Don and Barbara Gillis Collection, 1932-1977
By Maristella Feustle
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Don and Barbara Gillis Collection, 1932-1977 |
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| ID: | 06/ 002 |
| Primary Creator: | Gillis, Don (1912-1978) |
| Extent: | 255.0 Boxes |
| Arrangement: | This collection is arranged in five series: Series 1: Compositions Series 2: Papers Series 3: Reels and Tape Transcripts Series 4: Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend; The Centennial Series Series 5: University of Georgia accrual July 2016; Series 6: Addition, 2009. Series 6 was processed after Series 5; therefore, they are out of chronological order. |
| Subjects: | |
| Languages: | English |
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of Don Gillis' compositions and papers, reel-to-reel recordings of many of his compositions and Gillis' discussing his works, and materials related to the series Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend, which Gillis produced. Gillis' wife Barbara oversaw the donation of this collection, and was a lifelong advocate of Mr.Gillis' work.
Gillis' compositions represent his career from the early 1930s through the 1970s, and include sacred, secular, symphonic, and chamber works. His papers include correspondence, papers related to various projects, schedules, reviews, radio scripts, and the Men of Music radio project, teaching materials, writings, additional papers concerning his work, biographical materials, and newspaper clippings.
The reel-to-reel recordings, 50 in all, contain recordings of Gillis' works and Gillis' own description of them. Transcripts are included in Series 3 of the finding aid.
The recordings of Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend and The Centennial Series span the years 1963 through 1967, and with few exceptions, each broadcast is linked individually and available for listening through the UNT Digital Library.
Biographical Note
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Administrative Information
| Repository: | Music Library |
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| Accruals: | Nine boxes received from the University of Georgia on July 13, 2016. |
| Acquisition Source: | Donated to the University of North Texas Music Library by Barbara Gillis after her husband's death in 1978. |
| Finding Aid Revision History: |
The current finding aid is an adaptation and re-working of an earlier version of the UNT Libraries' website. Organization and description of the collection has required the dedicated participation of many alumni and former graduate assistants, including Cynthia Beard, Ludwig Carrasco-Curíntzita, and Anna Perkins Griner. Series 6 added November 25, 2019. |
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Series 4: Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend; The Centennial Series
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Sub-Series 1: Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend - compact discs, 1963-1966
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Box 1
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Item 1: Series 1, Number 1, Part 1, 1963 June 5
Numbered DG101. Contents: Introduction; Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture; Intermission interview with David Sarnoff, about bringing Toscanini back the the United States for the NBC orchestra. Ben Grauer commentary. Introduction of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's Piano concerto No. 1. -
Item 2: Series 1, Number 1, Part 2, 1963 June 5
Numbered DG102. Contents: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto No. 1 - Vladimir Horowitz, piano. -
Item 3: Series 1, Number 2, Part 1, 1963 June 12
Numbered DG103. Contents: Introduction; Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino; Amilcare Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours; pause; Interview with tenor Giovanni Martinelli. -
Item 4: Series 1, Number 2, Part 2, 1963 June 12
Numbered DG104. Contents: Introduction; Ottorino Respighi: Feste Romane. -
Item 5: Series 1, Number 3, Part 1, 1963 June 19
Numbered DG105. Contents: Introduction; Excerpt from November 1949 rehearsal of Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations; Carl Maria von Weber's Overture to Der Freischutz; Conclusion: Ben Grauer interview with Eugene Ormandy, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. -
Item 6: Series 1, Number 3, Part 2, 1963 June 19
Numbered DG106. Contents: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations. -
Item 7: Series 1, Number 4, Part 1, 1963 June 26
Numbered DG107. Contents: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, up to intermission. -
Item 8: Series 1, Number 4, Part 2, 1963 June 26
Numbered DG108. Contents: Interview with Mrs. Elearnor Belmont (wife of August), founder and President Emeritus of Metropolitan Opera Guild; final scene from Aida; Tribute to Toscanini by Consul General of Italy to New York. -
Item 9: Series 1, Number 5, Part 1, 1963 July 3
Numbered DG109. Contents: Introduction; John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever; George Gerswhin: American in Paris - introduction and performance. -
Item 10: Series 1, Number 5, Part 2, 1963 July 3
Numbered DG110. Contents: Recollections of Toscanini; Ferde Grofe: The Grand Canyon Suite; Toscanini's arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner; Closing remarks. -
Item 11: Series 1, Number 6, Part 1, 1963 July 10
Numbered DG111. Contents: Introduction; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Major, K. 550; Intermission -
Item 12: Series 1, Number 6, Part 2, 1963 July 10
Numbered DG112. Contents: Interview with Harold Taubman; Rehearsal of Sergei Prokofiev's Classical Symphony; Closing remarks. -
Item 13: Series 1, Number 7, Part 1, 1963 July 17
Numbered DG113. Contents: Introduction; Anatoly Lyadov: Kiki Mora; Interview with Mrs. Lionello Perera; Introduction of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. -
Item 14: Series 1, Number 7, Part 2, 1963 July 17
Numbered DG114. Contents: Introduction; Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. -
Item 15: Series 1, Number 8, Part 1, 1963 July 24
Numbered DG115.Contents: Introduction; Richard Strauss: Don Juan. -
Item 16: Series 1, Number 8, Part 2, 1963 July 24
Numbered DG116. Contents: Interview with Carl Glassman; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe; Concluding remarks. -
Item 17: Series 1, Number 9, Part 1, 1963 July 31
