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ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister

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ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection

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ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister

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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
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Item timeline of events

  • 1960: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2020: Found by you!
  • 2021

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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. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9352ad90-c35d-0133-7a65-60f81dd2b63c

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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 June 3, 2020. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9352ad90-c35d-0133-7a65-60f81dd2b63c

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

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ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister