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Finding Aid for Deems Taylor collection of broadcast recordings, 1935-1954.

Deems Taylor Collection, 1935-1954

*L(Special) 89-38
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. New York Public Library.
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    Table of Contents

    Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

    Title
    Deems Taylor Collection of Broadcast Recordings, 1935-1954.
    Collection ID
    *L(Special) 89-38
    Creator
    Deems Taylor .
    Extent
    90 sound discs.
    Repository
    Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498

    Administrative Information Table of Contents

    Access

    Collection is open to the public. Access to original materials is restricted. Advance notification is required for use.

    Publication Rights

    For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

    Preferred Citation

    Deems Taylor Collection of Broadcast Recordings, *L(Special) 89.38, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

    Biographical Note Table of Contents

    Deems Taylor was an American composer, author, and music critic.

    Born in New York in 1885, Taylor studied music theory with Oscar Coon. After various jobs in publishing and journalism, he became music critic for the New York World (1921-1925), editor of Musical America (1927-1929), and music critic for the New York American (1931-1932). He served as director and then president (1942-1948) of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

    Taylor worked in radio as a musical advisor and commentator, and published collections of his radio talks in 1937, 1940, and 1949. He composed a number of works for large ensembles, including the opera, The King's Henchman and Peter Ibbetson, both commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera.

    He died in 1966.

    Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

    The collection contains acetate and radio transcription disc recordings primarily of Taylor's spoken word radio programs dating from 1935 to 1954.

    Included are samples of his work on shows such as Information Please, Coronet, Swift's Studio Party, as well as special radio shows such as the ASCAP Cavalcade of Music, and memorial tributes to Stephen Vincent Benet and Jerome Kern.

    Collection Listing Table of Contents

       
    *LJ-12 1542*LJ-12 1543*LJ-12 1544*LJ-12 1545 America Preferred (Radio program), September 6, 1941 .
    4 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WOR.

    Performers/speakers: Deems Taylor ; Efrem Zimbalist.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Opening announcements -- In the village -- The betrothal -- Concerto, violin, op. 35, D major. Movement 1 / Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.

       
    *LJ-12 1546*LJ-12 1547*LJ-12 1548 Burns and Allen show, March 9, 1943 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WABC.

    Guest: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-16 1439 Casanova. Ballet music / Deems Taylor, September 20, 1952 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 16 in.

    On label: WNBC.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1549*LJ-12 1550 Cavalcade of America (Radio program), May 29, 1944 .
    2 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WEAF.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Sing a war song.

       
    *LK-16 926*LK-16 927*LK-16 928*LK-16 929*LK-16 930*LK-16 931*LK-16 932*LK-16 933*LK-16 934*LK-16 935 Cavalcade of music concert, September 24, 1940 .
    10 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.

    On label: ASCAP.

    Golden Gate international exposition.

    Speakers/performers: Deems Taylor ; Gene Buck.

       
    *LJ-12 1551*LJ-12 1552*LJ-12 1553*LJ-12 1554 Christmas at Holden, Massachusetts, November 14, 1945 .
    4 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label "Office of War Informaiton".

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LK-16 936 Concert / Deems Taylor.
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.

    Audition recording. Part 1 & 2.

       
    *LJ-12 1555*LJ-12 1556 Coronet (Radio program), April 2, 1937 .
    2 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WJZ.

    Parts 2 & 5, 4 & 6 only.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: The moon disappeared -- Salazar's execution -- How to listen to music -- Coronation.

       
    *LJ-12 1557 Coronet (Radio program), April 9, 1937 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WJZ.

    Part 1 & 3 only.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: An American in Paris / George Gershwin.

       
    *LJ-12 1558*LJ-12 1559*LJ-12 1560 Coronet (Radio program), April 16, 1937 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WJZ.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: How to talk art -- Magnified sound -- Invention of sax -- Saxaphone lecture.

       
    *LJ-12 1561*LJ-12 1562 Coronet (Radio program), April 30, 1937 .
    2 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WJZ.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Music -- Movies.

       
    *LK-16 937 Deems Taylor concert nos. 1 to 3, September 1948 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.