Numbered DG117. Contents: Gioachino Rossini: Overture to Semiramide; Interview with cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. -
Item 18: Series 1, Number 9, Part 2, 1963 July 31
Numbered DG118. Contents: Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish"; Closing remarks. -
Item 19: Series 1, Number 10, Part 1, 1963 August 7
Numbered DG119. Contents: Introduction; Gioachino Rossini: Overture to Il signor bruschino; Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1; Emile Waldteufel: Skater's Waltz, arranged by Toscanini. -
Item 20: Series 1, Number 10, Part 2, 1963 August 7
Numbered DG120. Contents: Interview with wrestler Antonino Rocca; Niccolo Paganini: Moto perpetuo; Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance. -
Item 21: Series 1, Number 11, Part 1, 1963 August 14
Numbered DG121. Contents: Introduction; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Interview with Richard Moore, director of Red Seal division of RCA Victor; Finale to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, performed by La Scala Orchestra and recorded in December, 1920 in Camden, New Jersey for Victor Talking Machines. -
Item 22: Series 1, Number 11, Part 2, 1963 August 14
Numbered DG122. Contents: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Closing remarks. -
Item 23: Series 1, Number 12, Part 1, 1963 August 21
Numbered DG123. Contents: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3; Conversation with Al Walker, Toscanini's personal assistant of 18 years. -
Item 24: Series 1, Number 12, Part 2, 1963 August 21
Numbered DG124. Contents: Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88; Rehearsal excerpts showing Toscanini's vocal demonstrations for musicians. -
Item 25: Series 1, Number 13, Part 1, 1963 August 28
Numbered DG125. Contents: Introduction; Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin; Wagner: "Dawn" and "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" from Die Gotterdammerung; Intermission, interview with Jimmy Dolan, NBC Orchestra librarian. -
Item 26: Series 1, Number 13, Part 2, 1963 August 28
Numbered DG126. Contents: Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Die Walkure; Prelude to the Kiss of Death from Tristan und Isolde; Closing remarks. -
Item 27: Number 14, Part 1, 1963 September 4
Numbered DG127. Contents: Introduction; Johannes Brahms: Variations ona Theme of Haydn; Recollections of Toscanini with Alfredo Antonini, NBC musical director and conductor of the Tampa Symphony Orchestra. -
Item 28: Number 14, Part 2, 1963 September 4
Numbered DG128. Contents: Rehearsal excerpts and performance of orchestral suite from Zoltan Kodaly's opera Hary Janos; Closing remarks. -
Item 29: Number 15, Part 1, 1963 September 11
Numbered DG129. Contents: Introduction; Giuseppe Verdi: highlights from Falstaff; Recollections of rehearsals with Maestro Toscanini with singer Norman Scott. -
Item 30: Number 15, Part 2, 1963 September 11
Numbered DG130. Contents: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff, Act III, Scene 2; Concluding remarks. -
Item 31: Series 2, Number 16, Part 1, 1963 September 18
Numbered DG131. Contents: Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz; Introduction of Andre Kostelanetz, friend and colleague of Toscanini. -
Item 32: Series 2, Number 16, Part 2, 1963 September 18
Numbered DG132. Contents: Andre Kostelanetz discusses Toscanini's memory, rehearsals, contacts with Toscanini, personality, other recollections; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances; Jean Sibelius: Finlandia; Closing music. -
Item 33: Series 2, Number 17, Part 2, 1963 September 25
Numbered DG133. Contents: Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome; Closing remarks. Whereabouts of part 1 are unknown. -
Item 34: Series 2, Number 18, Part 1, 1963 October 2
Numbered DG134. Contents: Introduction; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon Overture; Prelude to Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel; Intermission: Conversation with Leslie Epstein. -
Item 35: Series 2, Number 18, Part 2, 1963 October 2
Numbered DG135. Contents: Introduction of Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 5; Conclusion; Closing remarks. -
Item 36: Series 2, Number 19, Part 1, 1963 October 9
Numbered DG136. Contents: Introduction; Giussepe Verdi: Te Deum with Nicola Moscona and the Robert Shaw Chorale; Recollections of Toscanini's relationship with Verdi on the 150th anniversary of Verdi's birth. -
Item 37: Series 2, Number 19, Part 2, 1963 October 9
Numbered DG137. Contents: Rehearsal excerpts, commentary of Walter Toscanini and Lionello Perera; Libera me from Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem; Closing remarks. -
Item 38: Series 2, Number 20, Part 1, 1963 October 16
Numbered DG138. Contents: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, first movement; Intermission, interview with Samuel Chotzinoff; Conversation with Mischa Mischakoff, Samuel Chotzinoff, Edward Block, and Richard Moore about Toscanini and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. -
Item 39: Series 2, Number 21, Part 1, 1963 October 16
Numbered DG139. Contents: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata. -
Item 40: Series 2, Number 20, Part 2, 1963 October 23
Numbered DG140. Contents: Introduction; Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, fourth movement, conducted by Arturo Toscanini; Closing remarks. -
Item 41: Series 2, Number 21, Part 2, 1963 October 23
Numbered DG141. Contents: Intermission interview with Robert Merrill; Giuseppe Verdi: highlights from Act III of La Traviata; Closing remarks. -
Item 42: Series 2, Number 22, Part 1, 1963 October 30
Numbered DG142. Contents: Introduction: Camille Saint-Saens: Danse macabre; Hector Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo from Romeo and Juliet; Intermission, interview with photographer Robert Hupka. -
Item 43: Series 2, Number 22, Part 2, 1963 October 30
Numbered DG143. Contents: Alfredo Catalani: Dance of the Water Nymphs; Paul Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Conclusion, closing remarks. -
Item 44: Series 2, Number 23, Part 1, 1963 November 6
Numbered DG144. Contents: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet; Conversation with Aaron Copland about American and European musical styles. -
Item 45: Series 2, Number 23, Part 2, 1963 November 6
Numbered DG145. Contents: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: selections from the Nutcracker Suite; Commentary about Toscanini's programming of Tchaikovsky's works; Finale from Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6; Closing remarks. -
