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The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-05

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The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings

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Title
The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-05
Additional title: Bell Telephone Hour
Additional title: Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
Names
Melton, James, 1904-1961 (Performer)
White, Francia, 1908-1984 (Performer)
Voorhees, Donald (Conductor)
Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976 (Host)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 (Composer)
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 (Composer)
Lecuona, Ernesto, 1896-1963 (Composer)
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912 (Composer)
Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 (Composer)
Fletcher, John (Composer)
Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951 (Composer)
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra (Associated name)
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus (Performer)
National Broadcasting Company (Producer)
Collection

The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940-05
Table of Contents
1st link: Opening announcement ; Prelude in G minor (arr. for orchestra) / music by Rachmaninov (orchestra) ; I love thee / music Grieg (Melton with orchestra) ; Siboney / music by Lecuona (Melton (starts in English and ends in Spanish) with orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Anecdote from the life of Massenet -- 2nd link: Méditation from Thaïs / music by Massenet, arranged without solo violin ; If I were on the stage / music by Herbert (White, orchestra) ; Quilting party [Seeing Nellie home] (Originally for voice and piano) / music by Fletcher (chorus with orchestra) -- 3rd link: Bell Telephone ad ; Will you remember / music by Romberg (Melton, White with orchestra) ; Closing announcement.
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LK-16 794-796
Topics
Orchestral music, Arranged
Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Operas
Musicals
Choruses with orchestra
Radio programs, Musical
Radio advertising
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Preludes, piano, op. 23. No. 5; arranged
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Hjertets melodier. Jeg elsker dig; arranged. English
Lecuona, Ernesto, 1896-1963. Siboney. English
Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951. Maytime. Will you remember
Genres
Radio programs
Music
Notes
Content: Title and credits from audition.
Source note: Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
Content: Matrix nos: BB22184B2 (disc 1); BB22785 C1 (disc 2); BB22286B2 (disc 3).
Content: "The Telephone Hour, Prog 2, part 1; The Telephone Hour, Prog 2, part 2; The Telephone Hour, Prog 2, part 3"-- On run-out of discs 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
Performers: Warner Anderson, announcer ; James Melton, tenor ; Francia White, soprano ; Bell Telephone Hour Chorus ; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor.
Venue: Broadcast on NBC Radio in New York 1940 May.
Language: Sung in English.
Citation/reference: Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Physical Description
Audio disc
Extent: 3 one-sided audio discs (approximately 29 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, vertical cut, mono ; 16 in.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16130236
MSS Unit ID: 20502
RLIN/OCLC: 936337833
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20886032
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 11a64ae0-c362-0133-c9c0-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1904: Creator Born
  • 1940: Created
  • 1961: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-05" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16556880-c362-0133-8b53-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-05" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16556880-c362-0133-8b53-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1940). The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-05 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16556880-c362-0133-8b53-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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The Telephone Hour : radio broadcast, 1940-05