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Interview with William Hammerstein II
- Title
- Interview with William Hammerstein II, 1971-05-25.
- Author
- Hammerstein, William
- Publication
- 1971.
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- Additional Authors
- Wilk, Max
- Found In
- Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (approximately 79 min.) : digital, mono.
- Summary
- William Hammerstein, a director and producer and the son of Oscar Hammerstein II, speaks about his famous father's childhood and adolescence; his education; his work with Jerome Kern and long fruitful collaboration with Richard Rodgers; the ups and downs in his career; his failed attempts to succeed in Hollywood alonf with other composers and lyricists from Broadway; his circle of friends and associates (playwright Marc Connelly, songwriter Harry Ruby, writer Charles Lederer) ; his joyful character and sense of humor; his "dry period;" his late success; the reflection of his childhood in his works; his mother's perfect image (she died when he was only 12) that is projected in his love lyrics, and such.
- Alternative Title
- They're playing our song.
- Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
- Original interview conducted by Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books, for the book "They're playing our song" published in 1973.
- Access (note)
- Access to original item restricted.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53161.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
- Call Number
- *LDC 53161
- OCLC
- 879646147
- Author
- Hammerstein, William, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with William Hammerstein II, 1971-05-25.
- Production
- 1971.
- Playing Time
- 003915 003920
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audiocomputer
- Type of Carrier
- audio disconline resource
- Performer
- William Hammerstein, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.
- Event
- Recorded in Easton, Connecticut 1971 May 25.
- Access
- Access to original item restricted.
- Additional Formats
- Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53161.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
- Local Note
- Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 2170.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wilk, Max, interviewer.
- Added Title
- They're playing our song.Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
- Found In:
- Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
- Research Call Number
- *LDC 53161*LT-10 2170