Sounds of History: The Great Age of Change [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1964
notes: label: Notes
content: Vocal works sung in English. 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 Hershy Kay ; various performers in the musical selections.
label: Table of contents
content: Eleanor Roosevelt describes the day (April 12, 1945) her husband died --From President Truman's speech to Congress describing the Truman Doctrine (March 12, 1947) -- From a plan proposed by Secretary of State George C. Marshall (June 5, 1947) --From William Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech (December 10, 1950) --From war correspondent James Bell's description of the battle for No Name Ridge in Korea (August 1950) --From a campaign speech by General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1952) --From the hearing of the special senate investigation on charges and countercharges involving the Secretary of the Army, Robert T. Stevens (June 9, 1954) --From the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka regarding segregation in the public schools (May 17, 1954) --From an interview with the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (November 16, 1956) --A broadcast from the Russian-orbited Sputnik (1957) --From the John F. Kennedy-Richard M. Nixon campaign debates (September 26, 1960) -- From John F. Kennedy's inaugural address delivered in Washington, D.C. (January 20, 1961) --Oh, what a beautiful mornin' ; There is nothing like a dame --Lonely town -- Knoxville: Summer of 1915 --Good bait --Second gamelan -- Rock 'n roll riff --Chicago --Psalm 23 --We shall overcome ; This land is your land
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
topic: label: Topic
content: United States--History
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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: Life History.12
label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-LP-3073
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