Sina Berlynn (formerly known as Berlinski), piano ; Annemarie Rissland, soprano ; David Weber, Milton Moskowitz, clarinet ; Raymond Sabinsky, viola ; Manfred Hecht, baritone.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Adele Addison, soprano ; Russell Oberlin, counter-tenor ; David Lloyd, tenor ; William Warfield, baritone ; Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson, choir director ; The New York Philharmonic Orchestra ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The collection consists of noncommercial sound recordings including performances by Jascha Heifetz and Larry Adler of popular chamber music; a performance of Aaron Avshalomoff's Symphony no. 2 by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thor Johnson; a speech by Mrs. Gilbert Chapman broadcast in 1943 promoting the American Women's Voluntary Services; and radio and television interviews with Gilbert W. Chapman and dancer Alexandra Danilova. The interviews with Chapman were recorded from 1956 to 1962 and concern literacy and education in the United States. Notable television and radio programs represented in the collection include the Tex and Jinx television program; a Monitor radio program; and a Lee Graham television interview. Also included is the opening address (given by Mr. Chapman) of the New York Public Library 50th anniversary convocation, and a radio program featuring a story about the WNYC book festival.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
17 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The papers of the Jefferson National Bank consists of ca. 5,300 items (8 cubic boxes, 15 oversize boxes, ca. 38 linear shelf feet), ca. 1914-1998, and contains annual reports, statements of condition, histories of the Jefferson National Bank and its mergers, audio and video tapes of television and radio advertisements, posters and lobby cards of advertisements, photographs of branch banks, bank staff and events, printed fliers and brochures about bank services and products, news clippings and scrapbooks, and promotional materials such as hat, cups, and t-shirts..
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Repository/Collector:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
This collection consists chiefly of correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts of speeches, registration cards, news letters manuscripts, and clippings. Correspondents include: Everett Ross Clinchy, Fred Essery, Frank Fuller, Henry (Harry) Augustus Garfield, Frank S. Hopkins, Edwin L. James, Charles Gilmore Maphis, William Emmet Moore, and John Sharp Williams.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Extent:
There seems to be a box of reel to reel tape but it isn’t clear if these are for broadcasts or simply deal with the issue of broadcasting.
Repository/Collector:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
The Leo Reisman collection contains primarily private acetate disc recordings of Reisman's radio performances of the 1930's, as well as Reisman's personal collection of commercial 78 rpm discs. Included among the noncommercial recordings are extensive holdings of his Philip Morris Show and Schaefer's nine o'clock revue appearances. Less complete holdings for Lucky Strike's your hit parade are also included. The commercial disc collection is comprised mostly of Reisman's commercially released recordings, as well as a small number of other artists' recordings
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
809 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Contains radio broadcast recordings, studio acetates, and performance recordings collected by Paskman of his works. Included are transcription recordings of the radio program Paramount movie parade (1933-1934); two recordings of live performances of Robert Stolz' Two hearts in 3/4 time, for which Paskman wrote the lyrics; and a live recording of the premiere performance of Halloween, a musical work with narration by Paskman. Also included is an interview with Paskman conducted by Albert Brush under the auspices of the Beverly Hills Public Library, which was broadcast over radio station KPMC (Beverly Hills, CA), December 4, 1940.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
30 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Contains radio broadcast recordings, studio acetates, and performance recordings collected by Paskman of his works. Included are transcription recordings of the radio program Paramount movie parade (1933-1934); two recordings of live performances of Robert Stolz' Two hearts in 3/4 time, for which Paskman wrote the lyrics; and a live recording of the premiere performance of Halloween, a musical work with narration by Paskman. Also included is an interview with Paskman conducted by Albert Brush under the auspices of the Beverly Hills Public Library, which was broadcast over radio station KPMC (Beverly Hills, CA), December 4, 1940.
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription)
Extent:
30 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
"Many of these reel to reels and the 78s are segments, not actual broadcast recordings of lectures and recorded events. I have recordings of the events/interviews and stock background music but not the production pieces as they were aired from what I can discern."
