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ASCAP radio interview with Virgil Thomson

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ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection

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ASCAP radio interview with Virgil Thomson

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Title
ASCAP radio interview with Virgil Thomson
Names
Rhodes, Roger (Donor)
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989 (Interviewee)
Bookspan, Martin (Interviewer)
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Sponsor)
Collection

ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1960 - 1969 (Approximate)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2842
Topics
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989 -- Lord Byron
Composers -- United States
Music critics -- United States
Genres
Radio programs
Interviews
Notes
Numbering: Interviewer mistakenly announced as Billy Taylor, is in fact Martin Bookspan.
Additional physical form: Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 45122, tracks 1-7.
Acquisition: Gift; Roger Rhodes; 2007.
Content: Forms part of the ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection, *L(Special) 07-11.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (30 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo. ; 7 in.
Description
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer and music critic Virgil Thomson. Thomson speaks about his career as a composer. He discusses such topics as a variety of styles in contemporary music in the USA; his work with various genres of music; his prolonged period in Paris, and his French influences; and his work as a chief music critic for the New York Herald Tribune. The composer also introduces his opera Lord Byron.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 458579720
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18162081
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bb560df0-7702-0136-1882-1b562357c3d9
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1960: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "ASCAP radio interview with Virgil Thomson" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1960 - 1969. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aa54c2d0-c35d-0133-e8ef-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "ASCAP radio interview with Virgil Thomson" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aa54c2d0-c35d-0133-e8ef-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1960 - 1969). ASCAP radio interview with Virgil Thomson Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aa54c2d0-c35d-0133-e8ef-60f81dd2b63c

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ASCAP radio interview with Virgil Thomson