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The Telephone Hour: radio broadcast, 1941-10-27

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The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings

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Title
The Telephone Hour: radio broadcast, 1941-10-27
Additional title: Bell Telephone Hour
Additional title: I'm Captain Jinks of the horse marines
Additional title: Great day the righteous marching
Additional title: Great day
Additional title: Bell Telephone hour (Radio program)
Names
Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976 (Host)
Melton, James, 1904-1961 (Performer)
White, Francia, 1908-1984 (Etcher)
Voorhees, Donald (Conductor)
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919 (Librettist)
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906 (Librettist)
Herbert, Joseph (Librettist)
Bradley, Edward, 1907- (Librettist)
Maclagan, T. (Tom), 1827-1902 (Composer)
Lecuona, Ernesto, 1896-1963 (Composer)
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 (Composer)
Jensen, Adolf, 1837-1879 (Composer)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908 (Composer)
Straus, Oscar, 1870-1954 (Composer)
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra (Performer)
Bell Telephone Hour Chorus (Performer)
National Broadcasting Company (Producer)
Collection

The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1941-10-27
Table of Contents
Link 1: Opening announcement ; Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (originally for voice and piano) / music by Maclagan (Melton, chorus, orchestra) ; Announcement with commentary on Lecuona ; Malagueña from "Suite Andalucía" (originally for piano) / music by Lecuona (orchestra) ; "Musetta's waltz" from opera "La boheme" / music by Puccini ; libretto by Illica and Giacosa (White, orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Announcement ; Great day! (The righteous marching) (chorus, orchestra) ; Announcement -- Link 2: Murmuring zephyrs (originally for voice and piano) / music by Jensen (Melton, orchestra) ; Announcement ; Introduction to opera "Golden cockerel" / music by Rimsky-Korsakov (orchestra) ; Bell Telephone ad ; Announcement ; Duet "You dearest one of all" from operetta "A waltz dream" / music by Straus ; English libretto by Herbert and Bradley (White, Melton, orchestra) ; Closing announcement.
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LK-16 923
Topics
Great Britain. Army
Popular music -- To 1901
Soldiers
Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Songs, English -- United States
Humorous songs
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
Suites (Orchestra)
Dance music
Operas
Spirituals (Songs)
Musicals
Radio programs, Musical
Maclagan, T. (Tom), 1827-1902. Captain Jinks of the horse marines; arranged
Lecuona, Ernesto, 1896-1963. Andalucía. Malagueña; arranged
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Bohème. Quando me'n vo
Jensen, Adolf, 1837-1879. Gesänge aus dem spanischen Liederbuch. Murmelndes Lüftchen; arranged. English
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Zolotoĭ petushok. Vvedenie
Straus, Oscar, 1870-1954. Walzertraum. Komm her, du mein reizendes Mäderl
Genres
Radio programs
Music
Radio commercials
Advertising
Notes
Content: Title from original disc label; credits from audition.
Source note: Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
Content: Matrix nos: BB28537 C1 (Disc 1, side 1), BB28538 B2 (Disc 1, side 2).
Content: "Telephone Hour, Prog 79, part 1; Telephone Hour, Prog 79, part 2"-- On run-out of sides 1 and 2.
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 1941 October 27.
Language: Sung in English and Italian.
Citation/reference: Forms part of: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-33.
Physical Description
Audio disc
Extent: (1 audio disc (approximately 30 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, vertical cut, mono ; 16 in.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Italian
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16130236
MSS Unit ID: 20502
RLIN/OCLC: 950469687
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20964501
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b7abdf60-2ec1-0136-ff63-02966f2328e7
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

  • 1911: Creator Born
  • 1941: Created
  • 1976: 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" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1941. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7893d5b0-3b9a-0134-34bb-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The Telephone Hour" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7893d5b0-3b9a-0134-34bb-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1941). The Telephone Hour Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7893d5b0-3b9a-0134-34bb-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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The Telephone Hour