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Jack Beeson

Title
Jack Beeson [sound recording] / Martin Bookspan, interviewer.
Publication
Jan. 15, 1973.

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Additional Authors
  • Bookspan, Martin
  • Beeson, Jack, 1921-2010
  • Beeson, Jack, 1921-2010.
  • WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
  • WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), donor.
Description
1 sound disc (59 min) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer and teacher Jack Beeson. Beeson talks about his early interest in opera; and about his decision to become an "opera-composer" that was influenced by Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts; and about his career as a composer. The composer discusses each of the following works: Jonah (opera in two or three acts, libretto by the composer, adapted from the play by Paul Goodman) (1948-1950), Symphony no. 1 in A (1959), Lizzie Borden (opera in three acts, libretto by Kenward Elmslie, based on a scenario by Richard Plant, commissioned by the Ford Foundation) (1965), My heart's in the highlands (television opera, libretto by the composer, adapted from the play by William Saroyan, commissioned by the National Educational Television Opera Theater) (1969). Excerpts from Symphony no. 1 in A (second and third movements) and from the opera Lizzie Borden (second act) are played during the interview.
Uniform Title
Composers' forum (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Radio programs.
  • Radio interviews.
  • Classical music radio programs.
Note
  • WNYC no. 22335.
Event (note)
  • Broadcast on radio station WNYC, New York, N.Y., Jan. 15, 1973.
Source (note)
  • WNYC;
Call Number
*LDC 43594
OCLC
430341342
Title
Jack Beeson [sound recording] / Martin Bookspan, interviewer.
Imprint
Jan. 15, 1973.
Event
Broadcast on radio station WNYC, New York, N.Y., Jan. 15, 1973.
Source
Gift; WNYC; NN-RHA
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Added Author
Bookspan, Martin, interviewer.
Beeson, Jack, 1921-2010, interviewee.
Beeson, Jack, 1921-2010. Symphonies, no. 1, A. Selections.
Beeson, Jack, 1921-2010. Lizzie Borden. Selections.
WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), donor.
Research Call Number
*LDC 43594
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