Reminiscences of William Howard Schuman, 1977
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- Name
- Schuman, William, 1910-1992 (Interviewee)
- Perlis, Vivian (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of William Howard Schuman, 1977
- Abstract
- Childhood, education, career; conception, revision, perfomances of each of his major works; choral conducting, composition for film, for dance; innovations and conflicts as administrator of Juilliard School of Music, President, 1945-1962, emeritus, 1962- , and Lincoln Center, President, 1962-1969, emeritus, 1969- ; opinions and anecdotes of many figures in the performing arts, including Serge Kouss evitzky, Roy Harris, Leopold Stokowski, Peter Mennin
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Conductors (Music); Composers; Music--Instruction and study; Conservatories of music--United States; Composition (Music); Music--Performance; Chefs d'orchestre; Compositeurs; Musique--Étude et enseignement; Composition (Musique); Musique--Exécution; Schuman, William, 1910-1992; Juilliard School of Music; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1977
- Note (Biographical)
- Composer, administrator
- Note
- Interviewed by Vivian Perlis
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15308456
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-w5nx-7j57
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.