Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, November 26, 1990.

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Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, November 26, 1990.

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Schuman discusses the experience of having his works, Symphonies Nos. 3, 4, 6, and 9, and Credendum, performed by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He gives his opinion of Ormandy as a musician, along with impressions of other conductors such as Serge Koussevitsky, George Szell, Arturo Toscanini, and Leonard Bernstein. Schuman also offers a comparison between Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School and comments on the status of the composer in America.

Tape : 1 sound cassette : analog, stereo., Dolby processed.Transcript : 40 leaves.

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Schuman, William

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An American composer and educator, William Schuman was instructor at Sarah Lawrence College (1935-45), president of the Juilliard School of Music (1945-1962), director of publications for G. Schirmer (1945-1952), and president of Lincoln Center (1962-1968). In the 1970's he was chairman of the Norlin Foundation and of the MacDowell Colony. He was a founding director of the Charles Ives Society and a member of the board of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Naumburg and K...