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Additional authors

1. Wilk, Max

Found in

1. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (approximately 79 min.) : digital, mono.

Summary

1. William Hammerstein, a director and producer and the son of Oscar Hammerstein II, speaks about his famous father's childhood and adolescence; his education; his work with Jerome Kern and long fruitful collaboration with Richard Rodgers; the ups and downs in his career; his failed attempts to succeed in Hollywood alonf with other composers and lyricists from Broadway; his circle of friends and associates (playwright Marc Connelly, songwriter Harry Ruby, writer Charles Lederer) ; his joyful character and sense of humor; his "dry period;" his late success; the reflection of his childhood in his works; his mother's perfect image (she died when he was only 12) that is projected in his love lyrics, and such.

Alternative title

1. They're playing our song.
2. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Subject

1. Hammerstein, William > Interviews
2. Lyricists > United States > Biography
3. Interviews (Sound recordings)
4. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LDC 53161

Note

1. Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
2. Original interview conducted by Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books, for the book "They're playing our song" published in 1973.

Access (note)

1. Access to original item restricted.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53161.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Author

1. Hammerstein, William, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with William Hammerstein II, 1971-05-25.

Production

1. 1971.

Playing time

1. 003915 003920

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. audio disc
2. online resource

Performer

1. William Hammerstein, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.

Event

1. Recorded in Easton, Connecticut 1971 May 25.

Access

1. Access to original item restricted.

Additional formats

1. Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53161.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Local note

1. Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 2170.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Wilk, Max, interviewer.

Added title

1. They're playing our song.
2. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Found in:

1. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Research call number

1. *LDC 53161
2. *LT-10 2170