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Additional authors

1. Baron, Carol
2. Baron, Samuel, 1925-1997.
3. Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.

Found in

1. Wolpe/Baron Archive.

Description

1. 9 sound discs (533 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. 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

1. Wolpe/Baron Archive recordings.

Subject

1. Sound recordings
2. Interviews
3. Pianists > United States > 20th century > Interviews
4. Wolpe, Stefan
5. Composition (Music) > Instruction and study
6. Rademacher, Irma Wolpe, 1902-1984 > Interviews
7. Composers > United States > Biography
8. Composers' spouses > United States > Interviews
9. Piano music

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LDCO 698

Event (note)

1. 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)

1. Carol K. Baron;

Linking entry (note)

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

Author

1. Rademacher, Irma Wolpe, 1902-1984. Interviewee

Title

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

Imprint

1. 1974-1976.

Event

1. 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

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

Source

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

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Baron, Carol. Interviewer
2. Baron, Samuel, 1925-1997. Interviewer
3. Rademacher, Irma Wolpe, 1902-1984. Performer
4. Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Stücke, piano, op. 23.
5. Baron, Carol. Donor

Added title

1. Wolpe/Baron Archive recordings.

Found in:

1. Wolpe/Baron Archive.

Research call number

1. *LDCO 698