Item 46: Series 2, Number 24, Part 1, 1963 November 13
Numbered DG146. Contents: Introduction: Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger; Excerpts from NBC Symphony Orchestra debut concert, conversation with Samuel Chotzinoff, NBC Director of Music and Toscanini biographer. -
Item 47: Series 2, Number 24, Part 2, 1963 November 13
Numbered DG147. Contents: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Closing remarks. -
Item 48: Series 2, Number 25, Part 1, 1963 November 20
Numbered DG148. Contents: Ludwig Van Beethoven: highlights from Act I of Fidelio. -
Item 49: Series 2, Number 25, Part 2, 1963 November 20
Numbered DG149. Contents: Interrmission commentary by soprano Lotte Lehmann; Ludwig van Beethoven: highlights from Act II of Fidelio; Closing remarks. -
Item 50: Series 2, Number 26, Part 1, 1963 November 27
Numbered DG150. Contents: Introduction; Richard Wagner: The Forest Murmurs from Siegfried; Intntermission, interview with soprano Rose Bampton; Return from intermission. -
Item 51: Series 2, Number 26, Part 2, 1963 November 27
Numbered DG151. Contents: Richard Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal; Interview segments; Closing music. -
Item 52: Series 3, Number 27, Part 1, 1963 December 4
Numbered DG152. Contents: Gioachino Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra; interview with conductor Howard Barlow. -
Item 53: Series 3, Number 27, Part 2, 1963 December 4
Numbered DG153. Contents: Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 101, "The Clock." "DG" numbering ends with this item. -
Item 54: Series 3, Number 28, Part 1, 1963 December 11
Contents: Introduction; Cesar Franck: Psyche and Eros; Bedrich Smetana: The Moldau; interview with Ira Hirschmann, friend of Toscanini. -
Item 55: Series 3, Number 28, Part 2, 1963 December 11
Contents: Ottorino Respighi: The Fountains of Rome; Don Gillis, producer, discusses the program and its listeners, Toscanini history and collection; Closing remarks; Closing music. -
Item 56: Series 3, Number 29, Part 1, 1963 December 18
Contents: Introduction; Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished"); Ben Grauer. -
Item 57: Series 3, Number 29, Part 2, 1963 December 18
Contents: "mistake"; Intermission interview with operatic bass Jerome Hines; Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Conclusion. -
Item 58: Series 3, Number 30, Part 1, 1963 December 25
Contents: Introduction; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite; Intermission conversation with Marcia Davenport. -
Item 59: Series 3, Number 30, Part 2, 1963 December 25
Contents: Interview clips with David Sarnoff, Mischa Mischakoff, Joseph Kahn, Carl Glassman, and Marcia Davenport; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550; Closing remarks. -
Item 60: Series 3, Number 31, Part 1, 1964 January 1
Contents: discarded track; Introduction; Ludwig Van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 - third and second movements; Intermission, interview with Eugenia Gale, personal secretary to Toscanini and his family. -
Item 61: Series 3, Number 32, Part 1, 1964 January 8
Contents: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings -
Item 62: Series 3, Number 33, Part 1, 1964 January 15
Contents: Claude Debussy: Images pour orchestre, II. Iberia. -
Item 63: Series 3, Number 33, Part 2, 1964 January 15
Contents: Personal recollections by Walfredo Toscanini, Arturo Toscanini's grandson; Richard Wagner: Death and funeral from Die Gotterdammerung; Closing remarks; comments from librarian Jimmy Dolan, Lottie Lehmann; Eugene Ormandy, and David Sarnoff; Closing music. -
Item 64: Series 3, Number 34, Part 1, 1964 January 22
Contents: Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Euryanthe; Alfredo Catalani: Prelude to Act IV of La Wally; interview with Milton Katims, conductor, on Toscanini's influences and his own recollections; discussion of tempo, rehearsals, conducting techniques, and personal memories. -
Item 65: Series 3, Number 34, Part 2, 1964 January 22
Contents: M.I. (Mikhail Ivanovich) Glinka: Kamarinskaya; Richard Strauss: Til Eulenspiegel. -
Item 66: Series 3, Number 35, Part 1, 1964 January 29
Contents: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House; discussion with Winifrid Pelletier. -
Item 67: Series 3, Number 35, Part 2, 1964 January 29
Contents: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 15 for 2 Horns and Strings, K. 287. -
Item 68: Series 3, Number 36, Part 1, 1964 February 5
Contents: Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture; interview with Ania Dorfmann, recounting her first meeting with Toscanini, performances, recordings, and other recollections. -
Item 69: Series 3, Number 36, Part 2, 1964 February 5
Contents: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano concerto No. 1 in G Major, Op. 15; Conclusion. -
Item 70: Series 3, Number 37, Part 1, 1964 February 12
Contents: Franz von Suppe: Poet and Peasant Overture; interview with recording engineer John Corbett. -
Item 71: Series 3, Number 37, Part 2, 1964 February 12
Contents: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 ("Italian Symphony"). -
Item 72: Series 3, Number 38, Parts 1 and 2, 1964 February 19
Contents: Introduction; Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; Intermission, interview with conductor Frank Brieff; Beethoven Symphony No. 5; Conclusion. -
Item 73: Series 3, Number 39, Part 1, 1964 February 26
Contents: Giacomo Puccini: highlights from Acts I and II of La Boheme - 50th anniversary performance. -
Item 74: Series 3, Number 39, Part 2, 1964 February 26
Contents: Interview with Madame Licia Albanese, with her recollections of working with Toscanini on La Boheme, and at home; Giacomo Puccini: highlights from Acts III and IV of La Boheme; Closing remarks. -
Item 75: Series 4, Number 40, Part 1, 1964 March 4
Contents: Luigi Cherubini: Anacreon Overture; NBC Radio Executive Vice President William K. McDaniel addresses the the public and discusses the program, Best Music Program of 1963; Bernard Wagenaar discusses his second symphony, rehearsal techniques, and personal recollections; Cherubini: Symphony in D Major; Closing remarks. -
Item 76: Series 4, Number 41, Part 1, 1964 March 11
Contents: Johannes Brahms, Academic Festival Overture; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Overture to Iphigenie en Aulide; Intermission, interview with George Marek about new album of Toscanini conducting overtures; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni; Brahms: Tragic Overture. -
