Reminiscences of Mitchell William Miller : oral history, 1959.

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Reminiscences of Mitchell William Miller : oral history, 1959.

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Early music influence and training in Rochester, N.Y.; oboist in symphony orchestras; New York, N.Y. in the 1930s: George Gershwin, Columbia Broadcasting System Symphony, Orson Welles; Columbia Records: recording industry, techniques of recording, finances, country and western music, public taste, song pluggers, disc jockies, juke boxes, long playing records.

Transcript: 86 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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