Breakfast at Tiffiny's soundtrack ~ Audrey Hepburn

Breakfast at Tiffany's soundtrack 

vinyl LP 

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Today is the anniversary of the birth of Audrey Hepburn. To me, as well as probably millions of others, her greatest role was that of Holly Golightly in the 1961 film, Breakfast at Tiffany's. The film was based on the Truman Capote, novel Breakfast at Tiffany's.     

Breakfast at Tiffany's soundtrack 

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The score for the film was composed by Henry Mancini. Aside from his Award winning song, Moon River, arguably one of the most beautiful songs ever written and which ranked number 11 on the 1964 top chart list, my favorite song is Hubcaps and Taillights. The song is one of the great stripper songs of all-time along with The Stripper, by David Rose, and the incredibly sensual 1939 jazz standard written by Earle Hagen and Dick Rogers, Harlem Nocturne. My favorite version of Nocturne was by Earl Bostic; his erotic rendition on the sax is outstanding! 

Breakfast at Tiffany's soundtrack 

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The basic plot of the film is about Holly, a country girl turned New York café society girl. As such, she has no job and lives by socializing with wealthy men, who take her to clubs and restaurants, and give her money and expensive presents; she hopes to marry one of them. According to Capote, Golightly is not a prostitute but an "American geisha."

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Breakfast at Tiffany's was received positively at the time, and won two Academy Awards: Best Original Score and Best Original Song for Moon River. It was also selected as the fourth most memorable song in Hollywood history by the American Film Institute in 2004. The film was also nominated for three other Academy Awards: Best Actress for Hepburn, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Art Direction.

In 2012, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.    

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Audrey Hepburn

Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium. She was the epitome of chic. She was a fashion icon as well as a movie star, was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend in the Golden Age of Hollywood and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.

Audrey Hepburn 1956

photo by Bud Fraker

Bud Fraker was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1916. He Attended Los Angeles City College. He was hired by Hollywood photographer A.L. 'Whitney' Schafer at Colombia. He photographed stars of the 1930s. He also worked for Paramount Studios in the Publicity Photography Department and assisted in the portrait gallery

Hepburn was appointed Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF. George H. W. Bush presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work with UNICEF. Grateful for her own good fortune after enduring the German occupation as a child, she dedicated the remainder of her life to helping impoverished children in the poorest nations. Hepburn's travels were made easier by her wide knowledge of languages; besides being naturally bilingual in English and Dutch, she also was fluent in French, Italian, Spanish, and German.

 On the evening of 20 January 1993, Hepburn died in her sleep at home. After her death, Gregory Peck went on camera and tearfully recited her favourite poem, "Unending Love" by Rabindranath Tagore. Funeral services were held at the village church of Tolochenaz on 24 January 1993. Maurice Eindiguer, the same pastor who wed Hepburn and Mel Ferrer and baptised her son Sean in 1960, presided over her funeral, while Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan of UNICEF delivered a eulogy.  

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences posthumously awarded her the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her contribution to humanity, with her son accepting on her behalf.  

"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."

                                             - Audrey Hepburn

  


Net links:        
             
Audrey Hepburn Filmography and stage roles     
                 
YouTube links:       
       
Moon River    
Audrey Hepburn sings Moon River     
Hub Caps And Tail Lights       
Earl Bostic - Harlem Nocturne              
David Rose ~ The Stripper               
Moon River documentary  
Audrey Hepburn ~ A&E Biography     



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The James Dean Story soundtrack

The James Dean Story soundtrack
artwork by David Stone Martin
score by Leith Stevens 

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James Byron Dean was born on February 8, 1931. He died in a car crash on September 30, 1955. He was only 24 years old.   

James Dean 
Publicity photo
circa 1953

photographer unknown

On September 30, 1955, Dean was scheduled to compete at a racing event in Salinas, California. Accompanying the actor to the occasion was stunt coordinator Bill Hickman, Collier's photographer Sanford Roth, and Rolf Wütherich, the German mechanic from the Porsche factory who maintained Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder "Little Bastard" car. Wütherich, who had encouraged Dean to drive the car from Los Angeles to Salinas to break it in, accompanied Dean in the Porsche. At 3:30 p.m. Dean was ticketed for speeding, as was Hickman who was following behind in another car.    
 