    Program 1: 09-13-48.

    Program 2: 09-14-48.

    Program 3: 09-15-48.

    Contents: Intro to Polovtsian [sic] dance -- Intro to Handel in Strand -- Intro to Gypsy song -- Taylor - Swarthout interview -- Intro to Cantiga di ninar -- Intro to Bach's prelude and fugue -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Midsummer night's dream -- Intro to War dance -- Intro to Rachmaninoff concerto -- Intro to Hungarian march -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Secret of Suzanne -- Intro to Daphnis and Chloe -- Intro to 18th century dance -- Taylor sign-off.

       
    *LK-16 940 Deems Taylor concert nos. 11 to 13, September 1948 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.

    Program 11: 09-27-48.

    Program 12: 09-28-48.

    Program 13: 09-29-48.

    Contents: Intro to Prelude in E -- Intro to Suite provencale -- Intro to Shepherds hey -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Carnival overture -- Intro to Liebeslieder waltzes -- Intro to Forest murmurs -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Colas Breugnon overture -- Intro to Cielo e mar -- Intro to Vesti la giubba -- Taylor - Peerce interview -- Intro to Rachel -- Intro to E lucevan stelle -- Taylor sign-off.

       
    *LK-16 941 Deems Taylor concert nos. 14 to 17, 1948 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.

    Program 14: 09-30-48.

    Program 15: 10-01-48.

    Program 16: 10-04-48.

    Program 17: 10-05-48.

    Contents: Intro to Bruschino overture -- Intro to Iberia -- Intro to Polonaise -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to first commercial -- Intro to Corelli suite -- Intro to Portraits. Bugles, percussion -- Intro to Portraits. Cantabile -- Intro to Portraits. Tango lullaby -- Intro to Portraits. Fugue -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to first commercial -- Intro to Concerto grosso -- Intro to El salon Mexico -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Schwanda. Polka and fugue -- Intro to Intro and rondo capriccioso -- Intro to Alla Marcia -- Taylor sign-off.

       
    *LK-16 942 Deems Taylor concert nos. 18 to 20, October 1948 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.

    Program 18: 10-06-48.

    Program 19: 10-07-48.

    Program 20: 10-08-48.

    Contents: Intro to first commercial -- Intro to Escales. Movement 1 & 2 -- Taylor - Monteux interview -- Intro to Sarabande / Roger Ducasse -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Iolanthe -- Intro to Mendelssohn's concerto -- Intro to Praeludium -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to first commercial -- Intro to Coq d'or. King Dodon -- Intro to Coq d'or. King and Queen -- Intro to Coq d'or. Bridal procession -- Intro to Tsar saltan march -- Taylor sign-off.

       
    *LK-16 938 Deems Taylor concert nos. 4 to 7, September 1948 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.

    Program 4: 09-16-48.

    Program 5: 09-17-48.

    Program 6: 09-20-48.

    Program 7: 09-21-48.

    Contents: Intro to Trumpet prelude -- Intro to Garden of live flowers -- Intro to Prokofieff's symphony -- Intro to Lazghinka (dagger dance) -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Spanish dance -- Intro to Cuban overture -- Intro to Pop goes the weasel -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Age of gold polka -- Intro to Greensleeves -- Intro to Beethoven's second symphony -- Intro to Dance of apprentices -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Allegro -- Intro to Berceuse heroique -- Intro to Grieg's concerto -- Intro to Adoramus te -- Taylor sign-off.

       
    *LK-16 939 Deems Taylor concert nos. 8 to 10, September 1948 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.

    Program 8: 09-22-48.

    Program 9: 09-23-48.

    Program 10: 09-24-48.

    Contents: Intro to first commercial -- Intro to Don Juan -- Taylor - Reiner interview -- Intro to Danse -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Sorotchinsk -- Intro to Promenade. Gnomes -- Intro to Tulleries. Bydlo -- Intro to Ballet of chicks -- Intro to Hut on fowls' legs -- Intro to Gate at Kiev -- Taylor sign-off -- Intro to Impresario overture -- Intro to first commercial -- Intro to Mephisto waltz -- Taylor sign-off.

