Moby Dick Music

UCSB manuscript donation

2 March 2021

The original manuscripts Bernard Herrmann gifted to his younger brother Dr. Louis Herrmann were recently donated to the Bernard Herrmann Archive at USC at Santa Barbara by Louis’ daughters.
The donation includes: THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (Blue-lined printed folio); MOBY DICK Cantata (working manuscript): A CHRISTMAS CAROL (working manuscript).

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A Christmas Carol, Moby Dick, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Herrmann in Britain

Günther Kögebehn, 29 June 2012
  Introduction New York born Bernard Herrmann had a long relationship with Britain, especially London, which he made his second home in 1961 and primary residence in 1964 after he seperated from his second wife Lucy Anderson. Misc
The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Three Worlds of Gulliver, Mysterious Island, Jason and the Argonauts, Wuthering Heights, Echoes, Fahrenheit 451, Moby Dick, Welles Raises Kane, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Twisted Nerve, Battle of Neretva, The Night Digger, Endless Night, Sisters, It's Alive, Symphony, Souvenirs de Voyage, Obsession, Psycho, For the Fallen • London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Halle Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pro Arte Orchestra, Amici Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Festival Players, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ariel Quartet, Beecham Chamber Orchestra • BBCBradford, UK • London, UK • Manchester, UK

Moby Dick review

30 September 2011

The recent Moby Dick recording by Chandos was reviewed by the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/29/herrmann-moby-dick-cantata-sinfonietta-review?newsfeed=true

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Moby DickLondon, UK

Bernard Herrmann’s Moby Dick

3 October 2011
Bernard Herrmann – Moby Dick – Cantata for Male Chorus, Soloists & Orchestra (Carnegie Hall, New York, 14 April 1940) Charles Wakefield Cadman – Dark Dances of the Mardi Gras (Carnegie Hall, New York, 5 December 1937) Charles W Cadman – piano New York Philharmonic Orchestra &n. CD
Moby Dick John Barbirolli New York Philharmonic Barbirolli Society
Source: Andrew Knowles

Moby Dick / Sinfonietta

26 September 2011
Chandos CHSA 5095 SACD Recorded 8 January 2011 (Moby Dick) and 15 and 16 March 2011 (Sinfonietta) Richard Edgar-Wilson tenor (Ishmael / Starbuck) David Wilson-Johnson baritone (Ahab) Danish National Choir Florian Helgath, chorus master Danish National Symphony Orchestra Mi. CD
Moby Dick, Sinfonietta Anna Prohaska, David Wilson Johnson, Michael Schoenwandt, Richard Edgar-Wilson Danish National Symphony Orchestra Chandos
Source: Hans Sorensen and http://www.classical-mp3.co.uk/index.php?topic=44.0

Moby Dick

9 - 10 April 2011
Bernstein: Overture to Candide Barber: Adagio for Strings Copland: Appalachian Spring Herrmann: Moby Dick. Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Moby Dick John Kendall Bailey American Philharmonic, Sonoma County
Battle of Neretva Beneath the 12-Mile Reef Cape Fear Citizen Kane Crime Classics Currier and Ives Echoes Endless Night Fahrenheit 451 Five Fingers For the Fallen Garden of Evil Hangover Square Jane Eyre Jason and the Argonauts Journey to the Center of the Earth King of the Khyber Rifles Marnie Moby Dick Mysterious Island North by Northwest Obsession On Dangerous Ground Prince of Players Psycho Sisters Souvenirs de Voyage Taxi Driver The 7th Voyage of Sinbad The Birds The Bride Wore Black The Day the Earth Stood Still The Devil and Daniel Webster The Egyptian The Ghost and Mrs. Muir The Man Who Knew Too Much The Snows of Kilimanjaro The Three Worlds of Gulliver The Trouble with Harry The Twilight Zone Torn Curtain Twisted Nerve Vertigo White Witch Doctor Wuthering Heights