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Interviews with Andre Watts, 4 and 5, 1983

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Title
Interviews with Andre Watts, 4 and 5, 1983
Names
Watts, Andre (Interviewee)
Shear, Nancy (Interviewer)
Shear, Nancy (Host)
WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.) (Distributor)
Collection

Margaret Carson audio-visual materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1983
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1529
Topics
Watts, Andre -- Interviews
Pianists -- United States
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Source note: Title created from original cassette label; date presumed from audition.
Content: Credits on the original cassette label differ from those that are announced.
Venue: Recorded for WNYC radio in New York 1983.
Acquisition: Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 44 min.) : analog, stereo
Description
The non-musical part of the two last radio programs (4th and 5th) featuring Andre Watts in performance and conversations with Nancy Shear, violinist and interviewer. The musical works from his recorded performances that are scheduled to be broadcast on the radio are announced and analyzed but not included in this recording. In response to Shear's questions Watts speaks about his idea of piano playing; musicians' ego; his feelings about interviews, performing, musical technique etc.; his ways of relaxation; and composers he performs (Liszt, Wagner, Chopin, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, and others) and those he doesn't.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 911980411
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20648362
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2cdfb580-b8c7-0133-eb19-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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  • 1983: Created
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interviews with Andre Watts" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1983. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30c37ba0-b8c7-0133-d52a-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interviews with Andre Watts" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 11, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30c37ba0-b8c7-0133-d52a-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1983). Interviews with Andre Watts Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30c37ba0-b8c7-0133-d52a-60f81dd2b63c

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Interviews with Andre Watts