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Catalog Number |
1987.3.0098 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of sound recordings. Collage on front of tape box is made up of Happy Birthday card to Louis, and the words "Copenhagen, Denmark" (which Louis visited in Janaury 1959). Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recordings of sound recordings: "Wanderin'" (Robert Merrill); Track 2: "Cavalleria Rusticana"; Track 3: "Intermezzo" from "Cavalleria Rusticana"; Tracks 4-6: Recording of Virgil Fox sound recording, "Organ Reveries": "Going Home" (Virgil Fox); Track 5: "Humperdinck's Prayer from Hansel and Gretel" (Virgil Fox); Track 6: "Roulade, op. 3" (Virgil Fox); Track 7: "Estrellita (Little Star)" (Lily Pons); Track 8: "Dancing Doll" (Lily Pons); Track 9: "Flamingo" (Dorothy Kirsten); Track 10: "Orchids in the Moonlight" (Dorothy Kirsten); Track 11: "Sleepy Lagoon" (Dorothy Kirsten); Track 12: "Temptation" (Dorothy Kirsten); Track 13: "Love's Old Sweet Song" (Rise Stevens); Track 14: "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" (Rise Stevens); Track 15: "At Dawning" (Rise Stevens); Track 16: "Oh Promise Me" (Gladys Swarthout); Track 17: "Bless This House" (Gladys Swarthout); Track 18: "At Dawning" (Gladys Swarthout); Track 19: "The Lord's Prayer" (Gladys Swarthout); Track 20-Disc 2, Track 1: "William Tell Overture" (Royal Opera House Orchestra); Track 2: "When it's Sleepy Time Down South" (Louis Armstrong); Track 3: "You Rascal You" (Louis Armstrong); Tracks 4-6: Recording of Arthur Fielder sound recording, "Violin Favorites": "Ave Maria" (Nathan Milstein, Arthur Fiedler with the RCA Victor Orchestra); Track 5: "Poupee Valsante" (Nathan Milstein, Arthur Fiedler with the RCA Victor Orchestra); Track 6: "Apres un Reve" (Nathan Milstein, Arthur Fiedler with the RCA Victor Orchestra); Track 7: "Chopin: Polonaise in A Flat," "Falla: Ritual Fire Dance" (Leonard Pennario); Track 8: "Albeniz: Seguidilla" (Leonard Pennario); Track 9: "Water Boy" (The de Paur Infantry Chorus); Track 10: "Tol My Cap'n" (The de Paur Infantry Chorus); Track 11: "Great Gawd A Mighty" (DePaur Infantry Chorus); Track 12: "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (The de Paur Infantry Chorus); Tracks 13-18: Recording of Nat King Cole sound recording, "Tenth Anniversary Album": "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Nat Cole); Track 14: "There I've Said it Again" (Nat Cole); Track 15: "Too Soon" (Nat Cole); Track 16: "Rough Riding" (Nat Cole); Track 17: "The Love Nest" (Nat Cole); Track 18: "But All I've Got is Me" (Nat Cole). |
Notes |
Tape seems to contain nothing but EP sound recordings originally released in 1959 but it is in Tape Catalog #1 so it must have been made and cataloged during Louis's 1959-1960 re-cataloging of his tape collection. |
People |
Cole, Nat King Fiedler, Arthur Kirsten, Dorothy Merrill, Robert Milstein, Nathan Pennario, Leonard Pennario, Leonard Pons, Lily Stevens, Rise Swarthout, Gladys Vox, Virgil |
Search Terms |
Opera |
Date |
1959 |
Year Range from |
1954 |
Year Range to |
1959 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.98 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |