Maybe the University of Maryland would have performance materials for
the version with the chorus, as they have the Earl Wild Collection.
They are not listed in any series I could detect.
http://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/actions.DisplayEADDoc.do?source=/MdU.ead.ipam.0012.xml&style=ead#series4.a
Thom Pease
Library of Congress
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Karl Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have a broadcast performance of an all-Gershwin concert from 12 July 1947; Paul Whiteman conducts. Earl Wild performs the Rhapsody in Blue and the Concerto in F. Both feature a chorus!
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> Karl
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> On Thursday, September 4, 2014 9:08 AM, Paul Urbahns <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Ben Roth wrote:
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>> I just discovered a 2-disc 78rpm set of the Rhapsody in Blue conducted by
>> Paul Whiteman with Earl Wild, AND A CHORUS in the background.
>> Does anyone know anything about this?
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owXkyvh3XPc
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> This You Tube video says it was issued in 1947. The "King of Jazz" as
> Whiteman credited himself frequently used chorus but it this case seems
> like a little overload where it comes in at 11 minutes and throughout the
> finale. I like it, but wish it was done in stereo so you can tell the
> chorus from the orchestra better.
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> Paul Urbahns
> Radcliff, Ky
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