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Interview with Irving Caesar

Title
Interview with Irving Caesar, 1971-11-16.
Author
Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996

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AudioUse in library *LDC 53147Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
Wilk, Max
Found In
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 41 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
Irving Caesar, an American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for numerous songs, analyzes the difference between a lyricist, a versifier and a poet, talks about Cole Porter and their collaboration, and about songwriters whom he considers great or very good (Berlin, Cole, Hammerstein, Kern, Youmans), discredits composers of songs as serious composers in comparison to composers of opera, and recounts his encounter with Leonard Bernstein and getting him his first job in New York. In this interview, Caesar makes some unflattering remarks about Bernstein and Kern that are not fit for print.
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 (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53147.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Call Number
*LDC 53147
OCLC
879646627
Author
Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Irving Caesar, 1971-11-16.
Playing Time
004050
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audio disc
online resource
Performer
Irving Caesar, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.
Event
Recorded in New York 1971 November 16.
Access
Access to original item restricted.
Additional Formats
Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53147.
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 2158.
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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 53147
*LT-10 2158
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