Item 77: Series 4, Number 42, Part 1, 1964 March 18
Contents: Giuseppe Verdi: highlights from Acts I and II of Un Ballo in Maschera; pause for station identification. -
Item 78: Series 4, Number 42, Part 2, 1964 March 18
Contents: Interview with Don Gillis on the death of Rosa Raisa; excerpts of Ben Grauer's interview with Raisa; continued highlights from Giuseppe Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera. -
Item 79: Series 4, Number 43, Part 1, 1964 March 25
Contents: Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino; interview with Robert Wogan, NBC radio vice president in charge of programming; Alfredo Catalani: Dance of the Water Nymphs. -
Item 80: Series 4, Number 43, Part 2, 1964 March 25
Contents: "Toscanini: the Parma years"; Giuseppe Martucci: Novelletta; Interview with Walfredo Toscanini; Conclusion. -
Item 81: Series 4, Number 44, Part 1, 1964 April 1
Contents: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri - April 14, 1950 recording at Carnegie Hall; Intermission, interview with Francis Robinson of the Metropolitan Opera. -
Item 82: Series 4, Number 44, Part 2, 1964 April 1
Contents: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4; Conclusion. -
Item 83: Series 4, Number 45, Part 1, 1964 April 8
Contents: Domenico Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio segreto; Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Intermission, interview with Bruno Zirato, managing director of the New York Philharmonic. -
Item 84: Series 4, Number 45, Part 2, 1964 April 8
Contents: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35. -
Item 85: Series 4, Number 46, Part 1, 1964 April 15
Contents: Gaetano Donizetti: Overture to Don Pasquale; Intermission, interview with Peter Wilhousky, former director of choral rehearsals. -
Item 86: Series 4, Number 46, Part 2, 1964 April 15
Contents: Giuseppi Verdi: Act IV of Rigoletto. -
Item 87: Series 4, Number 47, Part 1, 1964 April 22
Contents: Jean Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela; "The Eloquent Baton" feature. -
Item 88: Series 4, Number 47, Part 2, 1964 April 22
Contents: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite; Conclusion. -
Item 89: Series 4, Number 48, Part 1, 1964 April 29
Contents: Luigi Cherubini: Requiem in C Minor: I. Introit and Kyrie; II. Graduale; III. Dies Irae. -
Item 90: Series 4, Number 48, Part 2, 1964 April 29
Contents: Interview with Dave Garroway; continuation of Luigi Cherubini's Requiem in C Minor, beginning with IV. Offertorium. -
Item 91: Series 4, Number 49, Part 1, 1964 May 6
Contents: Felix Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream; interview with Walter Legge - director of the Philharmonia Orchestra. -
Item 92: Series 4, Number 49, Part 2, 1964 May 6
Contents: Richard Wagner: Die Walkure, Act I, Scene III, performed February 24, 1941 by the NBC Orchestra, under the direction of Arturo Toscanini. -
Item 93: Series 4, Number 50, Part 1, 1964 May 13
Contents: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; interview with Edwin Bachman, friend of Toscanini and longtime orchestra member. -
Item 94: Series 4, Number 50, Part 2, 1964 May 13
Contents: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, "The Reformation." -
Item 95: Series 4, Number 51, 1964 May 20
Contents: Robert Schumann: Overture to Manfred; Interview with conductor Herbert Grossman; Responses to listener mail; pause for station identification; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, first two movements. -
Item 96: Series 4, Number 52, Part 1, 1964 May 27
Contents: Luigi Cherubini: Ali Baba Overture; Giuseppe Verdi: Trio from Act III of I Lombardi. -
Item 97: Series 4, Number 52, Part 2, 1964 May 27
Contents: Interview with soprano Vivian Della Chiesa; Giuseppe Verdi: Hymn of the Nations. -
Item 98: Series 5, Number 53, Part 1, 1964 June 3
Contents: Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture; M.I. (Mikhail Ivanovich) Glinka: Kamarinskaya; Interview with Dr. Harold Spivacke, chair of the Library of Congress Music Division. -
Item 99: Series 5, Number 53, Part 2, 1964 June 3
Contents: Claude Debussy: La Mer; clips of interviews from preceding year of programs, including Lotte Lehmann, Howard Taubman, Milton Katims, Morton Gould, Eugene Ormandy, and David Sarnoff -
Item 100: Series 5, Number 54, Part 1, 1964 June 10
Contents: Introduction; highlights from a 1952 rehearsal of Richard Strauss' Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration); performance of Tod und Verklarung; Conclusion. -
Item 101: Series 5, Number 55, Part 1, 1964 June 17
Contents: Dmitri Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture; Interview with Leonard Meyers, NBC orchestra press secretary. -
Item 102: Series 5, Number 55, Part 2, 1964 June 17
Contents: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Closing remarks. -
Item 103: Series 5, Number 56, Part 1, 1964 June 24
Contents: Introduction; Giochino Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville; Richard Strauss: Overture to Til Eulenspiegel; Conclusion. -
Item 104: Series 5, Number 57, Part 1, 1964 July 1
Contents: Introduction; Amilcare Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours; interview with Guilherme Figueiredo. -
Item 105: Series 5, Number 57, Part 2, 1964 July 1
Contents: Rehearsal for Giuseppe Verdi's Aida; story of Toscanini's early conducting career in 1886. Disc would not play. -
Item 106: Series 5, Number 58, 1964 July 8
Contents: Franz von Suppe: Poet and Peasant Overture; Hector Berlioz: Rakoczy March; interview with Dorothy Gordon (includes Gordon singing "Fa La Nanna"); Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite; Closing remarks. -
Item 107: Series 5, Number 59, 1964 July 22
Contents: Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G ("Surprise" Symphony); interview with Mishel Piastro; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet; closing remarks -
Item 108: Series 5, Number 60, 1964 July 29
Contents: Ottorino Respighi: Fountains of Rome; interview with soprano Herva Nelli; Giuseppi Verdi: excerpts from Aida, A Masked Ball, and Otello; Closing remarks. -
Item 109: Series 5, Number 61, 1964 August 5
Contents: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Wagner: The Forest Murmurs from Siegfried; interview with Paul Creston; Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished"), movements I and II. -
Item 110: Series 5, Number 62, 1964 August 12
Contents: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances; Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz; interview with Edith Kusterman; Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch Tratsch Polka. -
