Oral history interview with Otto Herz, 1975
Oral history interview with Otto Herz, 1975
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- Name
- Herz, Otto, 1894-1976 (Interviewee)
- Stein, Rose (Rózsi) (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Otto Herz, 1975
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Otto Herz, 1975
- Abstract
- Musical education; move to Budapest; early concerts, tours; demand as accompanist; immigration to United States, 1940; teaching at New York College of Music; Hungarian and American social life; chamber music sessions; piano, voice students; American Theater Wing, World War I veterans program; child prodigies; association with American singers; William Warfield world tour; Bartok, Kodaly, Hubay; ret urn visits to Hungary; famous Hungarian conductors, musicians; The Bohemians (musician's club); mnemotechnical abilities
- Collection Name
- Hungarian project
- Subjects
- Musicians; Music--Instruction and study; Musical accompaniment; Emigration and immigration; Mnemonics; Hungary Civilization; Herz, Otto, 1894-1976
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Musician
- Note
- Interviewed by Rose Stein on September 2, 5, 9, 11; October 6, 1975
- Note (Provenance)
- Otto Herz, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 14366056
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-tp5j-vp83
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.