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ASCAP radio interview with Virgil Thomson

Title
ASCAP radio interview with Virgil Thomson [sound recording].
Author
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Publication
[196-?]

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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 (30 min.) : digital, stereo.
Summary
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer and music critic Virgil Thomson. Thomson speaks about his career as a composer. He discusses such topics as a variety of styles in contemporary music in the USA; his work with various genres of music; his prolonged period in Paris, and his French influences; and his work as a chief music critic for the New York Herald Tribune. The composer also introduces his opera Lord Byron.
Alternative Title
ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Radio programs.
  • Radio interviews.
Note
  • Interviewer mistakenly announced as Billy Taylor, is in fact Martin Bookspan.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 45122, tracks 1-7.
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 2842
OCLC
458579720
Author
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Interviewee
Title
ASCAP radio interview with Virgil Thomson [sound recording].
Imprint
[196-?]
Additional Formats
Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 45122, tracks 1-7.
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 (30 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo. ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2842.
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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 2842
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