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription) and Reel-to-reel
Radio program which solicited programming requests from the listening audience. Listeners would write to the studio with ideas for skits, and the actors on the show would perform those skits on the air. Skits were written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee. Each program features a different all-star cast.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
31 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The collection consists of fifty one episodes from the 1946-1947 season. Most items are off-air recordings from WEAF or WNBC, New York. Episode titles are unknown unless specified.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
101 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Sina Berlinski (later known as Berlynn), pianot ; June Natelson, soprano ; Milton Moskowitz, clarinet ; Kenneth Spencer, bass ; Jonathan Brice, Walter Taussig, piano.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The collection consists of noncommercial recordings of radio broadcasts of primarily classical music. The largest portion of the collection consists of broadcast of The New York Philharmonic, with selected concerts from 1952-1963. Conductors of the New York Philharmonic concerts on these recordings include Franco Autori, Leonard Bernstein, Guido Cantelli, Dmitri Mitropoulos, Paul Paray, George Szell, and Bruno Walter. Guest soloists include Claudio Arrau, Robert Casadesus, Van Cliburn, Clifford Curzon, Rudolf Firkušný, Zino Francescatti, Jascha Heifetz, Myra Hess, Byron Janis, Martha Lipton, Artur Rubinstein, Irmgard Seefried, Rudolf Serkin, and Richard Tucker.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
195 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The collection consists of noncommercial recordings of radio broadcasts of primarily classical music. The largest portion of the collection consists of broadcast of The New York Philharmonic, with selected concerts from 1952-1963. Conductors of the New York Philharmonic concerts on these recordings include Franco Autori, Leonard Bernstein, Guido Cantelli, Dmitri Mitropoulos, Paul Paray, George Szell, and Bruno Walter. Guest soloists include Claudio Arrau, Robert Casadesus, Van Cliburn, Clifford Curzon, Rudolf Firkušný, Zino Francescatti, Jascha Heifetz, Myra Hess, Byron Janis, Martha Lipton, Artur Rubinstein, Irmgard Seefried, Rudolf Serkin, and Richard Tucker. Orchestras with a smaller representation of recordings in the collection include the Boston Symphony Orchestra in concerts conducted by Pierre Monteux and Charles Munch, the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Guido Cantelli and Pierre Monteux, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Eduard van Beinum, Josef Krips, and Rafael Kubelík. Opera recordings include selected Salzburg Festival broadcasts from 1952-1958, with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Rudolf Baumgartner, Karl Böhm, Joseph Keilberth, and Herbert von Karajan. Böhm also conducts for the 1956 reopening of the Vienna State Opera House. Bayreuth Festival productions from 1953 and 1954 are conducted by Joseph Keilberth, Hans Knappertsbusch, and Clemens Krauss. Bayreuth vocalists include Hans Braun, Gré Brouwenstijn, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Josef Greindl, Hans Hotter, Martha Mödl, and Eleanor Steber. Recordings of selected Firestone Hour (later the Voice of Firestone) programs from 1952 to 1956 contain opera, operetta, and orchestral selections as well as popular songs. Featured vocalists include Eugene Conley, Nadine Conner, Jerome Hines, Roberta Peters, Risë Stevens, and Ferruccio Tagliavini.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Extent:
195 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The WFCR Collection contains nearly 4,500 reel to reel recordings of locally-produced radio programs, reflecting over fifty years of the cultural and intellectual life of western Massachusetts. Drawing upon the talents of the faculty and students of the Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and UMass Amherst), the collection offers a remarkable breadth of content, ranging from public affairs to community and national news, cultural programming, childrens programming, news and current events, scholarly lectures, classical music, and jazz.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Reel-to-reel and Digital tape (DAT, DCC)
Extent:
462 linear feet
Repository/Collector:
UMass Amherst Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
The collection consists of various radio series from the 1960's and 1970's in which host Patricia Kurland blends interviews, quotes from literature, comments on popular culture, and recorded music. It includes radio programs such as The Exchange, Potpourri, Something Special, and The Human Touch, all of which are dedicated to interviews with popular personalities. Two series, The Meliorist and Voices in the Night, consist of music and quotes from classic and popular literature. Also included in the collection is a series of tapes recorded in 1970 at the Center for International Studies during the East West Trade Program.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