Item 111: Series 5, Number 63, 1964 August 19
Contents: Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohegrin; Bedrich Smetana: The Moldau; Interview with David Hall; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor. -
Item 112: Series 5, Number 64, 1964 September 2
Contents: Sergey Prokoviev: Symphony No. 1; Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance; interview with Franco Colombo (former president of Recordi). -
Item 113: Series 5, Number 65, 1964 September 9
Contents: Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohegrin; Bedrich Smetana: The Moldau; Interview with David Hall; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor. Label duplicates contents of Number 63. -
Item 114: Series 5, Number 66, 1964 September 16
Contents: Gioachino Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra; interview with Oreste Di Sevo; Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish."
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Item 1: Series 5, Number 67, 1964 September 23
Contents: Antonin Dvorak: New Worrld Symphony, movements I and II; interview with Elie Siegmeister; New World Symphony, movements III and IV; Closing remarks. -
Item 2: Series 5, Number 68, 1964 September 30
Contents: Ottorino Respighi: Fountains of Rome; interview with director Bern Meyer; Meyer's interview with Respighi's widow, Elsa Respighi; Respighi: Pines of Rome. -
Item 3: Series 6, Number 69-70, 1964 October 7; 1964 October 14
Contents: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Interview with Winifred Cecil; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances; Englebert Humperdinck: Prelude to Hansel und Gretel; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major ("Haffner"). -
Item 4: Series 6, Number 71, 1964 October 21
Contents: Rehearsal excerpts from Hector Berlioz' Queen Mab Scherzo from Romeo et Juliette; performance of Queen Mab Scherzo. -
Item 5: Series 6, Number 72, 1964 October 28
Contents: Introduction: Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino; Interview with Jan Peerce; performances by Peerce in Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme and La Traviata; Closing. -
Item 6: Series 6, Number 73, 1964 November 4
Contents: Introduction; Amilcare Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours; Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme By Haydn; Closing. -
Item 7: Series 6, Number 74, 1964 November 11
Contents: Introduction; Claude Debussy: Nuages; Tour of Toscanini's Riverdale home with Walter Toscanini, includes Don Gillis; Debussy: Fetes; Closing. -
Item 8: Series 6, Number 75, 1964 November 18
Contents: Introduction; Giochino Rossini: Overture to Il Signor Bruschino; "Arturo Toscanini: The Parma Years"; Interview with Don Gillis; Toscanini improvising on piano; Toscanini's Scherzo for Orchestra. -
Item 9: Series 6, Number 76, 1964 November 25
Contents: Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture; Interview with pianist Joseph Kahn; Cesar Franck: Psyche et Eros; Closing. -
Item 10: Series 6, Number 77, 1964 December 2
Contents: Ferde Grofe: The Grand Canyon Suite - II. Painted Desert; Interview with Ferde Grofe; Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail; IV. Sunset. -
Item 11: Series 6, Number 78, 1964 December 9
Contents: Dmitri Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture; Interview with Leonard Meyers, NBC orchestra press secretary. -
Item 12: Series 6, Number 79, 1964 December 16
Contents: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, opening of Act II; Interview with soprano Bidu Sayao; Orfeo ed Euridice Act II: Dance of the Spirits; Closing. -
Item 13: Series 6, Number 80, 1964 December 23
Contents: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro; rehearsal excerpts (special feature: "Canta, canta"); Claude Debussy: Prelude to An Afternoon of a Faun; Closing. -
Item 14: Series 6, Number 81, 1964 December 30
Contents: Introduction - Toscanini conducts concert favorites; Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; J.S. Bach: Air on the G String; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch Tratsch Polka; Closing. -
Item 15: Series 6, Number 82, 1965 January 6
Contents: Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream; discussion with Don Gillis; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet; Closing. -
Item 16: Series 7, Number 83, 1965 January 13
Contents: Opening lines by bass Jerome Hines; Richard Wagner: Siegfried's death and Funeral March; interview with Harvey Sachs; Closing, with Eugene Ormandy. -
Item 17: Series 7, Number 84, 1965 January 20
Contents: Ferdinand Herold: Zampa Overture; Interview with soprano Jean Tennyson; Camille Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre; Closing. -
Item 18: Series 7, Number 85, 1965 January 27
Contents: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro; interview with tubist Joseph Novotny; Georges Bizet: Suite from Carmen, as performed at Carnegie Hall in 1952; Closing. -
Item 19: Series 7, Number 86, 1965 February 3
Contents: Introduction; Interview with Fosca Crespi, stepdaughter of Giacomo Puccini; Rehearsal of Musetta's Waltz Scene for 50th anniversary of Puccini's La Boheme on February 1, 1946; Performance of Musetta's Waltz Scene (from Act II of La Boheme); Closing. -
Item 20: Series 7, Number 87, 1965 February 10
Contents: Introduction; Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to Luisa Miller; Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished"); Closing. -
Item 21: Series 7, Number 88, 1965 February 17
Contents: Franz von Suppe: Poet and Peasant Overture; Interview with chauffeur Luigi Gaddoni; Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance; Closing. -
Item 22: Series 7, Number 89, 1965 February 24
Contents: Introduction; Gioachino Rossini: Overture to Il Signor Bruschino; Tour of Toscanini home in Milan with daughter Wally; Jean Sibelius: Finlandia; Closing. -
Item 23: Series 7, Number 90, 1965 March 3
Contents: Introduction: Rehearsal for Claude Debussy's La Mer; Performance of La Mer - I. De l'aube -
Item 24: Series 7, Number 91, 1965 March 10
Contents: Introduction; Domenico Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio segreto; Interview with Dr. Harry Gross; Richard Wagner: Good Friday music from Parsifal; Closing. -
Item 25: Series 7, Number 92, 1965 March 17
Contents: Introduction; Hector Berlioz: Rakoczy March; Interview with Frank Falcone, trumpet; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1; Closing. -
