Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
2. Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.
3. Drew, David
4. Wexler, Peter
5. Davies, Dennis Russell
6. Allen, Betty, 1927-2009
7. Evans, Damon
8. Vargas, Milagro
9. Cronson, Mary Sharp
10. Gregg Smith Singers
11. Morgan State University. Choir
12. American Composers Orchestra
13. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (28 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Excerpts from Lost in the stars are interspersed with commentary by David Drew, Peter Wexler, Dennis Russell Davies, and Betty Allen. The speakers discuss the 1950 Broadway show of the same name by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson from which Drew adapted this concert suite version; the book Cry the beloved country, on which the show was based, and its subject, South Africa; Weill's music and the show's place in his career. Excerpts performed include Hills of Ixopo; Train to Johannesburg; Who'll buy?; and Cry, the beloved country.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 021

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950
2. Paton, Alan
3. Musicals
4. South Africa > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Music.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1021

Credits (note)

1. Lost in the stars: a new concert suite adapted by David Drew from the Broadway show by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson; concert suite directed by Peter Wexler.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 7 and 8, 1988.

Funding (note)

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.

Title

1. Lost in the stars [videorecording] : a new concert suite; Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; performance series co-producer, Tom Roush ; television producer, Catherine Tatge and Dominique Lasseur ; television director, Catherine Tatge ; music by Kurt Weill ; libretto by Maxwell Anderson.

Imprint

1. 1988.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 021
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

1. Lost in the stars: a new concert suite adapted by David Drew from the Broadway show by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson; concert suite directed by Peter Wexler.

Performer

1. Interviewees: David Drew, Peter Wexler, Dennis Russell Davies, Betty Allen. Excerpts from Lost in the stars performed by Damon Evans, Milagro Vargas, The Gregg Smith Singers, The Morgan State University Singers, and the American Composers Orchestra, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 7 and 8, 1988.

Funding

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.

Added author

1. Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Lost in the stars.
2. Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Librettist
3. Drew, David. Adapter
4. Drew, David. Interviewee
5. Wexler, Peter. Director
6. Wexler, Peter. Interviewee
7. Davies, Dennis Russell. Conductor
8. Davies, Dennis Russell. Interviewee
9. Allen, Betty, 1927-2009, interviewee.
10. Evans, Damon, singer.
11. Vargas, Milagro, singer.
12. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
13. Gregg Smith Singers.
14. Morgan State University. Choir.
15. American Composers Orchestra.
16. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1021