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Title:
The grapes of wrath / [music by Ricky Ian Gordon ; libretto by Michael Korie ; based on the novel by John Steinbeck].
Author:
Gordon, Ricky Ian.

Korie, Michael.

Gershon, Grant.

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Grapes of wrath.

Minnesota Opera.
Publication Information:
Bronxville, NY : PS Classics, ℗2008.
Call Number:
B GORD GW M66 2899A-C
Abstract:
The story of the Joad family and their migration to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Depression.
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Physical Description:
3 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Opera in 3 acts.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Wes Blomster, synopsis, biographical notes, and libretto (94 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
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Contents:
Last time there was rain -- I keep my nose clean ; Where's ya' headin'? -- So long, Savior ; I baptized you ; A naked tree a-wastin' in the sun -- Gone ; Not my fault -- Who are you cleanin' for? -- Promise me, Tommy -- You can't keep a Joad in jail ; Not my fault -- Good machine -- Tricky old devil -- Us -- Soothing syrup -- The plenty road ; Okies ; Need some gas, Mister ; Okies ; The plenty road -- Handbills -- I can't tell you -- We'll find work -- The zephyr ; One star -- He don't understand -- A world for this old man -- Us

Truck drivers -- Dry blue night ; We can be quiet ; Rest peaceful, Mama ; Septet: Dry blue night -- Inspection station -- Like they promised -- My plum tree ; No work here -- The fire in the orchard ; Ants on the highway -- Beg your pardon, Ma'am ; Nice, neighborly place we found here ; Hooverville? Where's Hooverville" -- Hooverville's anywhere -- No one is goin' -- I shoulda stayed back home ; Don't you fret none, little one -- Handbills ; into the back, Tom -- I can be a help -- Simple.

People ; See ya' at the hoedown, Ladies -- Square dance -- Hold on, Deputy ; Handbills Fried dough -- Join the line ; Damn! Them peaches -- A step up the ladder -- Dry blue night ; Evening stroll -- Things turn around ; A word for you, old friend -- Dios te salve -- That you, Ma? ; Promise me, Tommy I'll be there -- The day the rain began -- We couldn't save it -- Little dead Moses -- Barn road ... night ; Gone You own this barn? -- Take it, mister ; One star
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