As the group traveled to the event via U.S. Route 466, at approximately 5:15 p.m. a 1950 Ford Tudor was passing through an intersection while turning, ahead of the Porsche. Dean, unable to stop in time, slammed into the driver's side of the Ford resulting in Dean's car bouncing across the pavement onto the side of the highway. Dean's passenger, Wütherich, was thrown from the Porsche, while Dean was trapped in the car and sustained numerous fatal injuries, including a broken neck. The driver of the Ford, Donald Turnupseed, exited his damaged vehicle with minor injuries. The accident was witnessed by a number of passersby who stopped to help. A woman with nursing experience attended to Dean and detected a weak pulse, but "death appeared to have been instantaneous". Dean was pronounced dead on arrival shortly after he arrived by ambulance at the Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital at 6:20 p.m.       
 

 James Dean and Porsche Speedster 23F 

Palm Springs Races March, 1955 

photographer unknown 

On February 15, 2009, all three of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers who dealt with James Dean on the day of his death—Officer Otie Hunter, who ticketed Dean for speeding, and Officers Ernie Tripke and Ronald Nelson, who investigated the fatal crash—participated and shared their memories of that fateful day in an SCVTV documentary titled The Stuff of Legend: James Dean's Final Ride, co-produced by the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society (see link below).   

James Dean Gravestone

Park Cemetery, Fairmount, Indiana

photographer unknown
 

Ironically, just days before he died, in September, 1955, Dean was interviewed by actor Gig Young for a "safe driving for teenagers" public service short film which is on YouTube (link below).      

James Dean made only three films, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark, as Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956). Dean's enduring fame and popularity rest on his performances in only these three films.

The James Dean Story 

movie poster 

Released two years after Dean's death, this Warner Bros. Pictures release chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him, his paternal grandparents and outtakes from East of Eden, footage of the opening night of Giant, and Dean's PSA for safe driving from Warner Bros. Presents.

The  narration by Martin Gabel was written by Stewart Stern, who scripted Dean's Rebel Without a Cause, and a directing credit was shared by Robert Altman and George W. George.

The score for The James Dean Story was written by Leith Stevens. Stevens also wrote The Wild One (1953), When Worlds Collide (1951), Destination Moon (1950), The War of the Worlds (1953) and many other films (see links below).     

Destination Moon

 movie poster

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Tommy Sands sang the song, Let Me Be Loved, featured in the film (YouTube link below).  He was born Thomas Adrian "Tommy" Sands on August 27, 1937. He is an American pop music singer and actor. He started as early as 1949 and became an overnight sensation and instant teen idol when he appeared on Kraft Television Theater in January 1957 as "The Singin' Idol." The song from the show, Teen Age Crush, reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Cashbox.      

Tommy Sands

 Publicity photo

circa 1957

photographer unknown

The James Dean Story soundtrack   

      

Tracklist:  

Side 1:       

A1     Prelude    
A2     Boyhood    
A3     Who Am I?    
A4     Thinking Of Home    
A5     Rebel At Work    
A6     Finding His Power     

Side 2:       

B1     Hollywood    
B2     The Movie Star    
B3     Lost Love    
B4     Success And Then What?    
B5     Testing The Limits Of Life    
B6     Return Home    
B7     End Title (Theme) "Let Me Be Loved" - Vocal – Tommy Sands written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans

Credits:

• Artwork – David Stone Martin
• Composed by – Leith Stevens
• Conductor – Leith Stevens
• Narrator – Martin Gabel
• Written by – Stewart Stern

        

Label: Capitol Records ‎– W-881

Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Mono

Country: US

Released: 1957

Genre: Stage & Screen

Style: Soundtrack

             

James Dean Interview on YouTube            
             
SCVTV.com The Stuff of Legend: James Dean's Final Ride        

        

Let Me Be Loved on YouTube                  
Tommy Sands discography                 

The Wild One ~ 1953           

        
The War of the Worlds ~ Worlds on Film               

Dean has become a legend larger than life.

