In 1st-2nd, 4th-6th, 8th-9th, 12th, 14th, 16th-17th work: unidentified performers. In 3rd work: National Symphony Orchestra ; Walter Damrosch, conductor. In 7th work: Benny Goodman, clarinet ; New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra ; [John Barbirolli, conductor]. In 10th work: Arthur Whittemore and Jack Lowe, pianos ; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor. In 11th work: Gaby and Robert Casadeus, pianos. In 13th work: The Randolph Singers ; [David Randolph, conductor]. In 15th work: Lionel Hampton, vibraphone ; Benny Goodman Sextet. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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Sounds
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1 recording
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st work: unidentifed performers. In 2nd work: American Recording Society Orchestra ; Walter Hendl, conductor. In 3rd work: National Gallery Orchestra ; Richard Bales, conductor. David Randolph, host ; with unidentifed radio announcer.
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Sounds
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1 recording
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The Randolph Singers (Anna Louise Kautz and Harriet Hill, sopranos ; Mildred Greenberg, contralto ; Abram Sheer, tenor ; Bert Spero, bass) ; David Randolph, host and conductor ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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Sounds
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1 recording
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st work (playing live in studio): Joseph Zwilich, violin ; Shirley Reisman, piano. In 2nd work: Unidentified performers. David Randolph, host ; with unidenified radio announcer.
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Sounds
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1 recording
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st work: Manuel Compinsky Quartet ; Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles ; Werner Janssen, conductor. In 2nd work: Fernando Valenti, harpsichord. In 3rd work: Tina de Maria, piano ; Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples ; Franco Caracciolo, conductor.
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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.
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Sounds
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1 recording
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
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."
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Sounds
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CD
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1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 2nd work: Ralph Kirkpatrick, clavichord. In 3rd work: Helma Elsner, harpsichord ; Pro Musica Orchestra ; Rolf Reinhardt, conductor. In 4th work: Theodor Sack, harpsichord. In 5th work: Fernando Valenti, harpsichord ; Soulima Stravinsky, piano. In 6th work: Louis Kaufman, violin ; Marçal Cerrera, violoncello ; Artur Balsam, piano. In 7th work: Walter [sic] Schneiderhan and Gustav Swoboda, violins ; Senta Benesch, violoncello ; Franz Holetschek, harpsichord. In 8th work: Arnold Dolmetsch, piano. In 9th work: Leonid Hambro, piano. In 10th work: Maro Ajemian, piano. In 11th-15th works: Henry Cowell, piano and additional commentary. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 2nd work: Leon Temerson and Eva [Maskin](?), violins ; Harvey [Blumberg](?), viola ; Otto [Diereich](?), violoncello. In 3th work: Bach Cantata Guild, performers ; Peter Sozio, conductor. In 4th work: George Finckel, violoncello ; Claude Frank, piano. In 5th-6th works: William Warfield, baritone ; Vally Weigl, piano. In 7th work: Paul Doktor, viola ; Karl Weigl, piano. In 8th work: Alice Howland, soprano ; Beaux-Arts [String] Quartet. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Two excerpts [Moderato and Allegretto (1st movement)] from Symphonetta, op. 60 ; [Third movement of] Suite for strings ; Last movement of Taras Bulba, an orchestral rhapsody ; Two movements of Concertino for piano and instruments [Più mosso and Con moto] ; Symphonetta, op. 60 (full version) / L. Janáček.
