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Interview with Michael Tilson Thomas

Title
Interview with Michael Tilson Thomas, 1980-07.
Publication
1980.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944-
  • Shear, Nancy
Found In
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Description
2 streaming audio files (45 min.) : digital, stereo.
Summary
In what is referred to on the cassette label as a "raw interview," Thomas covers a wide range of topics from his studies in Los Angeles to the reason he chose to work in Buffalo (from 1971 to 1979) and to his current engagements in guest-conducting major orchestras in Europe. He speaks about his vast scope of interests that include experimenting with performing Beethoven's works with an orchestra of the original chamber size and problems that arise in the attempts to revive and recreate authenticity of the old classics. The discussion shifts to contemporary music, the difficulty of performing it, and to the music of two American composers, Carl Ruggles and Charles Ives, whose works Thomas champions.
Alternative Title
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, date and credits from original cassette label.
  • Streaming file transferred from original audiocassette.
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Margaret Carson
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1610
OCLC
927362262
Title
Interview with Michael Tilson Thomas, 1980-07.
Production
1980.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Nancy Shear, interviewer ; Michael Tilson Thomas, interviewee.
Event
Recorded in Philadelphia 1980 July.
Access
Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Source
Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
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NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- interviewee.
Shear, Nancy, interviewer.
Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.
Added Title
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Found In:
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1610
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