Sounds of History, The: Reaching for the Empire [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1964
notes: label: Notes
content: Vocal works sung in English. Notes: Descriptive notes by Virgil Thomson on container. Performer(s): Frederic March, Florence Eldridge, narrators ; connective passages read by Charles Collingwood ; original music composed and conducted by Lehman Engel ; various performers in the musical selections.
label: Table of contents
content: Documents. From the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 --From John D. Rockefeller's statement on big business (1899) -- "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus (1899) --Mary Antin's first impressions of America, from The PromisedLand (1912) -- John P. Altgeld's letter to President Grover Cleveland (1894) --From Mary Elizabeth Lease's speech to farmers on behalf of the Populists (around 1890) --From a recording made by William Jennings Bryan in 1898 of his "Cross of Gold" speech originally delivered in 1896 --From the joint congressional resolution of April 20, 1898, on Cuba -- Admiral George Dewey's diary entry after the battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898) --From "An ode in time of hesitation" by William Vaughn Moody (1900) --From The red badge of courage by Stephen Crane (1895) --Mark Hanna's comment on Theodore Roosevelt's suitability as a vice presidential candidate (1900) --President William McKinley's words upon being shot by an assassin (1901) --Assassin Leon Czolgosz tells why he shot President President McKinley (1901) -- Mark Hanna's reaction to President McKinley's death (1901) --Theodore Roosevelt's speech on national purpose (1899) --Music: El Capitan --Sixty-seventh psalm --To a wild rose --Hello Central, give me Heaven --Aria from "Judith" -- Break the news to mother --Chorus from "Hora Novissima -- Gypsy love song --Maple leaf rag --A bird in a gilded cage -- The Washington Post
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Frontier & pioneer life
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: Time Life.008 B-3
label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-LP-4757
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in