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Title
Music in America : radio broadcast, 1983-06
Additional title: Trouble in Tahiti. Selections
Additional title: Music in America (Radio program)
Names
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 (Composer)
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 (Commentator)
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 (Conductor)
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 (Interviewee)
Wadsworth, Stephen (Commentator)
Williams, Nancy, 1935- (Performer)
Patrick, Julian, 1927-2009 (Performer)
Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009 (Performer)
Unrath, Jim (Host)
Tizmoret ha-filharmonit ha-Yiśreʼelit (Performer)
WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) (Distributor)
Collection

Margaret Carson audio-visual materials

Dates / Origin
Date Captured: 1983-06
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1592
Topics
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 -- Interviews
Wadsworth, Stephen -- Interviews
Composers -- United States
Operas -- Excerpts
Symphonies -- Excerpts
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Age of anxiety. Epilogue
Genres
Interviews
Music
Radio programs
Notes
Source note: Title and date from audition.
Performers: Jim Unrath, host ; Nancy Williams (Dinah) and Julian Patrick (Sam) (Trouble in Tahiti) ; Lukas Foss, pianist with Israel Philharmonic (last mvmt from symphony Age of anxiety) ; Leonard Bernstein, commentator and conductor ; Stephen Wadsworth, commentator.
Venue: Broadcast on WFMT radio Chicago 1983 June.
Language: Sung in English.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 56 min.) : analog, stereo
Description
This broadcast takes place 2 weeks prior to the premier of Bernstein's opera 'A quiet place" scheduled to be performed by the Houston Opera on June 17, 1983 (probably between June 2-4). It is a scrutiny of Bernstein as an opera composer of the 1 act work "Trouble in Tahiti" composed in 1952 and a 30-year later 3 act work that incorporates the former. Commentaries cover synopsis of both works as well as the psychology of the characters, the different type of music used by the composer, reasons that turned Bernstein away from writing musicals for Broadway and led him to the creation of the opera, and circumstances that steered him to explore this option. Excerpts of his music intermix with spoken texts.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 923018986
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20812408
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 04bda3a0-b923-0133-5fae-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1918: Creator Born
  • 1983: Captured
  • 1990: Creator Died
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Music in America : radio broadcast, 1983-06" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/082b4ad0-b923-0133-ee7c-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Music in America : radio broadcast, 1983-06" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 3, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/082b4ad0-b923-0133-ee7c-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. Music in America : radio broadcast, 1983-06 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/082b4ad0-b923-0133-ee7c-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Music in America : radio broadcast, 1983-06