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Édith Piaf ~ Piaf at the Olympia & Milord

Édith Piaf   

detail from Piaf at the Olympia 

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This month will be the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Édith Piaf in 1915. One of her songs, Milord, was a landmark in my life at the age of 19 or 20. One of the many albums I have of hers is this concert recording that includes this song. To hear Milord while reading the rest of this, click on this link.     
 

Piaf at the Olympia 

vinyl LP cover

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Piaf at the Olympia was recorded in October, 1962 at the Olympia music hall in Paris, France, during her last concert.    

Édith Piaf

at the Olympia music hall, Paris in 1961

photograph by Roger Lipnitzki Viollet

Getty images

Olympia music hall 

photobrapher unknown

from Wikipedia

Milord, written by Georges Moustaki, is one of the songs featured on the album. I remember Milord very well as it was the first song of hers I heard. The song also marked one of the turning points in my life. It was in 1960; I was twenty years old and I was about to embark on the journey of discovery of who and what I was.

There are years in a person's life that are turning points; when things happen that will change a life forever. 1960 was one of those years for me; it was as equally profound a watershed for me as 1958 was (see link below).

I was in the bloom of my youth and I heard Milord at a restaurant/bar/cabaret in North Beach, The Paper Doll. It was located on Cadell Place just off Union Street, it was owned by Dante Benedetti, a collegiate baseball coach. I thought the food was terrific; however, I was completely unsophisticated about food at the time, so, who knows if it really was. A steak was $1.65 but my very favorite item on the menu was prawns stuffed with crab meat. Oh, my God! I would go into Ecstasy (capped E intended) when I took a bite of one. The prawns were enormous! I have never seen any as large as them since (perhaps memory has enlarged them). I kept one of the menus for decades and would fondly look it over from time to time until I had to throw it out (with tons of other stuff) when I was evicted from the studio I'd lived in for 30 years in the Mission in 2001 (during the first dot com frenzi). Another story.

I remember a Halloween party there once during which there was a contest for the best costume and drag queens vied for the crown. I was dumbfounded at the scene of men in drag; not just men in the plural, it seemed like there were hundreds. I'd never seen anything like it. I was later to discover Polk Street (way, way, WAY before the Castro). The Paper Doll closed in 1961 and I was heartbroken.

Marie Windsor entering The Paper Doll Club
movie still from "The Sniper" 1952

Milord is a 1959 song with lyrics by Georges Moustaki, music by Marguerite Monnot. It is a chanson that recounts the feelings of a lower-class "girl of the port" (perhaps a prostitute) who develops a crush on an elegantly attired, upper-class British traveller (or "milord"), whom she has seen walking the streets of the town several times (with a beautiful young woman on his arm), but who has not even noticed her. The singer feels that she is nothing more than a "shadow of the street" (ombre de la rue). 

The song was a #1-hit (biggest selling song that year) in Germany in July 1960. In UK it reached #24 (1960), in Sweden #1 during 8 weeks (15/6-1/8 1960), in Norway #6 (1959), and in the United States #88 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961 (but I'd heard it earlier, as usual).

There have been many interpretations of the song: Milva of Germany, a Czechoslovakian version by Hana Hegerová, a Swedish one by Anita Lindblom, England's Frankie Vaughan (in which he explains to a man he refers to as Milord that the woman he loves is with someone else and he should forget her, relax, be happy and find another woman). In the US Cher, and even Bobby Darin took a shot at it in 1964, with slightly altered French lyrics, to account for the fact that Darin was a man (the original lyrics were written to be sung by a woman). In-grid sang a remix of Milord in her album La Vie en Rose released in 2004. The song was edited to have a faster speed (read disco) than the original. The Mo-dettes did an interesting post-punk cover of it in 1980 and believe it or not, even Benny Hill managed to mangle it (links to these songs on YouTube below).  

