Maude Adams on Stevens College (1:13) -- Maude Adams recites prologue to Edmond Rostand's Chantecler (2:27) -- Rudy Vallee speaks with Hilaire Belloc (7:59) -- Virgil Thomson speaks about Four Saints in three acts (6:30) -- Gertrude Stein [from a 1934 radio broadcast?] (1:20) -- Fay Compton [from a 1969 television broadcast?] (3:33)
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
Reel-to-reel and CD
Extent:
2 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Wilhelm Kempff, piano (3rd work) ; Egon Petri, piano (4th work) ; Vienna State Opera with Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (6th work) ; Budapest Quartet (7th work) ; New Music Quartet (8th work) ; David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer and various performers.
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: Hughes Cuénod, tenor (Narrator) ; Derrik Olsen, baritone (Tancredi) ; Dora Abel, soprano (Clorinda) ; Radio Zurich Symphony Orchestra ; Walter Goehr, conductor. In 2nd work: Eleanor Houston, soprano (Dido) ; Henry Cummings, baritone (Aeneas) ; with unidentified soloists ; Stuart Chamber Orchestra and Chorus ; Jackson Gregory, 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
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.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
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.
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
Audiocassette
Extent:
2 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
"In Stomp, the members of the Combine used music, scenes and film to talk about their lives and times. The group was predominately comprised of dropouts from various programs at the University of Texas, and the show explains in part their journey from college kids to hippies"
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center