Research Catalog

Music in America

Title
Music in America : radio broadcast, 1983-06.
Author
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Publication
1983.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Wadsworth, Stephen
  • Williams, Nancy, 1935-
  • Patrick, Julian, 1927-2009
  • Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009
  • Unrath, Jim
  • Tizmoret ha-filharmonit ha-Yiśreʼelit, performer
  • WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
Found In
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 56 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
This broadcast takes place 2 weeks prior to the premier of Bernstein's opera 'A quiet place" scheduled to be performed by the Houston Opera on June 17, 1983 (probably between June 2-4). It is a scrutiny of Bernstein as an opera composer of the 1 act work "Trouble in Tahiti" composed in 1952 and a 30-year later 3 act work that incorporates the former. Commentaries cover synopsis of both works as well as the psychology of the characters, the different type of music used by the composer, reasons that turned Bernstein away from writing musicals for Broadway and led him to the creation of the opera, and circumstances that steered him to explore this option. Excerpts of his music intermix with spoken texts.
Uniform Title
Music in America (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Subject
  • Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 > Interviews
  • Wadsworth, Stephen > Interviews
  • Composers > United States > Interviews
  • Operas > Excerpts
  • Symphonies > Excerpts
Genre/Form
  • Operas.
  • Classical music radio programs.
Note
  • Title and date from audition.
  • Streaming file transferred from original audiocassette.
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Margaret Carson
Language (note)
  • Sung in English.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1592
OCLC
923018986
Author
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, composer.
Title
Music in America : radio broadcast, 1983-06.
Production
1983.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Jim Unrath, host ; Nancy Williams (Dinah) and Julian Patrick (Sam) (Trouble in Tahiti) ; Lukas Foss, pianist with Israel Philharmonic (last mvmt from symphony Age of anxiety) ; Leonard Bernstein, commentator and conductor ; Stephen Wadsworth, commentator.
Event
Broadcast on WFMT radio Chicago 1983 June.
Access
Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Language
Sung in English.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Source
Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
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Added Author
Container of (work): Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Age of anxiety. Epilogue.
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, conductor.
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, commentator.
Wadsworth, Stephen, commentator.
Williams, Nancy, 1935- performer.
Patrick, Julian, 1927-2009, performer.
Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009, pianist.
Unrath, Jim, host.
Tizmoret ha-filharmonit ha-Yiśreʼelit, performer.
WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.
Added Title
Music in America (Radio program)
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Found In:
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1592
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