Item 26: Series 7, Number 93, 1965 March 24
Contents: Introduction; Feature "The Years in Between"; Interview with Walter Toscanini; Closing. -
Item 27: Series 7, Number 94, 1965 March 31
Contents: Introduction; Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Oberon; Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Closing. -
Item 28: Series 8, Number 95, 1965 April 7
Contents: Luigi Cherubini: Ali Baba Overture; Interview with Massimo Freccia; Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice. -
Item 29: Series 8, Number 96, 1965 April 14
Contents: Feature: "The Eloquent Baton" - Commentaries about Toscanini's conducting techniques from members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra and others. Numbering jumps to 101 with next item. -
Item 30: Series 8, Number 101, 1965 May 19
Contents: Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg; Interview with Ann "Cookie" Chotzinoff Grossman (daughter of Sam Chotzinoff); Wagner: Gotterdammerung - Dawn, and Siegfried's Journey. -
Item 31: Series 8, Number 102, 1965 May 26
Contents: Introduction; Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture; Interview with Edward Bloch; Bedrich Smetana: The Moldau; Closing. -
Item 32: Series 8, Number 103, 1965 June 2
Contents: Introduction; Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture; interview with Robert Wogan; Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz; Strauss: Tritsch Tratsch Polka; Closing. This program marked the third anniversary of the first broadcast of Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend. -
Item 33: Series 8, Number 104, 1965 June 9
Contents: Introduction; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances; Interview with Harry Kugel (director of Kamp Kohut) and GIlman Collier (former camper); Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries; Closing. -
Item 34: Series 8, Number 105, 1965 June 16
Contents: Introduction; Visit to Casa Verdi, a home for elderly musicians (interviews with guide Senora Scalvini; conductor Giovanni Colucci; Signora Casazza); Giuseppe Verdi: Te Deum, with Robert Shaw Chorale; Closing. -
Item 35: Series 8, Number 106, 1965 June 23
Contents: Introduction; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon Overture; Interview with Salvatore Baccaloni; Amilcare Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours; Closing. -
Item 36: Series 8, Number 107, 1965 June 30
Contents: Part IV: La Scala - The Golden Years, with Walter Toscanini; Closing. -
Item 37: Series 9, Number 108, 1965 July 7
Contents: Introduction; Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus; Interview with David Weber, clarinetist; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide Overture; Closing. -
Item 38: Series 9, Number 109, 1965 July 14
Contents: Introduction; Contents: Dmitri Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture; Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome; Cosing. -
Item 39: Series 9, Number 110, 1965 July 21
Contents: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Overture to the Nutcracker Suite; Alfredo Catalani: Dance of the Water Nymphs from Loreley; Interview with John Freeman, editor of Opera News; Emile Waldteufel: The Skater's Waltz; Closing. -
Item 40: Series 9, Number 111, 1965 July 28
Contents: Introduction; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Interview with Don Gillis about his Symphony 5 1/2; performance of Gillis Symphony 5 1/2; Closing -
Item 41: Series 9, Number 112, 1965 August 4
Contents: Introduction; Ferde Grofe: On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite; Modest Mussorgsky: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks from Pictures at an Exhibition; Interview with Edwin Marshall, former CBS radio producer; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker Suite. -
Item 42: Series 9, Number 113, 1965 August 11
Contents: Introduction; Rehearsal for Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe; performance of Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2; Closing. -
Item 43: Series 9, Number 114, 1965 August 18
Contents: Introduction; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Trepak from the Nutcracker Suite; Interview with Albert Sirmay (Szirmai); George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Closing. -
Item 44: Series 9, Number 115, 1965 August 25
Contents: Introduction: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni; Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream; Interview with violist Emanuel Vardi; M.I. (Mikhail Ivanovich) Glinka: Kamarinskaya; Closing. -
Item 45: Series 9, Number 116, 1965 September 1
Contents: Introduction: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: March from the Nutcracker Suite; interview with Dr. Irvin Stein, MD; Gioachino Rossini: Overture to William Tell; John Philip Sousa: El Capitan; Closing. -
Item 46: Series 9, Number 117, 1965 September 8
Contents: Introduction; Rehearsal for Ottorino Respighi's Fountains of Rome; performance of Fountains of Rome; Closing. -
Item 47: Series 9, Number 118, 1965 September 15
Contents: Introduction; Niccolo Paganini: Perpetual Motion; "The Eyes of the Maestro" - interviews with Dr. Harry Gross, Walter Toscanini, Rose Bampton; Anatoly Lydadov: Kikimora; Closing. -
Item 48: Series 9, Number 119, 1965 September 22
Contents: Introduction with quotation from Robert Charles Marsh; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 ("Italian" Symphony); Closing. -
Item 49: Series 9, Number 120, 1965 September 29
Contents: Introduction; "Arturo Toscanini: The Debut Years"; Rehearsal with NBC Symphony for Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. -
Item 50: Series 10, Number 121, 1965 October 6
Contents: Introduction; Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Die Freischutz; Interview with Robert Shaw; Arrigo Boito: Prelude to Mefistofele with the Robert Shaw Chorale, Nicola Moscona, and The Columbus Boychoir; Closing. -
Item 51: Series 10, Number 122, 1965 October 13
Contents: Introduction; Luigi Cherubini: Symphony in D - rehearsal and performance for each movement; Closing. -
Item 52: Series 10, Number 123, 1965 October 20
Contents: Introduction; Robert Schumann: Manfred Overture; Interview with trombonist Abe Pearlstein; Ottorino Respighi: Feste Romane; Closing. -
Item 53: Series 10, Number 124, 1965 October 27
Contents: Introduction; Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Interview with bassoonist Hugo Burghauser; Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1. -
