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Table of Contents:

• Babar the elephant / Poulenc
• Ferdinand / Ridout
• Three poems from Façade: Old Sir Faulk; Valse; Scotch rhapsody / Sitwell
• I wonder as I wander
• Rose / McBroom
• Tell me where is Fancy bred ; Hotel / Poulenc
• Nachtigall / Haydn
• Old woman at the Christening ; Ye banks and braes / Grainger
• Salut d'amour / Elgar
• Emily / Blitzstein
• On a sleeping friend / Belloc
• O mistress mine / Shakespeare
• Theme, slow movement trio in E flat, Op. 100 / Schubert
• Gardener's song (from Lambeth garland) / Thwaites
• Thème pour mon Ami(s) / Arnold
• Joseph wonders / Flanders
• Bilbo's last song / Tolkien.

Author/Creator:

Amis, John , narrator

Contributors:

Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963

Ridout, Alan, 1934-1996

Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964

McBroom, Amanda

Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809

Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934

Blitzstein, Marc

Race, Steve

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828

Thwaites, Penelope

Arnold, Malcolm

Swann, Donald, 1923-1994

Languages:

English
French
German

Language Notes:

Narrated or sung in English, French, or German.

Main Work:

Amiscellany [by Amis, J.]

Included Works:

Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant [by Poulenc, F.] (English)

Ferdinand [by Ridout, A.] (English)

Façade [by Sitwell, E.] > Old Sir Faulk

Façade [by Sitwell, E.] > Valse

Façade [by Sitwell, E.] > Scotch rhapsody

Rose [by McBroom, A.]

Fancy [by Poulenc, F.]

Banalités [by Poulenc, F.] > Hôtel

Nachtigall [by Haydn, J.]

Danish folk-music settings [by Grainger, P.] > Kjællingen til barsel

British folk-music settings [by Grainger, P.] > Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon

Salut d'amour [by Elgar, E.]

Airborne [by Blitzstein, M.] > Ballad of the bombardier

On a sleeping friend [by Race, S.]

O mistress mine [by Race, S.]

Trios, piano, violin, cello [by Schubert, F.] > D. 929, E♭ major > Andante con moto (Selections) (arranged)

Lambeth garland [by Thwaites, P.] > Gardener's song

Thème pour mon ami [by Arnold, M.]

Joseph wonders [by Swann, D.]

Bilbo's last song [by Swann, D.]

Subjects:

Humorous music

Monologues with music

Performers:

John Amis, narrator, vocals ; with vocal and instrumental accompaniment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)
D. 929

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Naxos Digital Services/Nimbus: NI7720

OCLC Numbers:

704983865