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George & Ira Gershwin's Pardon my English.

Author/creator Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 composer.
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication Info New York, N.Y. : Elektra Nonesuch : Roxbury Recordings, [1994]
Copyright Notice ℗1994
Description1 audio disc (68 min., 9 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorGershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 lyricist.
Other author/creatorFields, Herbert, 1897-1958, librettist.
Other author/creatorRyskind, Morrie, 1895-1985 librettist.
Other author/creatorBennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981 arranger of music.
Other author/creatorKrasker, Tommy, arranger of music.
Other author/creatorKatt, William, singer.
Other author/creatorWalker, Arnetia, singer.
Other author/creatorNicastro, Michelle, singer.
Other author/creatorCullum, John, 1930- singer.
Other author/creatorStern, Eric, conductor.
Uniform titlePardon my English
Variant title George and Ira Gershwin's Pardon my English
Portion of title Pardon my English
Contents Overture (6:47) -- Fatherland, mother of the band (2:01) -- The Lorelei (3:16) -- In three-quarter time (3:25) -- Dancing in the streets (3:18) -- So what? (3:07) -- Isn't it a pity? (5:01) -- Freud and Jung and Adler he's oversexed (3:07) -- Watch your head (1:32) -- My cousin in Milwaukee (2:34) -- Luckiest man in the world (4:00) -- Hail the happy couple (1:45) -- Dresden Northwest Mounted (3:55) -- Tonight (5:44) -- Opening Act II (4:23) -- Where you go, I go (2:13) -- I've got to be there (3:44) -- Reprises (3:15) -- Finale: He's not himself (3:37) -- Bows (:39).
General noteCompact disc.
General noteTitle from disc label.
General noteMusic and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin ; book by Herbert Fields and Morrie Ryskind ; orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett [and others] ; performing edition restored by Tommy Krasker.
General noteProgram notes by Tommy Krasker, Edward Jablonski, and Michael Kuchwara, synopsis, and libretto (61 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Performer William Katt ; Arnetia Walker ; Michelle Nicastro ; John Cullum ; Eric Stern, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 1993 June 9-11, at Todd-AO Scoring Stage, Studio City, CA.
Genre/formMusicals.
LCCN 2013627805
UPC 075597933826
UPC 7559793382
Publisher number79338-2 Elektra Nonesuch

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