Spirituals in Concert: Museum Object and Cultural History
Spirituals in Concert: Date: 1991. Published by: Deutsche Grammophon, German, founded 1898. Recorded by: Kathleen Battle, American, born 1948.
The object in the museum catalogue
A cassette tape of Spirituals in Concert recorded by Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman.
(2016.68.2a): A translucent black cassette tape with white type. It reads [SPIRITUALS IN CONCERT: Kathleen Battle • Jessye Norman • James Levine / (see insert for program)] above the window on both sides. Production information is below the window on both sides
(2016.68.2b): The interior paper is folded to fit to the clear plastic lid. The front of the paper is red and overlaid the background color are portraits of two women in evening gowns aligned with the left and right sides of the frame; between the two women is text which reads [KATHLEEN JESSYE / BATTLE NORMAN / SPIRITUALS / IN CONCERT / CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA / conducted by / JAMES / LEVINE].
(2016.68.2c): A clear plastic cassette case with a hinged opening.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1991
- Published by: Deutsche Grammophon, German, founded 1898
- Recorded by: Kathleen Battle, American, born 1948
- Recorded by: Jessye Mae Norman, American, 1945 - 2019
- Type: audio cassettes
- Medium: magnetic tape, plastic, paper
- Dimensions: H x W x D (audio cassette): 2 1/2 × 4 1/16 × 1/2 in. (6.4 × 10.3 × 1.3 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W x D (case): 4 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 11/16 in. (11 × 7 × 1.7 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Classical (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Spirituals (Music)
- Object number: 2016.68.2abc
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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