       
    *LR. 8733 Deems Taylor concert theme.
    1 sound disc : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in.

    Contents: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. Vorspiel (Act 1) / Richard Wagner.

       
    *LK-16 943 Deems Taylor concert. Emergency program nos. 1 to 5.
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.

    Contents: Intro to White peacock -- Intro to Moldau -- Intro to Masquerade waltz -- Intro to La dame blanche -- Intro to Sicilienne -- Intro to London suite -- Intro to Contra dances -- Intro to Ritual fire dance -- Intro to Haydn's symphony -- Intro to Gavotte -- Intro to Danse macabre -- Intro to Tristan prelude -- Intro to Passo a sel -- Intro to first commercial -- Intro to Abduction prelude -- Intro to Birds. Dove and hen -- Intro to Birds. Nightingale and cuckoo.

       
    *LJ-12 1567*LJ-12 1568*LJ-12 1569*LJ-12 1570 Fred Waring Show (Radio program), April 5, 1948 .
    4 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WNBC.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Caramba, it's the samba -- Exactly like you -- Love is beautiful -- May day carol -- It's easy when you know how -- If you are but a dream / Moe Jaffe.

       
    *LJ-12 1571*LJ-12 1572*LJ-12 1573*LJ-12 1574*LJ-12 1575*LJ-12 1576 Hall of fame (Radio program), December 5, 1943 .
    6 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1577*LJ-12 1578*LJ-12 1579 Information Please (Radio program), April 11, 1939 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WJZ.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1580*LJ-12 1581*LJ-12 1582 Information Please (Radio program), June 6, 1939 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WJZ.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1583*LJ-12 1584*LJ-12 1585 Information Please (Radio program), June 4, 1940 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WJZ.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1586*LJ-12 1587 Intermission talk, December 24, 1939 .
    2 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Variations on a christmas carol.

       
    *LJ-12 1565*LJ-12 1566 Interview / Lawrence Tibbett, November 20, 1934 .
    2 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WJZ.

    On disc label "forty-five minutes with Lawrence Tibbett".

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1564 Jackie Gleason Show (Radio program), November 1, 1952 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WCBS.

    Guest: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1588*LJ-12 1589*LJ-12 1590 Jerome Kern Memorial, November 11, 1945 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1591*LJ-12 1592 Jerome Kern Tribute, November 15, 1945 .
    2 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1593*LJ-12 1594*LJ-12 1595*LJ-12 1596 Musical Americana (Radio program), January 25, 1940 .
    4 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WJZ.

    Speaker/performers: Deems Taylor ; Edward Macdowell ; Russell Paige.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

    Contents: Opening announcements -- In an eighteenth century drawing room / Raymond Scott -- Woodland sketches. To a wild rose / Edward MacDowell -- Where else but here? / Sigmund Romberg -- Milton Cross comments -- Variations on Chopsticks -- Porgy and Bess. Summertime / George Gershwin -- Porgy and Bess. I got plenty o' nuttin' / George Gershwin -- Chansonette / Rudolf Friml.

       
    *LJ-12 1597 My credo, March 4, 1952 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1598*LJ-12 1599 NBC anthology, April 30, 1956 .
    2 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-16 1438 Phonograph act, March 29, 1943 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 16 in.

    ASCAP banquet.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-16 1437 Prudential Hour (Radio program), April 11, 1943 .
    1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 16 in.

    On label: WCBS.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-16 1435*LJ-16 1436 RCA show, December 2, 1945 .
    2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 16 in.

    On label: WEAF.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-16 1434*LJ-16 1440 Stephen Vincent Benet memorial tribute, April 17, 1944 .
    2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, glass-based acetate ; 16 in.

    On label: WEAF.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1600*LJ-12 1601*LJ-12 1602 Swift's Studio Party (Radio program), October 29, 1935 .
    3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WEAF.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

       
    *LJ-12 1603*LJ-12 1604*LJ-12 1605*LJ-12 1606 Swift's Studio Party (Radio program), December 3, 1935 .
    4 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

    On label: WEAF.

    Speaker: Deems Taylor.

    Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.

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