Piaf at the Olympia 

vinyl LP cover back

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An exhibition opened on April 14, 2015, at the Bibliothèque nationale de France François Mitterrand, the French National Library, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Édith Piaf (see link below). For the occasion, the BNF – hosts a special exhibition on the private life of the singer through 400 recordings, pictures, letters, lyrics, posters, personal objects and her famous little black dress.

Piaf at the Olympia 

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Piaf at the Olympia 

vinyl LP back cover detail

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Capitol Records vinyl LP inner sleeve

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Piaf at the Olympia 

vinyl LP

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Piaf at the Olympia 

vinyl LP  label, side 1 

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Piaf at the Olympia 

vinyl LP  label, side 2 

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Piaf at the Olympia was released in 1963 on Capitol Records

Tracklist:

Side One:

A1     Roulez, Tambours    
A2     Le Diable De La Bastille    
A3     Musique À Tout Va    
A4     Le Petit Brouillard    
A5     Le Droit D'Aimer    

Side Two:

B1     Le Billard Électrique    
B2     Toi, Tu L'Entends Pas    
B3     À Quoi Ça Sert L'Amour    
B4     Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien    
B5     La Foule    
B6     Milord    

Companies etc:
    Mastered At – Capitol Mastering

Credits:
    Producer [For U.s.a.] – Dave Dexter, Jr.

Recorded in France.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Matrix / Runout (Side A): SP1-10368-B2
    Matrix / Runout (Side B): STX-2-10368 J-8
    Other (Mastering Stamp): Mastered By Capitol



Net links:   
  
Lyrics for Milord      
Edith Piaf á la Bibliothèque nationale de France   
1958  
    

Versions of Milord on YouTube:  
 
Édith Piaf    
Piaf on the Ed Sullivan show      
Hana Hegerová
Milva   
Cher  
Bobby Darin 
In-grid
Mo-Dettes  



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Mass ~ 44th Anniversary

Leonard Bernstein ~ Mass

7½ ips Reel-to-Reel Tape spine detail

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Today is the anniversary of the premier of Mass, by Leonard Bernstein, which opened at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on September 8, 1971. As usual, there are songs from the work that are my favorite. The first time I heard the aria, A Simple Song, I was hooked! Sung by baritone Alan Titus, The Celebrant, it is among the most beautiful melodies ever written. Links to the music on YouTube at the end and link to Simple Song, so you can listen to as you continue to read, is here.

Then, there's the rollicking, wonderfully irreverent, God Said. What a totally cool (I will have to do a blog on the word, cool) song and it IS "God-Damned Good"! You can also listen to God Said as you continue to read here.   

Leonard Bernstein ~ Mass

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MASS was commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. It was directed by Gordon Davidson with additional texts by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Schwartz, sets by Oliver Smith, costumes by Frank Thompson, and choreography by Alvin Ailey. It was conducted by Maurice Peress.

The work's cultural importance became intertwined with its political significance in Richard Nixon's Washington. The President did not attend the opening, but did send staff to rehearsals, who reported back that there were possibly "coded messages" in the Latin text! While the work is certainly anti-war and calls on "you people of power" to do what is right, it is not overtly political. It is unquestionably religious.   

Leonard Bernstein ~ Mass

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In MASS, Bernstein looks at the issue of faith dramatically and humorously; it is subtitled "A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers." Bernstein had always been intrigued and awed by the Roman Catholic Mass, finding it (in Latin) moving, mysterious, and eminently theatrical.

Originally, Bernstein intended to compose a traditional Mass, but instead decided on a more innovative form. The work is based on the Tridentine Mass of the Roman Catholic Church.  

The piece follows the liturgy exactly, but it is juxtaposed against frequent interruptions and commentaries by the Celebrant and the congregation, much like a running debate. There is stylistic juxtaposition as well, with the Latin text heard electronically through speakers or sung by the chorus, and the interruptions sung in various popular styles including blues and rock-and-roll. On the narrative level, the hour-and-a-half-long piece relates the drama of a Celebrant whose faith is simple and pure at first, but gradually becomes unsustainable under the weight of human misery, corruption, and the trappings of his own power.

