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Show: Das Elefantenkalb
Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht (100)
Book: Bertolt Brecht (100)

Recording Details

Date: 1967
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Method: Studio
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Music: Arnold Black (3)
Lyrics: Eric Bentley (11)
Translation: Eric Bentley (11)
Producer: Isaiah Sheffer (4)
Liner Notes: Eric Bentley (11), Isaiah Sheffer (4)
Music Director: Arnold Black (3)
Performer: James Antonio, Eric Bentley (11), Willard Bond (2), Hilda Brawner, Beeson Carroll, Frank Groseclose (2), Logan Ramsey, Isaiah Sheffer (4)
Notes: This recording (subtitled "A Musical Extravaganza by Bertolt Brecht") was based on Isaiah Sheffer's production, which toured the United States during the spring of 1967. For this production, Eric Bentley and Arnold Black collaborated on two original songs, "The Supernational Anthem" and "Song for an Army Chaplain." This recording also includes Bentley singing "Dear Old Democracy," four "small comments on large themes" by himself, with the musical settings again provided by Arnold Black.
Shortcode: [r10204]

Releases (2)

Format: Audio File
Label: Folkways Recordings
Released: 1968-01-01
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Lists: 7 collectors / 0 wish lists
History: 1 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl14362]

Format: LP
Label: Asch Records FL 9831
Released: 1968-01-01
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Notes: Includes "Dear Old Democracy," four "small comments on large themes" by Eric Bentley, set to music by Arnold Black.
# Tracks: 6
Length: 48:29
Lists: 10 collectors / 2 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl14323]

Side A:
1. THE ELEPHANT CALF, of The Probability of Ever Contention - A Musical Extravaganza by Bertolt Brecht
Side B:
1. THE ELEPHANT CALF: Continued
2. Dear Old Democracy
3. The Omniscient
4. The Uncommited
5. The Heroic