Item 54: Series 10, Number 125, 1965 November 3
Contents: Introduction; Felix Mendelssohn: Reformation Symphony - rehearsal and performance; Closing. -
Item 55: Series 10, Number 126, 1965 November 10
Contents: Simulation of a broadcast program of NBC Symphony under Toscanini during the Golden Age of Radio; Richard Wagner: Prelude to Tristan und Isolde; station identification pause; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Closing. -
Item 56: Series 10, Number 127, 1965 November 17
Contents: Introduction; Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture; interview with William Paisley of NBC music library; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4; Closing. -
Item 57: Series 10, Number 128, 1965 November 24
Contents: Introduction; Excerpts from rehearsals for Zoltan Kodaly's Hary Janos Suite; Interview with Zoltan Kodaly; performance of Hary Janos Suite; Closing. -
Item 59: Series 10, Number 130, 1965 December 8
Contents: Introduction; Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3; station identification pause; "Maestro and His Singers"; Closing. -
Item 61: Series 10, Number 132, undated
Contents: Introduction; Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; Intermission, interview with conductor Frank Brieff; Beethoven Symphony No. 5; Closing. -
Item 62: Series 10, Number 133, 1965 December 29
Contents: Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Der Freischutz; station identification pause; Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3. -
Item 64: Series 11, Number 135, 1966 January 12
Contents: Introduction; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass with Dies Irae; Closing. -
Item 65: Series 11, Number 136, 1966 January 19
Contents: Introduction; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Overture to Iphegeneia in Aulis; Paul Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello - Mischa Mischakoff, violin, and Frank Miller, cello; Closing. -
Item 66: Series 11, Number 137, 1966 January 26
Contents: Introduction; Giuseppe Verdi: Te Deum from Quattro Pezzi Sacri; station identification pause; featured section "The Verdi Years" with comments by Mrs. Lionello Pererra, Don Gillis, and Walter Toscanini; Verdi: Hymn of the Nations, with Jan Peerce and the Westminster choir. -
Item 67: Series 11, Number 138, 1966 February 2
Contents: Introduction; Franz von Suppe: Poet and Peasant Overture; interview with Wallace McGill; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Closing. -
Item 68: Series 11, Number 139, 1966 February 9
Contents: Introduction; Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration - opening excerpt, rehearsal, full performance; Closing -
Item 69: Series 11, Number 140, 1966 February 16
Contents: Introduction; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida (with Richard Tucker); Interview with Richard Tucker; Aida excerpts; Aida act IV, final scene; Closing. -
Item 70: Series 11, Number 141, 1966 February 23
Contents: Introduction; Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1; Interview with Robert Charles Marsh; Richard Strauss: Til Eulenspiegel; Closing. -
Item 71: Series 11, Number 142, 1966 March 2
Contents: Introduction; Domenico Cimarosa: Overture to Il matrimonio per raggiro; Interview with Nicola Moscona; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto, Act IV; Closing. -
Item 72: Series 11, Number 143, 1966 March 9
Contents: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Overture to Romeo and Juliet; station identification pause; Interview with Jennie Tourel; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe. -
Item 73: Series 11, Number 144, 1966 March 16
Contents: Introduction; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Interview with Rudolph Ganz; Hector Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo from Romeo and Juliet - rehearsal and performance; Closing. -
Item 74: Series 11, Number 145, 1966 March 23
Contents: Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Euryanthe; Toscanini: The Metropolitan Years; Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Der Meistersinger; Closing. -
Item 75: Series 11, Number 146, 1966 March 30
Contents: Interview with Marcia Davenport; Amilcare Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours; Toscanini: The Metropolitan Years, Part II; Alfredo Catalani: Loreley; Closing. -
Item 76: Series 12, Number 147, 1966 April 6
Contents: Gaetano Donizetti: Overture to Don Pasquale; Toscanini: The Metropolitan Years, Part III, by Don Gillis; Closing. -
Item 77: Series 12, Number 148, 1966 April 13
Contents: Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure; Anatoly Lydadov: Kikimora; Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3. -
Item 78: Series 12, Number 149, 1966 April 20
Contents: Introduction; Ludwig van Beethoven: selections from Act I of Fidelio; Interview with Eleanor Steber; Fidelio Act II with Rose Bampton, Jan Peerce, Nicola Moscona, Eleanor Steber, and others; Closing. -
Item 79: Series 12, Number 150, 1966 April 27
Contents: Introduction; Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 in G major for piano and orchestra - Robert Serkin, piano; Closing. -
Item 80: Series 12, Number 151, 1966 May 4
Contents: Introduction; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - rehearsal and performance; Closing. -
Item 81: Series 12, Number 152, 1966 May 11
Contents: Introduction; Luigi Cherubini: Ali Baba Overture; Interview with composer Vittorio Rieti; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor - Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Closing. -
Item 82: Series 12, Number 153, 1966 May 18
Contents: Introduction; Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin; Emile Waldteufel: Skaters Waltz; "The eyes of the Maestro"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major ("Jupiter"); Closing. -
Item 83: Series 12, Number 154, 1966 May 25
Contents: Introduction: Luigi Cherubini: Anacreon Overture; Interview with bassist Michael Krasnopolsky; Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 101 ("Clock" Symphony); Closing. -
Item 84: Series 12, Number 155, 1966 June 1
Contents: Introduction; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Overture to Iphegeneia in Aulis; Interview with conductor Norman Leyden; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major; Closing. -
Item 85: Number 156, 1966 June 8
Contents: Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture; Announcement by NBC Program Director Robert Wogan; reflections by Walter Toscanini; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Closing. -
