Porgy and Bess: Museum Object and Cultural History
Porgy and Bess: Date: 1985. Published by: Philips Records, American, founded 1950. Recorded by: Simon Estes, American, born 1938.
The object in the museum catalogue
A copy of a Porgy and Bess highlights album in audio cassette format. Simon Estes and Roberta Alexander portray Porgy and Bess, respectively. The performance is conducted by Leonard Slatkin and features the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Cassette is matte black plastic containing magnetic tape. Label on the cassette is white with black text. Track list is "Introduction", "Jazzbo Brown Blues", "Summertime", "My Man's Gone Now", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "Buzzard Keep on Flyin'", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Oh, I Can't Sit Down", "I Ain't Got No Shame - It Ain't Necessarily So", "Now De Time, Oh Gawd", "Tell Me Quick Where's Bess", and "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way". Album sleeve features portrait of Simon Estes and Roberta Alexander with brown background. Case is clear plastic.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1985
- Published by: Philips Records, American, founded 1950
- Recorded by: Simon Estes, American, born 1938
- Recorded by: Roberta Alexander, American, born 1949
- Recorded by: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, German, founded 1923
- Directed by: Leonard Slatkin, American, born 1944
- Composed by: George Gershwin, American, 1898 - 1937
- Type: audio cassettes
- Medium: plastic , tape , ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions: H x W x D (Case): 4 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 5/8 in. (10.8 × 7 × 1.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Opera (Music)
- Object number: 2018.100.2abc
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Timothy Anne Burnside
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1985 Philips Records Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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