119 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The collection consists of various radio series from the 1960's and 1970's in which host Patricia Kurland blends interviews, quotes from literature, comments on popular culture, and recorded music. It includes radio programs such as The Exchange, Potpourri, Something Special, and The Human Touch, all of which are dedicated to interviews with popular personalities. Two series, The Meliorist and Voices in the Night, consist of music and quotes from classic and popular literature.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
119 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Lorenzo Alvary, a hungarian born operatic bass, hosted the radio program titled "Opera Topics" between 1963 and 1984. It aired principally on WNYC, New York, and consisted of interviews with contemporary opera singers, historians, and impresarios, as well as reports of operatic performances from around the world. Selected guests include: Claudio Abbado; Licia Albanese; Ezio Flagello; Boris Goldovsky; Herbert Graf; Dimitri Kabalevski; Lauritz Melchior; Gian Carlo Menotti, among many others. Collection consists of recordings of the radio program "Opera Topics" from broadcasts on WNYC. Includes notebooks containing press releases describing the subjects discussed in chronological order.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1859 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The collection contains recordings of the radio programs which Diether wrote, including the series "The Life of Beethoven." In addition to the programs themselves, sound cues for the programs are included. The collection also contains appearences of Diether as a commentator on radio programs and intermission features from concert broadcasts. In addition to documentaries and commentary, there are recordings of concerts by the New York Mahlerites (today known as The Gustav Mahler Society of New York).
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
67 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The American Revolution collection includes hundreds of hours of recordings from WBCN during the period 1968-1974, along with posters, ephemera, videos, oral histories, and other associated materials. The audio and video content has been digitized by our partners, Lichtenstein Creative Media, and will be made available to the public through our digital repository. Materials are currently in the process of being transferred to UMass.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Extent:
Hundreds of hours
Repository/Collector:
UMass Amherst Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
The Rudy Grillo Sound Recordings consist of 56 audiotapes and papers relating to Grillo's work as a producer for WBAI-FM, a listener-supported radio station in New York City.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
56 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The BCMP collection consists of many dozens of reel to reel audiotapes of radio broadcasts aired over WMUA during the 1970s and early 1980s by and for the universitys African American community. Included is a range of locally-produced public affairs, cultural, and music programming, with some content licensed from around the country. A few of the tapes are associated with the Five Colleges National Public Radio affiliate, WFCR.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Extent:
300 recordings
Repository/Collector:
UMass Amherst Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) sponsored the Memory Lane program, asking senior citizens to come be interviewed on KRMD radio and discuss their early memories of Shreveport and North Louisiana in the "good old days." Topics include Shreveport buildings, social life, politics, etc. Interviews were conducted by Alma Wiley, Maurie Wayne, and Goodloe Stuck.
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
Audiocassette
Extent:
19 audio tapes of the original KRMD radio station collection of recordings.
Radio interview with American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Excerpts from his music and songs composed for various films, such as I never do anything twice (from film Seven percent solution), and musicals, such as The frogs, Pacific overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily we roll along, are played during the interview.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Audiocassettes contain radio spots, including advertisements prepared by Doak, Carrier & Associates; radio appearances particularly on WINA's "Talk Back" and recordings of various appearances at local events. Other local political figures recorded in these tapes include Paul Harris, Jane Maddux, Ed Robb, Al Weed, and Phyllis A. Whitney. One tape contains a campaign appearance by an unidentified candidate after Emily's death.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Repository/Collector:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
NJ Council of Churches; WINS Radio Programs (1963-64); Radio WMCA (1966); UTS production: in cooperation with National Association of Radio (196?); WRVR broadcasts (1965)WOR Radio Programs (1963-65)
This is a live 13 hour broadcast (10 A. M.-11 P. M.) of the [7th] Wall to Wall at Symphony Space, celebrating Aaron Copland's 80th birthday, with a mix of Copland's compositions and other works by American composers; WNYC radio host was unidentified. Special guest appearences: Ruth Ford, John Ashbery, [Margaret Jory] (ASCAP), Maureen Stapleton, [Edward Albee], and Pearl Lang.
