Dites Moi / A Cock-Eyed Optimist; This Nearly Was Mine
date: label: recording date
content: 1949
name: label: recording artist
content: Salvatore Dell'Isola and Orchestra
label: recording artist
content: Luna, Barbara
label: recording artist
content: Martin, Mary
label: recording artist
content: Pinza, Ezio
label: manufacturer
content: Columbia
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>side 2: Barbara Luna. Dites Moi (track 1) Mary Martin. A Cock-Eyed Optimist (track 2); side 13: Ezio Pinza. This Neary Was Mine (Columbia 4557-M), from the album, <i>South Pacific</i> (Columbia MM-850).<br>78 rpm.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This recording is of the Original Broadway cast for the 1949 musical <i>South Pacific</i>, composed by Richard Rogers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. <i>South Pacific</i> opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 7, 1949, running for 1,925 performances. It received ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Libretto, including awards in all four acting categories for Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, Juanita Hall, and Myron McCormick. In 1950, the musical won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary U. McLaughlin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0099.10
label: accession number
content: 1980.0099
label: maker number
content: 4557-M
label: maker number
content: MM-850
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0099.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm