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Interview recorded with Richard Rodgers, for the BBC radio production "The life and music of Richard Rodgers".

Title
Interview recorded with Richard Rodgers, 1968-09-11 : for the BBC radio production "The life and music of Richard Rodgers".
Author
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
Publication
1968.

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Additional Authors
  • Dunn, John, 1934-2004
  • BBC Radio.
Found In
Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music, 1914-1989.
Description
2 audio discs (110:29) : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
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
  • Life and music of Richard Rodgers
  • Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • "IDs are inserted every 5 minutes"--CD container.
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted; use service CD.
Source (note)
  • Dorothy Rodgers;
Linking Entry (note)
  • Separated from the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, THE Mss 1987-006.
Call Number
*LDC 50485
OCLC
841304241
Author
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, interviewee.
Title
Interview recorded with Richard Rodgers, 1968-09-11 : for the BBC radio production "The life and music of Richard Rodgers".
Production
1968.
Playing Time
005237 005752
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Performer
Richard Rodgers, interviewee ; [John Dunn], BBC Radio reporter.
Event
Recorded 598 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. 1968 Wednesday, September 11.
Access
Access to original item restricted; use service CD.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : mono, 7 1/2 ips, half-track ; 10 in.) available in *LT-10 10868.
Linking Entry
Separated from the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, THE Mss 1987-006.
Local Note
From the Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.
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
Gift; Dorothy Rodgers; THE Mss 1987-006; 1987.
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Added Author
Dunn, John, 1934-2004, reporter.
BBC Radio.
Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992, donor.
Added Title
Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.
Found In:
Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music, 1914-1989.
Research Call Number
*LDC 50485
*LT-10 10868
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