| Title: |
Reminiscences of Jarmila Novotna
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP93-A
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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: |
Austrian Project
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| Description: |
Early opera career in Prague; performances in Europe, New York; training in Italy, 1927; recollections of various composers, conductors; life in New York after start of World War II; starring role in American film production opposite Montgomery Clift; return to Czechoslovakia after end of World War II; confiscation of property by Czech government after communist revolution in 1948.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 48 leaves, Tape: 1 cassette
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990. 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 1988 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Novotna, Jarmila, 1911-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1911
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| Speaker occupation: |
Opera singer
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| Age at speaking: |
77
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| Document date: |
1988
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| Interviewer: |
Stein, Rose
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| Historical events discussed: |
Coup d'etat, Czechoslovakia, 1948
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| Locations discussed: |
Austria; Czech Republic; Europe
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Austria; Coup d'etat, Czechoslovakia, 1948; Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia--History--Coup d'état, 1948; Europe; Motion picture acting; Opera producers and directors; Operas; Oral history; Singers; Singing--Instruction and study
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Novotna, Jarmila, 1911-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0021314-16753
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