Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Irma Wolpe Rademacher [sound recording] / Carol Baron and Samuel Baron, interviewers.

Author

Rademacher, Irma Wolpe, 1902-1984.

Publication

1974-1976.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Baron, Carol
• Baron, Samuel, 1925-1997.
• Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.

Found In

Wolpe/Baron Archive.

Description

9 sound discs (533 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Carol Baron interviews Irma Wolpe Rademacher, a pianist and teacher. Rademacher, who was the second wife of American composer and teacher Stefan Wolpe, discusses her family background, her life with S. Wolpe, and her professional career as a musician. She also speaks about Wolpe's musical and teaching career in Germany, Israel and later in the USA and analyzes his musical works such as Passacaglia, Oboe Sonata and Battle piece. She reminisces about the composer's strong personality, his interest in paintings, his circle of friends, and his relationships with contemporaries. Rademacher plays Schoenberg's Piano music, op. 23 at the beginning of the interview.

Alternative Title

Wolpe/Baron Archive recordings.

Subjects

• Rademacher, Irma Wolpe, 1902-1984 > Interviews
• Wolpe, Stefan
• Composers' spouses > United States > Interviews
• Pianists > United States > 20th century > Interviews
• Composers > United States > Biography
• Interviews (Sound recordings)
• Composition (Music) > Instruction and study
• Piano music

Genre/Form

• Interviews.
• Sound recordings.

Event (note)

• Originally recorded, CD 1: [date not provided]; CD 2-3: Sept. 2, 1974; CD 4-5: Sept. 13-21, 1974; CD 6-7: Sept. 28, 1974; CD 8-9: July 12, 1976.

Source (note)

• Carol K. Baron;

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Wolpe/Baron Archive recordings, *L(Special) 10-07.

Call Number

*LDCO 698

OCLC

694580129

Author

Rademacher, Irma Wolpe, 1902-1984. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Irma Wolpe Rademacher [sound recording] / Carol Baron and Samuel Baron, interviewers.

Imprint

1974-1976.

Event

Originally recorded, CD 1: [date not provided]; CD 2-3: Sept. 2, 1974; CD 4-5: Sept. 13-21, 1974; CD 6-7: Sept. 28, 1974; CD 8-9: July 12, 1976.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Wolpe/Baron Archive recordings, *L(Special) 10-07.

Source

Gift; Carol K. Baron; Dec. 31, 2008.

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Added Author

Baron, Carol. Interviewer

Baron, Samuel, 1925-1997. Interviewer

Rademacher, Irma Wolpe, 1902-1984. Performer

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Stücke, piano, op. 23.

Baron, Carol. Donor

Added Title

Wolpe/Baron Archive recordings.

Found In:

Wolpe/Baron Archive.

Research Call Number

*LDCO 698