Transcription of WFLN radio broadcast [sound recording], 1976 May 13.

Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988

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Frederick Loewe (June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988) was an Austrian-American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, all of which were made into films, as well as the original film musical Gigi (1958), which was first transferred to the stage in 1973....

Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

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Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana on June 9, 1891. As a boy he took lessons in piano and violin, and began writing songs while in prep school. He attended Yale College (Class of 1913), where he composed fight songs that are still used today. After graduating, he went on to Harvard Law School, but he had little interest in law and soon began studying music instead. Porter would later complete his musical education at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. Porter's first Broadway show, See America F...

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

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George Gershwin was a composer and pianist; his best-known works are Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor....

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

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Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was among the most important conductors of the second half of the 20th Century and also the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. His best-known work is the Broadway musical West Side Story; other works include three symphonies, Chichester Psalms, Serenade after Plato's "Symposium", the original score for the film On the Waterfront, and theater works including On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, and his MASS. Bernstei...

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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Duke Ellington (b. Edward Kennedy Ellington, April 29, 1899, Washington, DC–d. May 24, 1974, New York, NY) was a composer, pianist, and jazz orchestra leader. He began piano lessons at 7 and wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag", in 1914. Ellington became a more serious piano student as a teenager after hearing poolroom pianists in Washington, DC. Ellington moved to Harlem, ultimately becoming part of the Harlem Renaissance in the early 1920s. He began a regular booking at the Cott...

Bennett, Robert Russell, 1974

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Composed 1931. First performance Rochester, 9 December 1932, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto grosso : for small dance band and symphony orchestra / Robert Russell Bennett ; in the form of "Sketches from an American Theatre." [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42886632 Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchestrator and conductor. From th...

Smith, William, 1924-

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Keyboard player and Assistant conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1952-1992. From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, July 29, 1991. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896116 From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, July 18, 1991. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896112 Assistant conductor and keyboard player, Philadelphia Orchestra. From the descri...

Turok, Paul, 1929-2012

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Appearing at Galveston, Texas, in the early 1800's under the name "Old Rosin, the bow," the theme of these variations spread to New England as "Acres of Clams," and finally as "Lincoln and liberty," figured in the 1860 presidential campaign.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Variations on an American song, op. 20 / Paul Turok. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 76952479 ...

Waldteufel, Emil, 1837-1915

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French composer, pianist, and conductor. From the description of Autograph postal card signed, dated : Grandcamp-les-Bains (Calvados), 6 January 1899, to M. Evelie, doublebass player in Paris, 1899 Jan. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270678946 ...

Philadelphia orchestra

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Raksin, David

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Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchestrator and conductor. From the guide to the Robert Russell Bennett papers, 1911-1981, (Music Library) American film composer. From the description of David Raksin: an oral history interview with Peggy Mayer Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, Van Nuys, CA, 1991 Oct. 2. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 152674950 ...

Middendorf, John William, 1924-

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John William Middendorf II was born 22 September 1924, in Baltimore, Maryland. He received a Bachelor of Naval Science from Holy Cross College in 1945 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1947. He also graduated from New York University Graduate School of Business Administration, receiving an M.B.A. in 1954. From the description of Collection, 1777-1865. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 52880056 J. Willi...

Bacharach, Burt

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Mason, Jack, 1906-1965

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Starr, Susan, 1942-

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Concert pianist. From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, July 5, 1991. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896333 ...