| Title: |
Reminiscences of Virgil Thomson
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A12
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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; childhood in Kansas City; study with Nadia Boulanger; comparison of university and conservatory-oriented musical education systems; the process of writing music, working methods; musical theater in the United States; limitations of electronic music.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 107 leaves, Tape: 2 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Closed. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Yale School of Music. Original oral history held by: Yale University School of Music, New Haven, CT 06520.
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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: |
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1896
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| Speaker occupation: |
Composer; Music critic
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| Age at speaking: |
81
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Perlis, Vivian
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Composers; Composition (Music); Music--Instruction and study
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Electronic music; Music critics; Thomson, Virgil, 1896-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019061-14504
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