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Sounds
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1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st and 4th works (Discussion parts 1-2): Duncan Robinson, Vice President of the Berlioz Society ; Peter Hugh Reed and Olin Downes, music critics. In 2nd work: [André Charpak, narrator] ; Chorus and Orchestra of the New Paris Symphony Association ; René Leibowitz, conductor. In 3rd work: Ruth Lorin, soprano ; John Cooper, piano. In 5th work: Leopold Simoneau, tenor ; Choral Art Society ; Little Orchestra Society ; Thomas Scherman, conductor. In 6th work: Rochester Oratorio Society Chorus and Orchestra ; Theodore Hollenbach, conductor. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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Sounds
Formats:
CD
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st-5th works: Hugues Cuénod, tenor ; Hermann Leeb, lute. In 6th work (aka 5th work, version 2): Paul Matthen, bass ; Emilia Mitrani, piano. In 7th work: Lorna Sydney, second-soprano ; Wilhelm Loibner, piano. In 8th-16th works: Anna Louise Kautz and Harriet Hill, sopranos ; Mildred Greenberg, contralto ; Abram Sheer, tenor ; Bert Spero, baritone. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 3rd work: Paul Loyonnet, piano. In 5th, 11th and 13th works: Lazare Lévy, piano. In 9th-10th works: Jeanne-Marie Darre, piano. David Randolph, host and additional commentary (7th work) ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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Sounds
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1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Sinfonia concertante in B♭ major, op. 84 / J. Haydn -- [Concerto for string quartet and orchestra (1931) / B. Martinů -- Closing movement of Double concerto in A major / G. B. Viotti.
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Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st work: Siegfried Borries, violin ; Radio Berlin Symphony Orchestra ; Otto Rota [i.e. Artur Rother], conductor. In 2nd-3rd works: Alice Howland, soprano ; David Weber, clarinet ; Leopold Mitman [sic], piano. In 4th work: Stradivari Records Chamber Music Ensemble. In 5th work: Saxon State Orchestra ; Karl Böhm, conductor. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
First movement of Concerto [op. 3, no. 10] in B minor for four violins and orchestra / A. Vivaldi -- First movement of Concerto [BWV 1065, in A minor] for four pianos and orchestra / J. S. Bach -- Second and third movements of Concerto [op. 3, no. 10] in B minor for four violins and orchestra / A. Vivaldi -- Second and third movements of Concerto [BWV 1065, in A minor] for four pianos / J. S. Bach -- Come again, sweet love (for solo voice and lute) ; Come again, sweet love (transcribed for 4 voices, arr. by composer) ; Come again, sweet love (transcribed for large unidentified chorus) / J. Dowland -- Slow movement of String quartet, op. 135 (string quartet) ; Slow movement of string quartet, op. 135 [no. 16 in F major] (transcribed for full string orchestra) / L. van Beethoven.
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Sounds
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1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st work: Wilhelm Hübner, violin ; Richard Harand, violoncello ; Franz Holetschek, piano. In 2nd work: Marçal Cervera, violoncello ; Winterthur Symphony Orchestra ; Clemens Dahinden, conductor. In 3rd work: Oscar Levant, piano ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra ; Fritz Reiner, conductor. In 4th work: Peter Rybar, violin ; Winterthur Symphony Orchestra ; Henry Swoboda, conductor.
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Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st work: Siegfried Borries, violin ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Artur Rother, conductor. In 2nd and 4th works: Parrenin String Quartet. In 3rd work: Alfred Brendel, piano ; Vienna State Orchestra ; Jonathan Sternberg, conductor. In 5th work: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Rolf Kleinert, conductor. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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Sounds
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CD
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In [1st ] and 5th work: Sigurd Rascher, saxophone ; David Tudor, piano. In 2nd work: Vienna Symphony Orchestra ; Hermann Scherchen, conductor. In 3rd work: Symphony Orchestra of Radio Berlin ; Artur Rother, conductor. In 4th work: Juilliard [String] Quartet. In 6th work: Ejnar Hansen, 18th century glass harmonica. In 7th work: Larry Adler, harmonica ; Lee Colin, piano. In 8th work: Rey de la Torre, guitar ; Stuyvesant String Quartet. In 9th work: Danny Daniels, tap dancer ; Rochester Pops Orchestra ; Morton Gould, conductor. In 10th work: Henry Cowell, piano. In 11th work: Maro Ajemian, piano. In 12th work: Juilliard Percussion Orchestra. David Randolph, host ; with unidentifed radio announcer.