MASS is an enormous piece. It calls for a large pit orchestra, two choruses plus a boy's choir, a Broadway-sized cast (with ballet company), marching band and a rock band. It may seem ironic that such multitudes are marshaled for a work that celebrates a man's "Simple Song": his love and faith in God. But in the end, that simplicity is shown to be all the more powerful because of it.   

Leonard Bernstein ~ Mass

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Synopsis

In the beginning all of the performers are in harmony and agreement. During the course of the Mass, however, the street choir begins expressing doubts and suspicions about the necessity of God in their lives and the role of the Mass itself. At the play's emotional climax, the growing cacophony of the chorus' complaining finally interrupts the elevation of the Body and Blood (the consecrated bread and wine). The celebrant, in a furious rage, hurls the sacred bread, housed in an ornate cross-like monstrance, and the chalice of wine, smashing them on the floor. At this sacrilege the other cast members collapse to the ground as if dead while the Celebrant sings a solo. This solo blends the chorus's disbelief with his realization that he feels worn out and wonders where the strength of his original faith has gone. At the end of his song, he too collapses. A bird-like (Holy Spirit) flute solo begins, darting here and there from different speakers in the hall, finally "alighting" in a single clear note. An altar server, who was absent during the conflict, then sings a hymn of praise to God, "Sing God a Secret Song. This restores the faith of the three choirs, who join the altar server, one by one, in his hymn of praise. They tell the Celebrant "Pax tecum" (Peace be with you), and end with a hymn asking for God's blessing.   

The album was a two record set and the tape format was on 7½ ips tape so there are two reel-to-reel tapes in the boxed set. 

Leonard Bernstein ~ Mass

7½ ips Reel-to-Reel Tapes

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Cast of characters

The original cast consisted of a Celebrant, three choirs, and altar servers. A full classical orchestra performed in the pit, while onstage musicians—including a rock band and a marching band—performed and interacted onstage.

• The Celebrant – The central character of the work, a Catholic priest who conducts the celebration of the Mass.
• Formal Choir – A mixed choir (SSAATTBB) in upstage choir lofts who sing the Latin portions of the Mass.
• Boys Choir – A children's choir (SSAA) that processes on and off stage various times, performing alone, in antiphon, or in concert with the Formal Choir and the Street Singers.
• Street Singers – Downstage and often performing around the Celebrant and the stage instrumentalists, a broad group of female and male singers representing the congregation (and occasionally the musicians), who variously participate in the prayers of the Mass, or alternately counter those prayers in a modern context.
• Acolytes – Assistants to the Celebrant, who perform dances and altar assistance throughout the Mass.

Leonard Bernstein ~ Mass

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Leonard Bernstein ~ Mass

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 Leonard Bernstein ~ Mass

Reel-to-Reel Tape 2

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Leonard Bernstein ~ Mass

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Tracklist:

	I. Devotions Before Mass	7:49
A1a	1. Antiphon: Kyrie Eleison
A1b	2. Hymn And Psalm: "A Simple Song"
A1c	3. Responsory: Alleluia
	II. First Introit (Rondo)	5:52
A2a	1. Prefatory Prayers
A2b	2. Thrice - Triple Canon: Dominum Vobiscum
	III. Second Introit	4:12
A3a	1. In Nomine Patris
A3b	2. Prayer For The Congregation (Chorale: "Almighty Father")
A3c	3. Epiphany
	IV. Confession	9:30
A4a	1. Confiteor
A4b	2. Trope: "I Don't Know"
A4c	3. Trope: "Easy"
B1	V. Meditation #1	5:10
	VI. Gloria	6:45
B2a	1. Gloria Tibi
B2b	2. Gloria In Excelsis
B2c	3. Trope: "Half Of The People"
B2d	4. Trope: "Thank You"
B3	VII. Meditation #2	3:56
B4	VIII. Epistle: "The Word Of The Lord"	5:56
B5	IX. Gospel-Sermon: "God Said"	5:00
	X Credo	8:35
C1a	1. Credo In Unum Deum
C1b	2. Trope: "Non Credo"
C1c	3. Trope: "Hurry"
C1d	4. Trope: "World Without End"
C1e	5. Trope: "I Believe In God"
C2	XI. Meditation #3 (De Profundis, Part 1)	2:50
C3	XII. Offertory (De Profundis, Part 2)	3:00
	XIII. The Lord's Prayer	4:22
C4a	1. "Our Father..."
C4b	2. Trope: "I Go On"
C5	XIV. Sanctus	5:15
C6	XV. Agnus Dei (Beginning)	1:45
D1	XV. Agnus Dei (Conclusion)	5:30
D2	XVI. Fraction: "Things Get Broken"	14:20
D3	XVII. Pax: Communion ("Secret Songs")	9:53

