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Interview with Virginia and Alfred Wallenstein

Title
Interview with Virginia and Alfred Wallenstein [sound recording] / Ben Grauer.
Author
Grauer, Ben.
Publication
Oct. 16, 1963.

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Additional Authors
  • Wallenstein, Alfred.
  • Wallenstein,Virginia.
Found In
Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.
Description
1 sound tape reel (22:02) : analog, 15 ips., full track mono.; 10 in.
Summary
Virginia and Alfred Wallenstein, friends and colleagues of Toscanini, call him the biggest influence in their lives. They first saw him in concert in Italy, and two years later Alfred auditioned for him. From that first audition he knew that it would be the greatest music in his life never to be encountered again and that every day he spent with him was a revelation. Starting as a cellist who played in the NBC orchestra, Alfred, with the encouragement from the maestro, became a conductor himself. He says that as an interpreter of music, Toscanini had intensity as no one else before. He talks about maestro's "supreme control of the orchestra, knowledge of the style, complete understanding of the composers he liked and passion to realize all that."
Uniform Title
Toscanini: the man behind the legend (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.
Subject
  • Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957
  • Wallenstein, Alfred > Interviews
  • Wallenstein,Virginia > Interviews
  • Conductors (Music)
Note
  • On CD with interview with Lester Wallerstein, (track 2, 32 min.)
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted.
Event (note)
  • Recorded for an intermission feature for the radio program Toscanini: the man behind the legend, Oct. 16, 1963.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 45069, track 1.
Terms of Use (note)
  • No copying of private, non-commercial material is allowed without the written permission of the proprietary rights holder. For further information contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Source (note)
  • Toscanini family;
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-01.
Call Number
*LDC 45069, track 1
OCLC
261125575
Author
Grauer, Ben. Interviewer
Title
Interview with Virginia and Alfred Wallenstein [sound recording] / Ben Grauer.
Imprint
Oct. 16, 1963.
Event
Recorded for an intermission feature for the radio program Toscanini: the man behind the legend, Oct. 16, 1963.
Access
Access to original items restricted.
Terms Of Use
No copying of private, non-commercial material is allowed without the written permission of the proprietary rights holder. For further information contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Additional Formats
Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 45069, track 1.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-01.
Source
Gift; Toscanini family; 1983.
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Added Author
Wallenstein, Alfred. Interviewee
Wallenstein,Virginia. Interviewee
Toscanini family. Donor NN-RHA
Added Title
Toscanini: the man behind the legend (Radio program)
Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.
Found In:
Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.
Research Call Number
*LDC 45069, track 1
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