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Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin
The Sound Of Music (Original Broadway Cast)
Album US 1959 on Columbia Masterworks label
Soundtrack (Musical)
A Rodgers and Hammerstein Records, Inc. Production ® "Columbia" "Masterworks" © 1959 Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd, Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse Printed in U.S.A. Title as it appears on spine of Gatefold sleeve: The Sound Of Music (Rodgers And Hammerstein) Mary Martin And The Original Broadway Cast Suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp. This Columbia Stereo Fidelity Recording Is Designed For Use On 33 1/3 RPM Stereophonic Reproducers. Nonbreakable Side 1 = A, XSM 48557 Side 2 = B, XSM 48558 Theodore Bikel appears by courtesy of Elektra Records. Marilyn Rogers appears credited on front of sleeve, Marilyn Robers appears inside sleeve. Notes not on release: Tracklisting inside Gatefold sleeve lists performers by name only, liner notes & photos inside sleeve mention the main character names for the respective performers, the [ ] listed below with the respective performer provides additional character's names not provided in the tracklisting or liner notes of this Original Broadway Cast recording. "The Sound of Music" opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959, and ran for 1,443 performances. The production shared the Tony Award for Best Musical with Fiorello!. It also won for Best Actress in a Musical (Mary Martin), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Patricia Neway), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Oliver Smith), and Best Musical Direction. And it was nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (both Theodore Bikel and Kurt Kasznar) and Best Director of a Musical (Vincent J. Donehue). The entire children's cast was nominated for Best Featured Actress category as a single nominee, even though two children were boys. The original Broadway cast album has since sold three million copies. The Columbia Masterworks LP was released in 1959 (Mono edition KOL 5450). 1st release is in a Gatefold sleeve with drawing of a guitar on the front, a photo of Mary Martin and the children on the back and extensive notes and photos of the production inside. This was Columbia's first cast album issued in a Gatefold cover and carrying the KOL/KOS prefix. In the mid 1960s Columbia pressed additional LPs using a standard sleeve with the photo of Mary and the kids on the front and re-printing the synopsis on the back. The catalog number remained the same. No track durations on the jacket or the labels. Track durations have been added as derived from timing the vinyl.
Musicians
 | Leland Hayward , 1902-1971 US album by |
 | Richard Halliday , 1905-1973 US album by |
 | Richard Rodgers key, p, 1902-1979 US album by |
 | Oscar Hammerstein II voc, 1895-1960 US lyrics by, album by |
 | Mary Martin voc, 1913-1990 US album by, performer, maria |
 | Howard Lindsay , *1889 US adapted by, book by |
 | Russel Crouse , adapted by, book by |
 | Trude Rittman arranged by, choral arrangements by |
 | Frederick Dvonch , leader, musical director |
 | Robert Russell Bennett , 1894-1981 US orchestrated by, orchestration by |
 | Joe Layton , 1931-1994 US other, musical numbers staged by |
 | Unknown Artist , orchestra, performer, nuns |
 | Patricia Neway voc, 1919-2012 US performer, mother abbess |
 | Elizabeth Howell voc, 1914-1999 US performer, sister berthe |
| Muriel O'Malley , performer, sister margaretta |
| Karen Shepard , performer, sister sophia |
 | Marilyn Rogers , performer, children, brigitta |
 | William Snowden , performer, children, friedrich |
 | Evanna Lien , performer, children, gretl |
 | Joseph Stewart , performer, children, kurt |
 | Lauri Peters voc, *1943 US performer, children, liesl, performer, liesl |
 | Kathy Dunn , performer, children, louisa |
 | Mary Susan Locke , performer, children, marta |
 | Brian Davies , *1938 GB performer, rolf gruber |
 | Marion Marlowe voc, 1929-2012 US performer, elsa schraeder |
 | Kurt Kasznar , 1913-1979 AT performer, max detweiler |
 | Theodore Bikel voc, g, 1924-2015 AT performer, captain von trapp |
 | The Sound Of Music Original Broadway Cast , performer |
Producers
| Vincent J. Donehue directed by, entire production directed by |
| Lucinda Ballard other, costumes designed by |
| Mainbocher other, mary martin's clothes |
| Oliver Smith other, scenic production |
| Friedman-Abeles photography, photos |
| Goddard Lieberson producer, produced for records by |
Composers
| Oscar Hammerstein II |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preludium | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 2:23 | |
| 2 | The Sound Of Music | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 2:36 | |
| 3 | Maria | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 3:15 | |
| 4 | My Favorite Things | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 2:42 | |
| 5 | Do-Re-Me | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 5:45 | |
| 6 | Sixteen Going On Seventeen | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 3:44 | |
| 7 | The Lonely Goatherd | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 3:15 | |
| 8 | How Can Love Survive | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 2:56 | |
| 9 | The Sound Of Music (Reprise) | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 3:10 | |
| 10 | Laendler | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 2:20 | |
| 11 | So Long, Farewell | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 2:46 | |
| 12 | Climb Ev'ry Mountain | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 3:27 | |
| 13 | No Way To Stop It | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 3:01 | |
| 14 | An Ordinary Couple | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 3:31 | |
| 15 | Processional | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 3:44 | |
| 16 | Sixteen Going On Seventeen | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 2:13 | |
| 17 | Edelweiss | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 2:03 | |
| 18 | Climb Ev'ry Mountain | Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II Present Mary Martin | 1:33 |
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