Credits

• Bass Guitar – John Beal, Juan Ramirez (5)
• Bassoon – Donald MacCourt, Vince Ellin
• Choir – The Berkshire Boys Choir, The Norman Scribner Choir
• Clarinet – Al Regnie, Merlin Petroff, Phil Bashor
• Double Bass – Joseph Willens, Mike Willens
• Drums – Henry Jaramillo, Herb Harris (2), Rick Cutler
• Flute – Claudia Anderson, Thomas Kay
• French Horn – Carl Bianchi, Carolyn Tate, Samuel Ramsey, Sharon Moe
• Guitar – James Mitchell (6), Scott Kuney
• Harp – Faith Carmin
• Keyboards – Linda Breeden, Thomas Pierson*
• Oboe – David Busch (2), Peter Bowman (2)
• Oboe [Solo] – Leonard Arner (tracks: A3c)
• Trombone – William Reichenbach*, John Swallow, Robert Biddicome, Stuart Taylor (3), Thomas Mitchell
• Trumpet – Charles Lewis (2), Emerson Head, Peter Chapman, Rolf Smedvig
• Tuba – Sam Pilafian*
• Vocals [Solo] – Adrienne Albert (tracks: A1c), Alan Titus (tracks: A1b, B2a, B4, C4a, C4b, D2), Barbara Williams (2) (tracks: D3), Benjamin Rayson (tracks: B5), Betty Allen (tracks: A1a), Carl Hall (tracks: A4b), Carole Prandis (tracks: B5), Charles Magruder (tracks: A1c), David Cryer (tracks: C1b, D3), Dominic Cassa (tracks: A1a), Ed Dixon (2) (tracks: A4c, D3), Eugene Edwards (2) (tracks: B1), Gina Penn (tracks: C1c), John D. Anthony (tracks: B5, D3), John Manno (tracks: A1c), Jonathan Gram (tracks: D3), Joy Franz (tracks: A4c, D3), Judy Gibson (tracks: B5), June Magruder (tracks: A1c), Karen Altman (tracks: A1a), Lee Hooper (tracks: B2d), Louis St. Louis (tracks: A4c), Maeretha Stewart (tracks: A1c), Margaret Cowie (tracks: D3), Marion Ramsey (tracks: A4c), Mary Bracken Phillips (tracks: C1d), Raymond DeVoll (tracks: A1a), Ronald Young (3) (tracks: A4b, B5, D3), Tom Ellis (4) (tracks: C1e), William Elliot (tracks: A1c)
• Voice [Preacher] – Larry Marshall* (tracks: B5) 
• Composed By, Conductor – Leonard Bernstein

Net Links:

       
Leonard Bernstein website         
New York Times     

Leonard Bernstein ~ Mass on YouTube      

    

A Simple Song sung by Alan Titus
God Said sung by Alan Titus   

Agnus Dei   

God Said   

Gloria in Excelsis   

Things get broken - part 1
Things get broken - part 2       
       

 The Leonard Bernstein, Mass, reel-to-reel tape will be for sale on eBay   

   

As in the last words of Mass: 
"The Mass is ended; go in peace." 

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