Research Catalog

Title

ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister [sound recording].

Author

Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991.

Publication

[196-?]

Details

Additional Authors

• Bookspan, Martin.
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Found In

ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers.

Description

1 streaming audio file (29 min.) : digital, stereo.

Summary

Martin Bookspan interviews American composer Elie Siegmeister during an undated broadcast. Speaking about his career as a composer, Siegmeister talks about his symphonic music, and his music for theatrical and film productions. He talks about the meaning of classical music such as opera in the modern music world; about the connection between traditional and avant-garde music; and about Romanticism in contemporary musical works. The composer also discusses such topics as his family background in New York, N.Y., his education, and his jazz, folk, and classical influences.

Alternative Title

ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers.

Subject

• Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991 > Interviews
• Composers > United States > Interviews
• Radio programs

Genre/Form

• Radio programs.
• Radio interviews.

Additional Formats (note)

• Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 45120, tracks 8-13.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection, *L(Special) 07-11.

Call Number

*LT-7-A 2839

OCLC

457813924

Author

Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991. Interviewee

Title

ASCAP radio interview with Elie Siegmeister [sound recording].

Imprint

[196-?]

Performer

Introduction by Stanley Adams.

Additional Formats

Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 45120, tracks 8-13.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection, *L(Special) 07-11.

Local Note

Archival original (1 sound tape reel (29 min.) : analog, stereo. ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2839.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Bookspan, Martin. Interviewer

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Rhodes, Roger. Donor

Added Title

ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers.

Found In:

ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers.

Research Call Number

*LT-7-A 2839