We’re currently experiencing technical difficulties. Our team is working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister

ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

  • Lincoln Center 25th anniversary
  • Piney woods money mama
  • Polish music history
  • Kamernyĭ Orkestr Akademicheskogo Teatra opery i baleta goroda Kazani
  • On the picket line
  • Signature
  • Wynton Marsalis
  • Leonard Bernstein in Salzau, 1987
  • Lewis Archibald interviews Ingrid Bergman, 1973
  • M'loch
  • Me and Juliet
  • Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders
  • The Mapleson Cylinders
  • Leida Snow reports on New York City Salutes Theater Week
  • Arthur Bell interviews Rosalind Russell, 1974-09-23
Previous Next

COLLECTION
ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection

This Item

ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister

View this item elsewhere:

Title
ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister
Names
Rhodes, Roger (Donor)
Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991 (Interviewee)
Bookspan, Martin (Interviewer)
Adams, Stanley (Performer)
Collection

ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1960 - 1969 (Approximate)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2839
Topics
Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991
Composers -- United States
Radio programs
Genres
Radio programs
Interviews
Notes
Performers: Introduction by Stanley Adams.
Additional physical form: Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 45120, tracks 8-13.
Acquisition: Gift; Roger Rhodes; 2007.
Citation/reference: Forms part of the ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection, *L(Special) 07-11.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (29 min.) :analog, stereo. ;7 in.
Description
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer Elie Siegmeister during an undated broadcast. Speaking about his career as a composer, Siegmeister talks about his symphonic music, and his music for theatrical and film productions. He talks about the meaning of classical music such as opera in the modern music world; about the connection between traditional and avant-garde music; and about Romanticism in contemporary musical works. The composer also discusses such topics as his family background in New York, N.Y., his education, and his jazz, folk, and classical influences.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 457813924
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18160577
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e4d5bd90-764b-0136-ecf5-39c923b149eb
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

  • 1960: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1960 - 1969. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9352ad90-c35d-0133-7a65-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9352ad90-c35d-0133-7a65-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1960 - 1969). ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9352ad90-c35d-0133-7a65-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9352ad90-c35d-0133-7a65-60f81dd2b63c | title= (sound recording) ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister, (1960 - 1969)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=July 17, 2025 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister