Rhapsody In Blue; Prelude No. 2 / Prelude No. 3: Museum Object and Cultural History
Rhapsody In Blue; Prelude No. 2 / Prelude No. 3: recording date: 1942. recording date; release date: 1945. recording artist: Levant, Oscar.
The object in the museum catalogue
side 1: Oscar Levant with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Phiadelphia Orchestra. Rhapsody in Blue [part 1]; side 2: Oscar Levant. Prelude No. 2 [track 1] Prelude No. 3 [track 2] (Columbia 12126-D), from the album, Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (Columbia MX-251). 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1945. Side 2 was recorded in 1942. This album was released in 1945.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1942
- recording date; release date: 1945
- recording artist: Levant, Oscar
- recording artist: Philadelphia Orchestra
- recording artist: Ormandy, Eugene
- manufacturer: Columbia
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1988.0824.35
- accession number: 1988.0824
- maker number: MX-251
- catalog number: 1988.0824.35
- maker number: 12126-D
- Credit Line: Gift of Lillian S. Kaplan
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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