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Interviews with Andre Watts, 1, 2 and 3, 1983

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Margaret Carson audio-visual materials

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Title
Interviews with Andre Watts, 1, 2 and 3, 1983
Names
Watts, Andre (Interviewee)
Shear, Nancy (Interviewer)
Shear, Nancy (Host)
WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.) (Distributor)
Collection

Margaret Carson audio-visual materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1983
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1528
Topics
Watts, Andre -- Interviews
Pianists -- United States
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Source note: Title created from original cassette label; date presumed from audition.
Content: Credits on the original cassette label differ from those that are announced.
Venue: Recorded for WNYC radio in New York 1983.
Acquisition: Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 78 min.) : analog, stereo
Description
The non-musical part of 3 out of 5 radio programs featuring Andre Watts in performance and conversations with Nancy Shear, violinist and interviewer. The musical works from his recorded performances that are scheduled to be broadcast on the radio are announced and analyzed but not included in this recording. In response to Shear's questions Watts speaks about his touring (almost 100 concerts a year) and the challenge of playing unfamiliar pianos; piano tuning and piano tuners; his preference of the sound; his reaction to and opinion of the music critics (recounts his and Leonard Bernstein's reaction to bad criticism after their joint concert); the difference between performing for a live audience and a recording; his choice of composers among whom he singles out Schubert; his concert etiquette and behavior of the public; and comments on some of his performances and conductors with whom he played.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 911980305
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20648361
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 06c7ba00-b8c7-0133-a56b-60f81dd2b63c
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interviews with Andre Watts" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1983. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0b0b93a0-b8c7-0133-9ca3-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interviews with Andre Watts" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0b0b93a0-b8c7-0133-9ca3-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1983). Interviews with Andre Watts Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0b0b93a0-b8c7-0133-9ca3-60f81dd2b63c

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Interviews with Andre Watts