20/20, Music, Maestro, please
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Title
20/20, Music, Maestro, please
Collection
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials
Names
Irwin, Dean (Producer)
Walters, Barbara, 1929- (Host)
Brown, Bob (Commentator)
Mehta, Zubin (Conductor)
Previn, André, 1929- (Conductor)
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 (Commentator)
Solti, Georg, 1912-1997 (Commentator)
Solti, Georg, 1912-1997 (Conductor)
Zinman, David (Commentator)
Magad, Samuel, 1932- (Commentator)
Morgan, Michael, 1957- (Commentator)
Morgan, Michael, 1957- (Conductor)
ABC Television Network (Broadcaster)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1987-03-05
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LVH 2724
Subjects
Conductors (Music) -- United States
Conductors (Music)
Conducting
Orchestral music -- Excerpts
Genres
Television Programs
Interviews
Music
Television Commercials
Notes
Content: Title from the screen.
Venue: Broadcast on ABC 20/20 program New York 1987 March 5.
Acquisition: Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (19 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
Hosted by B. Walters and reported by B. Brown, the segment explores the art of conducting and the knowledge, personality, and passion needed to succeed in this profession. Short performance clips show conductors Z. Mehta and A. Previn. L. Bernstein, Sir Georg Solti, and D. Zinman comment "on the power of baton". S. Magad, co-concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, comments on Solti's abilities. In clips of Solti rehearsing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, he briefly discusses the interpretation of the famous first four notes of the piece. The final portion of the segment focuses on M. Morgan, Solti's young assistant conductor and protégé. Morgan shares his thoughts on conducting, and is shown with Solti in study sessions, preparing to conduct Brahms' Symphony No. 1 in C Minor for his debut appearance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 905858508
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20590324
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 673635c0-4a9c-0133-68b4-60f81dd2b63c
Rights
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "20/20, Music, Maestro, please" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/673635c0-4a9c-0133-68b4-60f81dd2b63c
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1987). 20/20, Music, Maestro, please Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/673635c0-4a9c-0133-68b4-60f81dd2b63c
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "20/20, Music, Maestro, please" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/673635c0-4a9c-0133-68b4-60f81dd2b63c
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