Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Sherman, Robert, 1932-
2. Grofé, Ferde, 1892-1972.
3. Laderman, Ezra
4. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
5. Chapin, Schuyler
6. Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet)
7. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
8. Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
9. Wallace, Mike, 1918-2012
10. Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967.
11. Steichen, Lilian, 1883-1977
12. WQXR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
13. Estate of Andre Kostelanetz, donor. NN-RHA

Found in

1. Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings collection.

Description

1. 2 sound discs (101 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. CD 1 (single track) Musical talk show on which Andre Kostelanetz speaks with Robert Sherman about works he has commissioned which are discussed, then auditioned. Kostelanetz speaks first of Rip van Winkle from Ferde Grófe's Hudson river suite; then the Magic prison (letters of Emily Dickinson set to music by Ezra Laderman and Archibald MacLeish); Kostelanetz then recalls violin prodigy Michael Rabin; Kostelanetz speaks of his discussions with Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, and Jerome Kern about commissioning works, and we hear Kern's Mark Twain portrait (incomplete, recording continues on CD 2).

Series statement

1. Radio talks of Andre Kostelanetz; CDRT 2 & 3

Uniform title

1. Listening room (Radio program)
2. Mike Wallace at large (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Three short conversations about Lincoln
2. Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings.

Subject

1. Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980 > Interviews
2. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 > Lincoln portrait
3. Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989 > Anecdotes
4. Talk shows > Radio
5. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Songs and music
6. Instrumentation and orchestration
7. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 > Musical settings
8. Conductors (Music) > United States > Biography
9. Orchestral music > History and criticism
10. Grofé, Ferde, 1892-1972 > Criticism and interpretation
11. Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 > Mark Twain suite
12. Conductors (Music) > United States > Interviews
13. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Songs and music
14. Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 > Anecdotes
15. Radio programs, Musical > United States
16. MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 > Musical settings
17. Rabin, Michael, 1936-1972 > Anecdotes

Genre/Form

1. Talk shows – Radio.

Contents

1. CD 2, track 1. Mark Twain portrait (concluded) ; Kostelanetz discusses Copland's Lincoln portrait, and its various narrators including Carl Sandburg -- Track 2. Aaron Copland speaks with Robert Bailey about his Lincoln portrait [from an undated NPR broadcast] -- Track 3. Schuyler Chapin interviews Kostelanetz and N.Y. Mayor John Lindsay about performing Lincoln portrait [from an undated N.Y. Philharmonic radio broadcast] -- Track 4. Mike Wallace presents a celebration of Carl Sandburg; plays a recording of his ballad A horse named Bill, and discusses Sandburg's love of Lincoln with his wife, Lillian [from an undated radio broadcast of Mike Wallace at large].

Call number

1. *LDC 40477

Event (note)

1. Broadcast on WQXR (New York), Jan. 20, 1972.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings , *L(Special) 07-50.

Author

1. Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980. Interviewee

Title

1. Andre Kostelanetz interviewed on "The listening room" radio program. 1972-01-20 [sound recording] : Three short conversations about Lincoln / Robert Sherman, host.

Imprint

1. Jan. 20, 1972.

Playing time

1. 010737 010249

Series

1. Radio talks of Andre Kostelanetz; CDRT 2 & 3

Event

1. Broadcast on WQXR (New York), Jan. 20, 1972.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings , *L(Special) 07-50.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Sherman, Robert, 1932- Interviewer
2. Grofé, Ferde, 1892-1972. Hudson River suite. Rip van Winkle.
3. Laderman, Ezra. Magic prison.
4. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990, commentator.
5. Chapin, Schuyler, commentator.
6. Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet), commentator.
7. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Lincoln portrait.
8. Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Mark Twain suite.
9. Wallace, Mike, 1918-2012, commentator.
10. Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Horse named Bill.
11. Steichen, Lilian, 1883-1977, commentator.
12. WQXR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
13. Estate of Andre Kostelanetz, donor. NN-RHA

Added title

1. Listening room (Radio program)
2. Mike Wallace at large (Radio program)
3. Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings.

Found in:

1. Estate of Andre Kostelanetz collection of sound recordings collection.

Research call number

1. *LDC 40477