Vtg 1958 Basic Library of the Worlds Greatest Music Complete 24 Album Set Vinyl
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Vtg 1958 Basic Library of the Worlds Greatest Music Complete 24 Album Set Vinyl
High-Fidelity Recordings of Symphonic Classics by World's Greatest Orchestras and Conductors with Authoritative Listener's Guide and Illustrated Biographies of the Composers.
The Basic Library provides a great introduction to Classical Music on vinyl. The selection of music is designed to be easy to enjoy, and the documentation provides background to help you to appreciate the music.
The "Basic Library of the World's Greatest Music" was copyrighted in 1958 by the Standard Reference Works Publishing Company (TSRWPC), which also had marketed the infamous Funk & Wagnalls multi-volume encyclopedia also sold in many grocery stores, one volume per week. This library of recordings was made for Kroger and Safeway chains to sell.
The record set consists of 24 individually packaged recordings with an integral 8-page illustrated booklet that included biographies of the composers, as well as background on the individual works.
The Listener Guides were written under the supervision of Joseph Laffan Morse Sc.H., LL.B., LL.D, editor of the New Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia.
Here are the composers by record. The numbering of the sides may seem odd, but are numbered such so that a stack of records could be played (ordered by side and stacked on a spindle), then flipped, put back on the spindle and played without having to reorder the discs.
Album #1:
- Side 1: BIZET, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
- Side 48: RACHMANINOFF, DUKAS
Album #2:
- Side 2: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
- Side 47: RACHANINOFF
Album #3:
- Side 3: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
- Side 46: DVORAK
Album #4:
- Side 4: DEBUSSY, LISZT
- Side 45: DVORAK
Album #5:
- Side 5: TCHAIKOVSKY
- Side 44: STRAVINSKY, SIBELIUS
Album #6:
- Side 6: TCHAIKOVSKY
- Side 43: BRAHMS
Album #7:
- Side 7: GRIEG
- Side 42: BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS
Album #8:
- Side 8: GRIEG
- Side 41: SCHUBERT (there is a handwritten note on the front of the booklet for this LP which says "defective". I played it in its entirety and found no sonic defect. I do not know why this was written there. See photo.)
Album #9:
- Side 9: WAGNER, BORODIN
- Side 40: BEETHOVEN
Album #10:
- Side 10: CHOPIN
- Side 39: BEETHOVEN
Album #11:
- Side 11: CHOPIN
- Side 38: SCHUBERT
Album #12:
- Side 12: LALO
- Side 37: SCHUMBERT
Album #13:
- Side 13: TCHAIKOVSKY
- Side 36: STRAUSS
Album #14:
- Side 14: TCHAIKOVSKY, BERLIOZ
- Side 35: BRAHMS
Album #15:
- Side 15: MENDELSSOHN
- Side 34: BRAHMS
Album #16:
- Side 16: MENDELSSOHN, FRANCK
- Side 33: BACH, VIVALDI
Album #17:
- Side 17: MOZART, ROSSINI, BEETHOVEN, BERLIOZ
- Side 32: BEETHOVEN
Album #18:
- Side 18: TCHAIKOVSKY
- Side 31: BEETHOVEN
Album #19:
- Side 19: TCHAIKOVSKY
- Side 30: BEETHOVEN
Album #20:
- Side 20: TCHAIKOVSKY
- Side 29: MEDELSSOHN, SMETANA
Album #21:
- Side 21: DVORAK, SCHUMANN
- Side 28: HANDEL
Album #22:
- Side 22: SCHUMANN
- Side 27: HANDEL
Album #23:
- Side 23: HAYDN
- Side 26: MACDOWELL
Album #24:
- Side 24: LISZT
- Side 25: MOZART
As to condition... The covers, while in exceptional condition considering their 60 years of age, do show signs of wear. Some of the corners are worn or split. Overall, the set is in very nice shape. It is by NO MEANS anywhere close to a pile of falling apart mess like many such sets that are offered for sale.
The whole sets is around 25 pounds. The whole sets is around 25 pounds. See pictures for all details. Comes from a smoke free home. Any questions please ask. I can combine shipping. Thanks so much for looking and please browse my other items. Item's will be packed well and shipped quickly.
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