[Audio 1]: [Announcement excerpt, to end] (Helen Rogers Reid, host) -- [Unidentififed WNYC-FM announcer] -- The battle hymn of the Republic ; Here is thy footstool / Paul Creston (words by Rabindranath Tagore; English translation) ; Te Deum / William Schuman ; Soon-a will be done (Spiritual) / arranged by William Dawson ; [Excerpt, audio erratic] Star-spangled banner (Collegiate Chorale) -- [Closing remarks of Collegiate Chorale ; Announcements of upcoming speeches (WNYC-FM announcer)] -- [Pamphlet of U. S. Foreign Policy announcement ; Introducing "Internal Security Act of 1950" debate] (Helen Rogers Reid, host) -- [Excerpt] Speech (Senator Herbert R. O'Conor) [ends abruptly]
[Audio 2]: [Radio introduction] (take 1 and take 2) -- [Māori love song ("Now is the hour" = Po Atarau) / Maewa Kihan (words by Maewa Kihan and Dorothy Stewart) (Bing Crosby ; with unidentififed performers)]
Call number
*LJ-16 11629
Note
Streaming files transferred from original lacquer discs. One side only; two files.
"NBC; Orthacoustic instantaneous; 33 1/3 rpm; WNYC enforcing; Radio recording division; National Broadcasting Company, Inc."--From original disc label.
Other speeches mentioned by WNYC-FM announcer (not featured on this audio) that were presented at the forum were by Senator Paul Douglas ("Internal Security Act of 1950-against"), Hugo H. Clegg ("Speech of the Communist Threat"), Joseph C. Grew ("Speech on crusade for freedom in Eastern Europe"), Marguerite Higgins ("Korea report") and Thomas Finletter ("The purpose of American strength").
Access (note)
Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Source (note)
Collegiate Chorale;
Language (note)
Sung in English and Latin (English translations of original lyrics in Bengali and Māori)
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Collegiate Chorale collection of performance recordings.
Title
Herald Tribune Forum, 1950-10-25 : Collegiate Chorale performance and excerpt of program. ["Now is the hour" (take 1 and 2)].
Production
1950.
Playing time
002217
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
audio
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Performer
Helen Rogers Reid, announcer and host ; with unidentified WNYC-FM radio announcer ; Collegiate Chorale (1st-5th works) ; Jean Korach, piano and organ (1st, 5th works) ; William Jonson, conductor ; Senator Herbert R. O'Conor, commentary ; [Bing Crosby, vocals ; with unidentififed performers]
Event
Broadcast on WNYC-FM Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom, New York, New York 1950 October 25.
Access
Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Sung in English and Latin (English translations of original lyrics in Bengali and Māori)
Linking entry
Forms part of the Collegiate Chorale collection of performance recordings.
Local note
Preservation file: (2 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lj1611629_f01_em (Collegiate Chorale and Herald Tribune Forum announcements) and myh_lj1611629_f02_em ("Now is the hour")].