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Interview with pianist Andre Watts

Title
Interview with pianist Andre Watts, 1986-01-22.
Publication
1986.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Watts, Andre
  • Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008
  • Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
  • Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
  • Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
  • WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
Found In
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 55 min.) : digital, stereo.
Summary
Studs Terkel, a host and broadcaster on Chicago radio WFMT, introduces Andre Watts, a celebrated pianist, in town with 3 concerts scheduled at Orchestra Hall, who discusses and performs (music broadcast from his earlier recordings) Brahms and his intermezzi; Gershwin and his music; Liszt, the composer and pianist; modern recording technology; and famous pianists Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein. He also remembers his family, childhood, first interest in learning to play the piano, and his great teacher, Leon Fleisher, a pianist and conductor. Music works from recordings include; Intermezzo in E minor, op. 119, no. 2 by Brahms, song Liza by Gershwin, Oiseaux tristes (sad birds) by Ravel, and Campanella after Paganini by Liszt. Radio advertisements are omitted.
Alternative Title
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title created from original cassette label; date presumed from audition.
  • Streaming files transferred from original audiocassettes.
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Margaret Carson
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1539
OCLC
914281891
Title
Interview with pianist Andre Watts, 1986-01-22.
Production
1986.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Playing Time
003110 002410
Type of Content
spoken word
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Andre Watts, interviewee ; Studs Terkel, interviewer and host.
Event
Broadcast on WFMT radio in Chicago 1986 January 22.
Access
Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Source
Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Watts, Andre, interviewee.
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008, interviewer.
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008, host.
Container of (work): Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Stücke, piano, op. 119. Intermezzo, E minor.
Container of (expression): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Show girl. Liza; arranged.
Container of (work): Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Miroirs. Oiseaux tristes.
Container of (work): Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Grandes études de Paganini. No 3, Campanella.
WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.
Added Title
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Found In:
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1539
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