| Title: |
Reminiscences of Schuyler Garrison Chapin
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A63
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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: |
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.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 783 leaves, Tape: 2 reels, 23 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Chapin, Schuyler Garrison, 1923-
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1923
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| Speaker occupation: |
Music administrator
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| Age at speaking: |
54
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Morris, Berenice
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| Organizations discussed: |
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, 1893-; National Broadcasting Company, New York, NY; NBC Television, Universal City, CA
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, 1893-; National Broadcasting Company, New York, NY; NBC Television, Universal City, CA; New York; New York, NY; North America; Opera--New York (N.Y.); Oral history; United States; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Chapin, Schuyler Garrison, 1923-; Columbia Artists Management Inc; Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018413-13856
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