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
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
Martin Bookspan interviews composer and teacher Allan Blank. The composer talks about his teaching experience at number of schools and universities, such as University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa; about his background, and about his career as a violinist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conductor, and composer. He discusses his Two studies for brass quintet, Rotation, and Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird, based on poems by Wallace Stevens, excerpts of which 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
Pianist and composer, Mary Lou Williams, was long regarded as the most important female musician in jazz, both as an instrumentalist and as a composer. In this interview she briefly describes some of the difficulties of being recognized as a musician in the male-dominated world of jazz. She also discusses her sacred works, which at the time of the interview were being performed at the St. Thomas church in Harlem.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Cassette contains review of New York Shakespeare Festival production Pirates of Penzance, on WBAI's radio show Anything goes, with Paul Lazarus. During the show, Lazarus played pre-recorded music selections: I am the very model of a modern Major-General / performed by Martin Green -- Willing (from Heart like a wheel) / performed by Linda Ronstadt -- Poor wandering one / performed by Jean Hindmarch.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Musical selection [Very soft shoes, from musical Once upon a mattress / lyrics by Marshall Barer ; music by Mary Rodgers] (2:40) -- Announcement (0:09) -- Musical selection [In my own lifetime, from musical The Rothschilds / lyrics by Sheldon Harnick ; music by Jerry Bock] (2:25) -- Announcement (0:48) -- Musical selection (3:04) -- Announcement (0: 34) -- Excerpts from the interview with Cy Coleman. He talks about his first experience composing music for the film Father Goose (1964) (3:50) -- Pass me by [from the film Father Goose / lyrics by Carolyn Leigh ; music by Cy Coleman] (2:00) -- Announcement (0:19) -- Musical selection, 1st song: Money isn't ev'rything, from musical Allegro / music by Richard Rogers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II ; 2nd song: What I did for love, from musical Chorus line (first line of text: Kiss today goodbye) / music by Marvin Hamlisch ; lyric by Edward Kleban (Priscilla Lopez, singer)] (7:16) -- Announcement (1:08) -- I'd rather be a fairy than a troll (3:32) -- Announcement (0:26) -- I'll try your way, from musical Fortune (2:27) -- Announcement (0:34)
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
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
[Part 1]: Athaliah, Act 1 / H. Weisgall (48:56) -- Intermission interview with Hugo Weisgall on "Living Opera" (WNYC Radio, recorded 2/16/1964); Alan Wagner, interviewer and host) (12:30)
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
Reel-to-reel and Streaming onsite
Extent:
2 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Edward Albano (Figaro) ; Anna Quartin (Rosina) ; Giuseppe Barsotti (Il Conte) ; Imerio Ferrari (Basilico) ; Eugenio Prosperoni (Bartolo) ; Miguel Sandoval, conductor.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
4 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
This is a live WNYC broadcast recording of Rosalyn Tureck's harpsichord and piano recital, which is the second concert of the Musica Sacra's Basically Bach Festival at Avery Fisher Hall (1979 was the first year of the festival). WNYC reporter and host Andrew Berger offers background information on each of the featured pieces, and talks about the upcoming events of the Basically Bach Festival. During intermission a pre-recorded interview of Rosalyn Tureck was played, and Berger read from Tureck's own program notes.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
3 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
This is a live WNYC broadcast recording of Rosalyn Tureck's harpsichord and piano recital, which is the second concert of the Musica Sacra's Basically Bach Festival at Avery Fisher Hall (1979 was the first year of the festival). WNYC reporter and host Andrew Berger offers background information on each of the featured pieces, and talks about the upcoming events of the Basically Bach Festival. During intermission a pre-recorded interview of Rosalyn Tureck was played, and Berger read from Tureck's own program notes.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
3 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Discs contain recording of unidentified radio broadcast of choral concert of unaccompanied Brahms songs. Includes a radio announcement (5 sec.) identifiying the pieces at the end of the recording; the announcer is unidentified.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
2 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Irmagard Seefried, soprano ; George London, bass-baritone ; Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson, choir director ; New York Philharmonic Orchestra ; Bruno Walter, conductor.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center