Casey steps up to the plate for the Mudville Nine, but can he save the day for the woeful baseball team? Find out what happens in Casey at the Bat, the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime, featuring Americana classical music and original illustrations by Nancy Carlson.
(See more of Carlson's illustrations in the gallery.)
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Our telling of Casey at the Bat includes excerpts from the following works:
John Philip Sousa: The Thunderer
United States Air Force Band of the Golden Gate, Philip C. Chevallard
Altissimi 270532
Sousa: The Gladiator
Dallas Wind Symphony, Frederick Fennell
Reference 85
Sousa: Lily Bells (from Our Flirtations);
Songs of Grace and Glory;
Last Days of Pompeii: 1. In the House of Burbo and Stratonice
Nymphalin
The President's Own United States Marine Band, Jack T. Kline
Altissimi 205042
George Whitefield Chadwick: Tam o'Shanter
Filharmonie Brno, Jose Serebrier
Reference 2104
Victor Herbert: Hang March (from Babes in Toyland)
Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, Keith Brion
Marco Polo 223843
Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.
Credits
Storyteller: Brian Newhouse
Story: Adapted from Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Illustrations: Nancy Carlson
Producer: Valerie Kahler
Digital producer: Seiji Cataldo
Senior digital producer: Randy Salas
Program director: Julie Amacher
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