Dites Moi / A Cock-eyed Optimist; This Nearly Was Mine: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dites Moi / A Cock-eyed Optimist; This Nearly Was Mine: recording date: 1949. recording artist: Luna, Barbara. recording artist: Martin, Mary.
The object in the museum catalogue
side 1: Barbara Luna with South Pacific Orchestra. Dites Moi [track 1] Mary Martin with South Pacific Orchestra. A Cock-Eyed Optimist [track 2]: side 2: Ezio Pinza with South Pacific Orchestra. This Nearly Was Mine (Columbia 4557-M), from the album, South Pacific (Columbia MM-850) 78 rpm.
This recording is of the Original Broadway cast for the 1949 musicalSouth Pacific, composed by Richard Rogers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. South Pacific opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 7, 1949, running for 1,925 performances. It received ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Libretto, including awards in all four acting categories for Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, Juanita Hall, and Myron McCormick. In 1950, the musical won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1949
- recording artist: Luna, Barbara
- recording artist: Martin, Mary
- recording artist: Pinza, Ezio
- manufacturer: Columbia
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1980.0339.24
- accession number: 1980.0339
- maker number: 4557-M
- maker number: MM-850
- catalog number: 1980.0339.24
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. R. F. Conlisk
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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