Research Catalog

Interviews with Andre Watts.

Title
  1. Interviews with Andre Watts. 1, 2 and 3, 1983.
Published by
  1. 1983.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Watts, Andre
  2. Shear, Nancy
  3. WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Found in
  1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Description
  1. 2 streaming audio files (approximately 78 min.) : digital, stereo.
Summary
  1. The non-musical part of 3 out of 5 radio programs featuring Andre Watts in performance and conversations with Nancy Shear, violinist and interviewer. The musical works from his recorded performances that are scheduled to be broadcast on the radio are announced and analyzed but not included in this recording. In response to Shear's questions Watts speaks about his touring (almost 100 concerts a year) and the challenge of playing unfamiliar pianos; piano tuning and piano tuners; his preference of the sound; his reaction to and opinion of the music critics (recounts his and Leonard Bernstein's reaction to bad criticism after their joint concert); the difference between performing for a live audience and a recording; his choice of composers among whom he singles out Schubert; his concert etiquette and behavior of the public; and comments on some of his performances and conductors with whom he played.
Alternative title
  1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Subject
  1. Watts, Andre -- Interviews
  2. Pianists -- United States -- Biography
  3. Pianists -- United States -- Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Interviews.
  2. Sound recordings.
Call number
  1. *LTC-A 1528
Note
  1. Title created from original cassette label; date presumed from audition.
  2. Credits on the original cassette label differ from those that are announced.
  3. Streaming files transferred from original audiocassette.
Access (note)
  1. Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  1. Margaret Carson
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Title
  1. Interviews with Andre Watts. 1, 2 and 3, 1983.
Production
  1. 1983.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Playing time
  1. 004600 003200
Type of content
  1. spoken word
Type of medium
  1. audio
  2. computer
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Performer
  1. Andre Watts, interviewee ; Nancy Shear, interviewer and host.
Event
  1. Recorded for WNYC radio in New York 1983.
Access
  1. Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Source
  1. Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Watts, Andre, interviewee.
  2. Shear, Nancy, interviewer.
  3. Shear, Nancy, host.
  4. WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
  5. Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.
Added title
  1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Found in:
  1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Research call number
  1. *LTC-A 1528
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