publisher number | 435 711-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
| Publisher number | 2707 083 Deutsche Grammophon |