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
CD
Extent:
12 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st work: Reginald Kell, clarinet ; [Zimbler Sinfonietta]. In 3rd and 5th works: Vienna Philharmonic Wind Group ; Roland Raupenstrauch, piano. In 6th work: Winifred Cecil, soprano ; Luigi Amodio, clarinet ; Alfredo Simonetto, piano. In 7th work: Reginald Kell, clarinet ; Louis Kentner, piano ; Anthony Pini, violoncello. In 8th work: Benny Goodman, clarinet ; New York Philharmonic ; John Barbirolli, conductor. David Randolph, host.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In this 300th broadcast, David Randolph does away with his usual objective approach and "lets the listener hear what he likes and dislikes".--Container.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st work (version 1): [Orchestra of the] National Theatre ; Yuri Fayer, conductor. In 2nd work (1st work, version 2): Vienna State Opera [Orchestra] ; Herman Schercgen [i.e. Scherchen], conductor. In 3rd work (version 1): Vienna State Opera [Orchestra] ; Argeo Quadri, conductor. In 4th work (3rd work, version 2): Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra ; Antal Dorati, conductor. In 5th work (version 1): Pierre Bernac, baritone ; Robert Casadesus, piano. In 6th work (5th work, version 2): Walter [sic] Ludwig, baritone ; Michael Roheisen [i.e. Raucheisen], piano. In 7th work (version 1): Antonio Janigro, violoncello ; Carlo Zecchi, piano. In 8th work (7th work, version 2): Janos Starker, violoncello ; Abba Bogen [i.e. Bogin], piano. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st work: Robert Casadesus, piano. In 2nd-3rd, 8th works: The Randolph Singers ; David Randolph, conductor. In 4th work: Rey de la Torre, guitar. In 5th work: Akademie Chor ; [Orchestra of the] Vienna State Opera ; Hermann Scherchen, conductor. In 6th work: Rolf Persinger, viola ; Stradivari [Records] Chamber Music Ensemble. In 7th work: Pro Musica Antiqua ; Safford Cape, conductor. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Adam Lüders speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about his early dance training at the Royal Danish Ballet School; Stanley Williams and other teachers; his apprenticeship at the Royal Danish Ballet, including performing in works such as Flemming Flindt's Swan lake and John Cranko's The lady and the fool; performing in George Balanchine's Don Quixote; leaving the Royal Danish Ballet to join the London Festival Ballet; the repertoire of the London Festival Ballet; coming to New York City at the suggestion of Peter Martins and Peter Schaufuss; joining New York City Ballet in 1975; his roles at City Ballet, including in Balanchine's Brahms-Schoenberg quartet, Agon, and Kammermusik no. 2; working with Jerome Robbins, including in Robbins' work Goldberg variations and Dances at a gathering; his favorite ballets, including Balanchine's Four temperaments, Agon, and Theme and variations; his coming performances with the Royal Danish Ballet, in New York City; leisure activities.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Radio programs, court dramatizations, advertisements, and other segments used in the Fiorani radio broadcasts in the Scranton, Pa. area (presumably including WPTS, which Fiorani owned).
Campaign spots, "H-Bomb Radio Spots," WNEW, Clifton Utley, Mrs. Edison Dick, Edward R. Murrow ("This I Believe"), "The National Purpose," Billy Graham, Jack Webster, Carl Sandburg, John Gardner, Clinton Rossiter, Albert Wohlstetter, Walter Lippmann
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription), Reel-to-reel, and Audiocassette
Repository/Collector:
Princeton University Libraries, Rare Books and Special Collections
In this recording, David Randolph discusses the book "The agony of modern music" by Henry Pleasants. During his discussion, D. Randolph plays two musical pieces: 1. Prokofiev's Violin concerto no. 2 (slow movement) (9:43) and 2. L. van Beethoven's Große fugue from his String quartet, no. 13 (3:55, fades out) to counteract Pleasants' thesis that "Serious music is a dead art."
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
CD
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center