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Interview with Burton Lane, 1971-11-15

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Interviews for the book "They're playing our song"

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Title
Interview with Burton Lane, 1971-11-15
Additional title: They're playing our song
Names
Lane, Burton, 1912-1997 (Interviewee)
Wilk, Max (Interviewer)
Collection

Interviews for the book "They're playing our song"

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1971-11-15
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LDC 53164
Shelf locator: *LT-10 2174
Topics
Lane, Burton, 1912-1997
Composers -- United States
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Source note: Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
Content: Original interview conducted by Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books, for the book "They're playing our song" published in 1973.
Venue: Recorded in New York 1971 November 15.
Additional physical form: Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53164.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 96 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.
Description
Burton Lane, a composer whose popular and successful works include "Finian's rainbow" and "On a clear day you can see forever" speaks about the early manifestation of his talent; collaboration with Al Dublin (a talented lyricist with a drinking problem); a contract with J.J. Schubert when he was only 15 which the Schuberts did not honor and cheated him out of his royalties; his and Harold Adamson's (a gifted lyricist) move to California and work at Metro (film studio); collaboration with songwriter Frank Loesser; move back to New York and partnership with Yip Harburg; return to Hollywood where wartime musicals boom began and creative reunion with Harburg; prominent people in show business such as the brothers Gershwin, Fred and Adele Astaire, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, Alan Jay Lerner etc. and their works: their successes and failures, and much more.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 879646193
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20202478
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0d9c0890-b3f8-0133-6478-3c07547a230f
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1912: Creator Born
  • 1971: Created
  • 1997: Creator Died
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Burton Lane, 1971-11-15" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1971. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0f79c180-b3f8-0133-60bd-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Burton Lane, 1971-11-15" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0f79c180-b3f8-0133-60bd-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1971). Interview with Burton Lane, 1971-11-15 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0f79c180-b3f8-0133-60bd-3c07547a230f

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Interview with Burton Lane, 1971-11-15