| Title: |
Reminiscences of Richard Rodgers
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A115
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood; start in theater; role of Dramatists Guild in securing rights of playwrights; beginnings of the Music Theater of Lincoln Center; association with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II; impressions of George Balanchine, Gertrude Lawrence, Florenz Ziegfeld, Billy Rose and others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 392 leaves, Tape: 2 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part V, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1968 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1902
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| Speaker occupation: |
Composer
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| Age at speaking: |
66
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| Document date: |
1968
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| Interviewer: |
Leish, Kenneth W.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Composers; Dramatists; Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., New York, NY; North America; Oral history; Theater; United States; United States--Social life and customs
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Music, Popular (Songs, etc); Musical revue, comedy, etc--United States; Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0016992-12435
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