Reminiscences of Schuyler Garrison Chapin : oral history, 1977.

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Reminiscences of Schuyler Garrison Chapin : oral history, 1977.

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Family background; aviation cadet, China-Burma theater, 1943-45; NBC radio, TV, 1947-51; general manager, Tex and Jinx McCrary, 1950-52; booking director, Columbia Artists' Management; tour manager for Jascha Heifetz, 1952-56; Community Concert Subscription system, NBC Opera Co., 1959-63; Vice-President, programming at Lincoln Center, 1964-69; executive producer, Amberson Enterprises, 1969-71; Goeran Gentele's death; acting general manager, Metropolitan Opera, 1972-73, general manager, 1973-75; impressions of past and present Metropolitan directors, performers' temperaments, structures and conflicts of artistic administration; productions, daily schedule, fund-raising; labor negotiations. Impressions of performers, impresarios, particularly Leonard Bernstein, Herbert Von Karajan, Rudolph Bing, Franco Corelli, Anthony Bliss.

Transcript: 783 leaves.Tape: 2 reels, 23 cassettes.

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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