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ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister

Title
ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister [sound recording].
Author
Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991.
Publication
[196-?]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Bookspan, Martin.
  • American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Found In
ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers.
Description
1 streaming audio file (29 min.) : digital, stereo.
Summary
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer Elie Siegmeister during an undated broadcast. Speaking about his career as a composer, Siegmeister talks about his symphonic music, and his music for theatrical and film productions. He talks about the meaning of classical music such as opera in the modern music world; about the connection between traditional and avant-garde music; and about Romanticism in contemporary musical works. The composer also discusses such topics as his family background in New York, N.Y., his education, and his jazz, folk, and classical influences.
Alternative Title
ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Radio programs.
  • Radio interviews.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 45120, tracks 8-13.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection, *L(Special) 07-11.
Call Number
*LT-7-A 2839
OCLC
457813924
Author
Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991. Interviewee
Title
ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister [sound recording].
Imprint
[196-?]
Performer
Introduction by Stanley Adams.
Additional Formats
Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 45120, tracks 8-13.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection, *L(Special) 07-11.
Local Note
Archival original (1 sound tape reel (29 min.) : analog, stereo. ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2839.
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Added Author
Bookspan, Martin. Interviewer
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Rhodes, Roger. Donor
Added Title
ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers.
Found In:
ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2839
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