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Interview with Michael Tilson Thomas

Title
Interview with Michael Tilson Thomas, 1978.
Publication
1978.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944-
  • Ross, Patrick
Found In
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Description
1 streaming audio file (47 min.) : digital, stereo.
Summary
The interview is probably recorded for a future broadcast. It traces Thomas's career from the starting point of his interest in conducting to the current position of leading the Buffalo Orchestra. Thomas discusses conductors who influenced him the most (Serge Koussevitzky, Leopold Stokowski, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Otto Klemperer, and above all, Wilhelm Furtwängler), the components required to have a successful performance, the importance of performing for an educated audience, his approach to learning the composers' style by performing their lesser known works before getting to their master works, and style and tonality of the music of Brahms, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Sibelius.
Alternative Title
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title derived from the information on original cassette label; date from cassette label.
  • Streaming file transferred from original audiocassette.
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Margaret Carson
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1621
OCLC
928640225
Title
Interview with Michael Tilson Thomas, 1978.
Production
1978.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Patrick Ross, interviewer ; Michael Tilson Thomas, interviewee.
Event
Recorded in New York 1978.
Access
Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Source
Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
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Added Author
Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- interviewee.
Ross, Patrick, interviewer.
Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.
Added Title
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Found In:
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1621
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