Reminiscences of Elie Siegmeister and Mrs. Elie Siegmeister : oral history, 1975.

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Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991. Reminiscences of Elie Siegmeister and Mrs. Elie Siegmeister : oral history, 1975.

Reminiscences of Elie Siegmeister and Mrs. Elie Siegmeister : oral history, 1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309725333

Family background, New York, N.Y., education; study with Nadia Boulanger, 1927-1931; American Ballad Singers, 1939-1946; jazz, folk, classical influences; symphonic and theater productions; Rally of Hope, 1943; organization of Soviet-American Music Society; elitist, nationalist and populist influences in American music; composition orchestration; American Composers' Alliance; effects of McCarthyism on United States artists and art; writing opera, film scores, since 1950's; elements of musical style; conducting, teaching; Composers and Lyricists Guild of America; 1968 Composers for Peace Concert; importance of fashion, planned obsolescence in modern culture; Council of Creative Artists, Libraries and Museums; development of Second American School of Music.

Transcript: 459 leaves.Tape: 2 reels; 8 cassettes.

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