Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Brannigan, Owen.
2. Allister, Jean.
3. Riley, Stanley.
4. Dowd, Ronald, 1914-
5. Hitesman, Walter.
6. Backus, Jim.
7. Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. prf
8. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. prf
9. Beecham Choral Society. prf
10. Reader's Digest Association.

Description

1. 6 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo.; 12 in.

Series statement

1. Treasure chest series

Subject

1. Musicals > Excerpts
2. Children's songs
3. Marches (Orchestra)
4. Operas > Excerpts

Contents

1. Let's all sing and dance. Davy Crockett ; Michael Finnigan ; Frog went a-courting ; Skip to my lou ; Whoopee ti-yi-yo ; Waltzing Mathilda ; Pop goes the weasel ; Golden slumbers ; Jump down, spin around ; Old Chisholm trail ; Polly put the kettle on ; Areyou sleeping brother John? ; Polly wolly doodle ; A-hunting we will go ; Blue the fly ; Coverntry carol (Owen Brannigan, bass) -- Songs from the theater. Mutual admiration society (from "Happy hunting") ; Sit down, you're rockin' the boat (from "Guys and dolls") ; Getting to know you (from "The king and I") ; A bushel and a peck (from 'Guys and dolls") ; Dites-moi (From "South Pacific") ; The surrey with the fringe on top (from "Oklahoma") ; Seventy-six trombones (from "Music man") ; Do re mi (from "The sound of music") ; Buckle down Winsocki (from "Best foot forward") ; March of the Siamese children (from "The king and I") ; Get me to the church on time (from "My fair lady" ; Tramp, tramp, tramp along the highway (from "Naughty Marietta") --
2. Songs for a rainy afternoon. The yellow rose of Texas ; Chipmunk song ; Riders in the sky ; Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer ; Teddy bears' picnic ; How much is that doggie in the window ; When the saints come marching in ; Whistle while you work ; Alexander's ragtime band ; The peanut vendor ; Parade of the wooden soldiers ; Santa Claus is coming to town ; Jingle bells -- Stories in music. William Tell overture. Finale / Rossini ; Carnival of the animals. Fossils ; Elephants / Saint-Saëns ; The hall of the mountain king / Grieg ; In a clock store / Orth ; Hunt in the Black Forest / Volker ; The little train of the Brazilian countryman (Toccata) / Villa-Lobos ; Rode. Hoe-down / Copland ; Billy the Kid. Street in a frontier town ; Mexican dance ; Fist fight-posse-gun battle ; Billy captured ; Celebration dance ; The open prairie / Copland --
3. Let's march. Stars and stripes forever / Sousa ; Babes in toyland. March of the toys-Toyland / Herbert ; March of the dwarfs / Grieg ; Aida. Grand march / Verdi ; Pomp and circumstance / Elgar ; Athalia. War march of the priests / Mendelssohn -- H.M.S. Pinafore / Gilbert and Sullivan (Jean Allister, Ronald Dowd, Stanley Riley, Beecham Choral Society) -- Peter and the wolf / Prokofieff (Walter Hitesman, narrator) -- Dukas (poem by Mary Rodgers) -- The sorcerer's apprentice (Jim Backus, naarrator) ; Nutcracker suite. March ; Dance of the sugar plum fairy ; Russian dance ; Chinese dance ; Dance of the reed flutes / Tchaikovsky.

Call number

1. *LZR 41698

Note

1. Reader's Digest: RDS38-M (RDS-38-1--RDS-38-6).
2. Program notes on inner sleeves inserted in container.

Title

1. Wonderful world of music for children [sound recording].

Imprint

1. [S.l.] : Reader's Digest, [196-]

Series

1. Treasure chest series

Performer

1. Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; orchestra and chorus conducted by James Walker ; with various soloists.

Added author

1. Brannigan, Owen. voc
2. Allister, Jean. voc
3. Riley, Stanley. voc
4. Dowd, Ronald, 1914- voc
5. Hitesman, Walter. Narrator
6. Backus, Jim. Narrator
7. Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Performer
8. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer
9. Beecham Choral Society. Performer
10. Reader's Digest Association.

Publisher no.

1. RDS38-M Reader's Digest
2. RDS-38-1--RDS-38-6 Readers's Digest

Research call number

1. *LZR 41698 Program notes on file.