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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of Otto Harbach
RLIN number: NXCP88-A157
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: Popular Arts Project, Part I
Description: Career as songwriter and playwright; Times Square at the turn of the century; "No, No, Nanette," "Roberta," "Desert Song," working on Hollywood musicals, 1928-29; reflections on acting, comedy, changes in Broadway theater; impressions of Rudolph Friml, Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg.
Extent: Transcript: 48 leaves
Restrictions: Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1958 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 1873
Speaker occupation: Playwright; Songwriter
Age at speaking: 85
Document date: 1958
Interviewer: Franklin, Joan; Franklin, Robert
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Composers; Dramatists; Motion pictures and music; Popular music; Theater
Topics discussed - Other terms: Harbach, Otto, 1873-1963; Musical revue, comedy, etc
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0019431-14874