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Oral history interview with Martin Aronstein

Title
Oral history interview with Martin Aronstein, 1987-04-09 [sound recording].
Author
Aronstein, Martin, 1936-2002.
Publication
1987.

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Additional Authors
Turan, Kenneth.
Description
2 sound cassettes : analog.
Summary
Martin Aronstein speaks about the beginning of his career as a lighting designer, and his experience working with Joseph Papp during the New York Shakespeare Festival, New York, N. Y. from 1957. He reminisces about beginning as a backstage worker for the Festival and eventually becoming a principal lighting designer of dozens of productions, both at the theater's downtown Manhattan home and at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the position he held until 1976, due to Papp's efforts.
Alternative Title
  • Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
  • Joseph Papp oral history interviews.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Oral histories.
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview by Kenneth Turan, originally recorded for the book "Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told" which was published in 2009.
  • A track ID has been inserted every five minutes within this interview for reference purposes.
With (note)
  • Parts 1 and 2 are on original cassette with part 2 of an Oral history interview with William Atherton (Atherton on side A only), and part 3 is on original cassette with part 1 of an Oral history interview with Arthur Gelb (side A).
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted.
Event (note)
  • Recorded [in New York?], Apr. 9, 1987.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Service compact discs (3 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) begin on *LDC 51911, tracks 6-10; continue on *LDC 51912; and concludes on *LDC 51913, tracks 1-3.
Call Number
*LDC 51911, tracks 6-10
OCLC
769228258
Author
Aronstein, Martin, 1936-2002. Interviewee
Title
Oral history interview with Martin Aronstein, 1987-04-09 [sound recording].
Imprint
1987.
Event
Recorded [in New York?], Apr. 9, 1987.
Access
Access to original items restricted.
Additional Formats
Service compact discs (3 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) begin on *LDC 51911, tracks 6-10; continue on *LDC 51912; and concludes on *LDC 51913, tracks 1-3.
With:
Parts 1 and 2 are on original cassette with part 2 of an Oral history interview with William Atherton (Atherton on side A only), and part 3 is on original cassette with part 1 of an Oral history interview with Arthur Gelb (side A).
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Added Author
Turan, Kenneth. Interviewer
Papp, Gail Merrifield. Donor
Added Title
Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
Joseph Papp oral history interviews.
Research Call Number
*LDC 51911, tracks 6-10
*LDC 51912
*LDC 51913, tracks 1-3
*LTC-A 782
*LTC-A 700
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