Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Dunn, John, 1934-2004
2. BBC Radio.

Found in

1. Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music, 1914-1989.

Description

1. 2 audio discs (110:29) : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Richard Rodgers was interviewed in New York for the BBC radio production "The life and music of Richard Rodgers". Rodgers tells stories of his early years, how he discovered the theater thanks to Jerome Kern, working with the Fields family (Lew and Herbert Fields) and Rouben Mamoulian in the early days, his meetings and working relationships with both Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, and analyzing some of their most successful shows. At the end of the interview, Rodgers talks about the history and evolution of American musical theater, how Paul McCartney and John Lennon write "classic" and memorable songs, how Burt Bacharach's music is special, how he doesn't understand "Hair", his work at Lincoln Center, and his home life.

Alternative title

1. Life and music of Richard Rodgers
2. Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.

Subject

1. Sound recordings
2. Interviews
3. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
4. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 > Musicals Selections
5. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 > Interviews
6. Lennon, John, 1940-1980
7. Weber & Fields (Comedy team)
8. Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943
9. McCartney, Paul
10. Mamoulian, Rouben
11. MacDermot, Galt > Hair
12. Fields, Herbert, 1897-1958
13. Bacharach, Burt
14. Musicals > United States > History and criticism
15. Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LDC 50485

Note

1. "IDs are inserted every 5 minutes"--CD container.

Access (note)

1. Access to original item restricted; use service CD.

Source (note)

1. Dorothy Rodgers;

Linking entry (note)

1. Separated from the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, THE Mss 1987-006.

Author

1. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview recorded with Richard Rodgers, 1968-09-11 : for the BBC radio production "The life and music of Richard Rodgers".

Production

1. 1968.

Playing time

1. 005237 005752

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audio disc

Performer

1. Richard Rodgers, interviewee ; [John Dunn], BBC Radio reporter.

Event

1. Recorded 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. 1968 Wednesday, September 11.

Access

1. Access to original item restricted; use service CD.

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : mono, 7 1/2 ips, half-track ; 10 in.) available in *LT-10 10868.

Linking entry

1. Separated from the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, THE Mss 1987-006.

Local note

1. From the Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.
2. Preservation files: (2 sound files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lt1010868_f01_em.WAV (CD 1, tracks 1-11) and myh_lt1010868_f02_em.WAV (CD 2, tracks 1-12))

Source

1. Gift; Dorothy Rodgers; THE Mss 1987-006; 1987.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Dunn, John, 1934-2004, reporter.
2. BBC Radio.
3. Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992, donor.

Added title

1. Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.

Found in:

1. Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music, 1914-1989.

Research call number

1. *LDC 50485
2. *LT-10 10868