Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25
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Title
Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25
Collection
The Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings
Names
Jordan, Max, 1895- (Commentator)
Erb, Senta (Commentator)
Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957 (Conductor)
National Broadcasting Company (Associated name)
Schweizerisches Festspielorchester (Performer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1938-08-25
Table Of Contents
La scala di seta overture / Rossini -- Symphony no. 40 in G minor / Mozart -- Announcement -- Die Meistersinger, prelude to Act 3 / Wagner -- Announcement -- A Siegfried idyll / Wagner -- Intermission -- Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36 / Beethoven -- Closing announcement.
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LJ-12 4537-4549
Shelf locator: *LJ-12 4557
Shelf locator: *LT-10 7869-7869 (former classmark)
Subjects
Overtures
Symphonies
Symphonic poems
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Scala di seta. Sinfonia. Selections
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Symphonies, K. 550, G minor
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Meistersinger von Nürnberg. 3. Aufzug. Vorspiel
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Siegfried-Idyll
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 2, op. 36, D major
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Scala di seta. Sinfonia
Genres
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger from information on original discs.
Content: Streaming files transferred from fourteen 12 in. 78 rpm original lacquer discs. Each side corresponds to one file.
Content: Rossini's overture is not recorded from the beginning. Some fragments of music works are lost by overlapping announcements or drops in transmission. Sides 24 and 25 are recordings of two portions of the program with partial duplication.
Performers: Max Jordan, Senta Erb, commentators ; [members of] the Lucerne Festival Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor.
Venue: Broadcast live on NBC from Richard Wagner Garden House in Lucerne, Switzerland 1938 August 25.
Acquisition: Gift; Toscanini family; 1987.
Content: Forms part of: the Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-01.
Physical Description
Extent: 14 audio discs (approximately 105 min.) : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum/lacquer, mono. ; 12 in.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11159921
Archives ID: 20445
RLIN/OCLC: 884468380
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20248396
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cd6ee040-b721-0133-6dc6-3c07547a230f
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1938-08-25
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MLA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd6ee040-b721-0133-6dc6-3c07547a230f
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1938). Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd6ee040-b721-0133-6dc6-3c07547a230f
Chicago/Turabian Format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd6ee040-b721-0133-6dc6-3c07547a230f
Wikipedia citation
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