| Title: |
Reminiscences of Otto Luening
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A26
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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; early life in Madison, Wisconsin; musical education in Munich, 1912-17; composing, performing and acting in Europe during World War I; Chicago, 1920-25; executive director, opera department, Eastman School of Music, 1925-28; teaching at University of Arizona; Yaddo; organization of American Composers Alliance; Barnard College Music Department, 1944-47; professor of music, Columbia University, 1949- ; electronic workshop at Columbia, development of electronic music; meetings of National Institute of Art and Letters; impressions of Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Randall Thompson, John Cage, and others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 607 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewee. 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 1976 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Luening, Otto, 1900-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1900
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| Speaker occupation: |
Composer
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| Age at speaking: |
76
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| Document date: |
1976
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| Interviewer: |
Morris, Berenice
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| Organizations discussed: |
Barnard College, New York, NY; Columbia University, New York, NY; University of Rochester. Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Barnard College, New York, NY; Columbia University, New York, NY; Composers; Music--History and criticism--20th century; Music--Instruction and study; North America; Operas; United States; University of Rochester. Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Electronic music; Luening, Otto, 1900-; National Institute of Arts and Letters (US)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020771-16212
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