Margaret Carson papers 1935-2007 1970s-1990s

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

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The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as current general manager (2021). As of 2018, the company's current music director is Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The Met was founded in 1883 as an alternative to the previously established Academy of Music opera house, and debuted the same year in...

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...

Miller, Mitch, 1911-2010

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Oboist, conductor, record producer. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Jan. 9, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861488 Music industry executive and producer. Born July 4, 1911. Head of pop A&R for Columbia Records, 1950-1961. Covered many Nashville songs for the pop market, including "Cold, Cold Heart" (recorded by Tony Bennett), "This Ole House" (recorded by Rosemary Clooney), and "Singing th...

Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986

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Benny Goodman was born in Chicago, May 30, 1909. He received his first musical training at a local synagogue, and later studied clarinet with Franz Schoepp. Goodman made his debut at the age of twelve, and left home to become a full-time professional clarinetist when he was sixteen. After a decade of performing as a free-lancer and as a member of Ben Pollak's band, Goodman established his first big band in 1934, and soon it achieved unprecedented success. He won great ac...

Tilson-Thomas, Michael (1944- ).

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Conductor. From the description of Reminiscences of Michael Tilson Thomas : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309735271 ...

New World Symphony

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Carson, Margaret 1911-2007

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Margaret Carson was born in Salt Lake City in 1911, and lived in Ohio from approximately 1920-1939. Carson majored in political science at the University of Toledo, and received a master's degree in social administration from Ohio State University. Carson's publicity work began in Ohio for the Toledo Community Chest during the years 1937-1938. She married Charles Carson, a reporter and editor in Cleveland, with whom she had a son, also named Charles. They divorced, and s...

Tuckwell, Barry

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Epithet: horn-player British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x000036 British horn player of Australian birth. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Nov. 4, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861672 ...

Marriner, Neville

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New England Conservatory of Music

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Sperry, Paul

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Pacific Music Festival

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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 1931-47

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Brendel, Alfred

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Austrian pianist of German, Italian, and Slavonic descent. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated London, 4 August 1981, to Joan Peyser, 1981 Aug. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992197 ...

Almeida, Antonio de

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Carson, Margaret 1935-2007

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