Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Gillis, Don, 1912-1978.
2. Grauer, Ben.
3. Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971.

Found in

1. Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.

Description

1. 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., full track mono.; 10 in.

Summary

1. Consists of speech tracks only for program no. 1 including introductions, intermission and conclusion. Intermission feature: David Sarnoff, the former chairman of NBC, recounts the launching of the weekly radio concerts of classical music performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra led by Maestro Toscanini in the 30es when radio was in its heyday and favored cultural programs. Sarnoff, after Toscanini resigned from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and returned to Europe, feeling as all music lovers of those days a tremendous loss, dispatched Toscanini's intimate friend, Samuel Chotzinoff to Italy to lure the maestro back to New York, and having been promised the creation of his very own orchestra and overcoming prejudices for recordings and radio transmissions, Toscanini returned to New York to lead one of the best orchestras in the world for seventeen years.

Uniform title

1. Toscanini: the man behind the legend (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.

Subject

1. Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957
2. Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971 > Interviews
3. Conductors (Music) > Italy
4. Radio programs

Call number

1. *LDC 46863, track 1

Note

1. Complete radio program no. 1 including music not held by NYPL.
2. On CD with speech tracks for programs 3, 4 and 5 and interviews with Egene Ormandy, (track 2, 16 min.), Mrs. August Belmont with Marchesi Vittorio [Cordero] di Montezemolo (track 3, 16 min.) and Don Gillis (track 4, 14 min.)

Access (note)

1. Access to original items restricted.

Event (note)

1. Broadcast by NBC on June 5, 1963.

Additional formats (note)

1. Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 46863, track 1, 15 min.

Terms of use (note)

1. No copying of private, non-commercial material is allowed without the written permission of the proprietary rights holder. For further information contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Source (note)

1. Toscanini family;

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-01.

Title

1. Toscanini: the man behind the legend, speech tracks and interviews. Program no. 1 [sound recording] / Ben Grauer.

Imprint

1. June 5, 1963.

Event

1. Broadcast by NBC on June 5, 1963.

Access

1. Access to original items restricted.

Terms of use

1. No copying of private, non-commercial material is allowed without the written permission of the proprietary rights holder. For further information contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Additional formats

1. Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 46863, track 1, 15 min.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-01.

Source

1. Gift; Toscanini family; 1983.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Gillis, Don, 1912-1978. Producer
2. Grauer, Ben. Interviewer
3. Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971. Interviewee
4. Toscanini family. Donor NN-RHA

Added title

1. Toscanini: the man behind the legend (Radio program)
2. Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.

Found in:

1. Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.

Research call number

1. *LDC 46863, track 1