Oral history interview with Sigmund Spaeth, 1958
- Name
- Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965 (Interviewee)
- Franklin, Joan (Interviewer)
- Franklin, Robert (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Sigmund Spaeth, 1958
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Sigmund Spaeth, 1958
- Abstract
- Education and musical background; career as editor, lecturer, writer and promoter: G.Schirmer, the American Piano Company; piano playing as an historical phenomenon, piano rolls, player pianos; views on ragtime, musical theater, rock and roll, barbershop quartets, patriotic songs
- Collection Name
- Popular arts project
- Subjects
- Music critics; Music editors; Popular music; Music--United States; Piano--Performance; Music--Editing; Spaeth, Sigmund, 1885-1965
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 52 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Music editor, writer, teacher
- Note
- Interviewed by Joan and Robert Franklin
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 14875366
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-t2jw-6734
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.