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Sounds
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1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
In 1st and 5th works: Hugo Steurer, piano. In 2nd work: Swabian Choral Singers ; Tonstudio Orchestra, Stuttgart ; Hans Grischkat, conductor. In 3rd work: Pascal String Quartet. In 4th work: Little Orchestra Society ; Thomas Scherman, conductor. In 6th work: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra ; Antal Dorati, conductor. In 7th work: Randolph Singers with Gordon Myers, baritone. In 8th work: Vienna Chamber Orchestra ; Franz Litschauer, conductor. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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Sounds
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1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
1st work (approximately 21 minutes): Betty Allen, contralto. 2nd work (approximately 38 minutes): Arlene Saunders, soprano ; Enrico Di Giuseppe, tenor. Both works: Orchestra of America ; Richard Korn, conductor.
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Sounds
Extent:
2 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer and pianist Netty Simons. Simons talks about her studies at New York University with Percy Grainger, and later privately with Stefan Wolpe. She speaks about both of her teachers, and compares their personalities and their influences on her works. She discusses avant-garde music, and her career as a composer. The composer also talks about each of the following works, excerpts of which are then played during the interview: Trialogue no. 1: the tombstone told when she died and Trialogue no. 2: myselves grieve (for mezzo-soprano, baritone and viola; text by Dylan Thomas), Silver thaw (for 1 to 8 players) (1969), Five sprays of the snow fountain (for two pianos) (1970); and reads fragments from two poems by D. Thomas.
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Sounds
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1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Cassettes contain both the full performance and two radio commercial spots of the NYSF musical On the lock-in. The radio spots were broadcast on WBLS FM.
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Sounds
Formats:
Audiocassette
Extent:
2 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.
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Sounds
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1859 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Edward Albano (Tonio) ; Lola Monte [sic] Gorsey (Nedda) ; Edward Ransome (Canio) ; Alfred Chigi (Silvio) ; Paolo Calvini (Beppe) ; Miguel Sandoval, conductor ; unidentified chorus.
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Sounds
Extent:
4 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. 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
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer and teacher Peter Mennin. Mennin talks about his life; about both of his careers: as the president of Juilliard School and as a symphonic composer; about his work with Juilliard Orchestra; about the future of both types of young contemporary composers: avant-garde and classical music composers. The composer discusses in detail each of the following works, excerpts of which are then played during the interview: Piano concerto (first movement) (1958), Symphony no. 7: Variation-symphony (for full orchestra) (1963-1964).
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Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer, pianist, and writer on music Phillip Ramey. Ramey comments on his studies composition at DePaul University in Chicago; on his teacher, composer Alexander Tcherepnin; and about musical traditions in Chicago. He talks about his career as a pianist and composer. He discusses each of the following works, which are then played in their entirety: Piano sonata no. 1, Night music (for percussion), Commentaries (for flute and piano), Leningrad rag (freely based on Scott Joplin's Gladiolus rag), 5 Epigrams for piano, 3 Epigrams for violin and piano, and Piano fantasy.
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Sounds
Formats:
CD
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Tape contains live performance of the Primarvera String Quartet in in Coolidge Auditorium at Library of Congress. The concert was broadcast on WETA with announcer Steve Ember. Paul Seiko Chihara composed the second piece for the quartet in 1978. The encore of the concert is the first movement of Five songs for string quartet, arranged by Stanley Silverman from George Gershwin's song "He loves, [and] she loves" from Funny face.
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Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Tapes contain live performance of the Primavera String Quartet in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. The concert was broadcast on NPR, on WNYC-FM. Reporter Andrew Berger provided commentary for each piece, using the composers' biographies and additional information about the pieces. During intermission on Reel 1, Berger conducts a taped interview of the members of the string quartet, who share their personal experiences of performing with Primavera, and talk about Tchaikovsky's Third string quartet, a memorial dedicated to his friendship of Ferdinand Laub. The interview resumed on Reel 2, followed by the rest of the concert. Five songs for string quartet are arranged from these George Gershwin songs: 1. "He loves, [and] she loves," 2. "Fascinating rhythm," 3. "Do it again," "Clap yo' hands," and 5. "Sweet and low down." A surprise encore of an unidentified Kurt Weill arrangement is also performed.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
2 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center