Item 86: Number 157, 1966 June 15
Contents: John Philip Sousa: Semper Fidelis; George Gershwin: An American in Paris; discussion of Toscanini and American composers; Ferde Grofe: On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite; Don Gillis: Symphony No. 5 1/2; Closing. -
Item 87: Number 158, 1966 June 22
Contents: Bedrich Smetana: The Moldau; station identification pause; Antonin Dvorak: New World Symphony; Closing -
Item 88: Number 159, 1966 June 29
Contents: Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino; story of Toscanini's conducting debut; pause for station identification; Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88; Closing. -
Item 89: Series 13, Number 160, 1966 July 6
Contents: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Interview with hornist Arthur Berv; station identification pause; Paul Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Georges Bizet: Suite No. 1 from Carmen; Closing. -
Item 90: Series 13, Number 161, 1966 July 13
Contents: Introduction; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; Interview with train porter James Moon; Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz; Richard Wagner: Siegfried's Idyll; Closing. -
Item 91: Series 13, Number 162, 1966 July 20
Contents: Introduction; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro; Claude Debussy: Iberia; station identification pause; NBC Orchestra rehearsal on November 17, 1949; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2; Closing. -
Item 92: Series 13, Number 163, 1966 July 27
Contents: Introduction; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischutz; station identification pause; Richard Strauss: Don Quixote; Closing. -
Item 93: Series 13, Number 164, 1966 August 3
Contents: Introduction; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Interview with Mischa Mischakoff - former concertmaster - station identification pause; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello; Closing. -
Item 94: Series 13, Number 165, 1966 August 10
Contents: Introduction; Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Euryanthe; Toscanini: The Parma Years; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Overture Fantasy - Romeo and Juliet; Closing -
Item 95: Series 13, Number 166, 1966 August 17
Contents: Introduction; Engelbert Humperdinck: Prelude to Hansel and Gretel; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances No. 1, 17, 20, and 21; Interview with percussionist Sam Borodkin; Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor; Closing. -
Item 96: Series 13, Number 167, 1966 August 24
Contents: Introduction; Robert Schumann: Manfred Overture; station identification pause; "The Eloquent Baton" - commentary on Toscanini's conducting; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Closing. -
Item 97: Series 13, Number 168, 1966 August 31
Contents: Introduction; Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Interview with conductor Yuri Krasnapolsky; station identification pause; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 ("Italian"); Closing. -
Item 98: Series 13, Number 170, 1966 September 14
Contents: Introduction; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 - performance and rehearsal excerpts; Closing. -
Item 99: Series 13, Number 171, 1966 September 21
Contents: Introduction; Gioachino Rossini: Overture to Il Signor Bruschino; Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1; Interview with trumpeter Harry Glantz; station identification pause; Richard Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod; Closing. -
Item 100: Series 14, Number 174, 1966 October 12
Contents: Introduction: Luigi Cherubini: Symphony in D Major - rehearsal and performance; Closing -
Item 101: Series 14, Number 175, 1966 October 19
Contents: Introduction: Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to The Consecration of the House; Interview with the Albeneri Trio; Arrigo Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele; Closing. -
Item 102: Series 14, Number 176, 1966 October 26
Contents: Introduction; Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture; Cesar Franck: Psyche et Eros; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Closing. -
Item 103: Series 14, Number 177, 1966 November 2
Contents: Introduction; Dmitri Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon; station identification pause; Giuseppi Verdi: Rigoletto, Act IV. -
Item 104: Series 14, Number 178, 1966 November 9
Contents: Introduction; Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; Interview with Harry Gross; Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5; Closing. -
Item 105: Series 14, Number 179, 1966 November 16
Contents: Introduction; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon Overture; Interview with Marziale Sisca; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Closing. -
Item 106: Series 14, Number 180, 1966 November 23
Contents: Introduction; Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn; Interview with Lester Wallerstein (friend of Toscanini); Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 ("Surprise"); Closing. -
Item 107: Series 14, Number 181, 1966 November 30
Contents: Introduction; Hector Berlioz: Rakoczy March; station identification pause; Interview with Chet Hill; Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome; Closing. -
Item 108: Series 14, Number 182, 1966 December 7
Contents: Introduction: Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration - rehearsal, station identification pause, performance; Closing. -
Item 109: Series 14, Number 183, 1966 December 14
Contents: Introduction: Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus; Interview with Arthur Austin; station identification pause; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major; Closing. -
Item 110: Series 14, Number 184, 1966 December 21
Contents: Introduction; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice; station identification pause; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite; Closing. -
Item 111: Series 14, Number 185, 1966 December 28
Contents: Introduction; Amilcare Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours; station identification pause; commentary; closing.
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Sub-Series 2: The Centennial Series, 1967
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Item 1: 1967 January 4
Classical Symphony - Sergei Prokofiev; Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar; Interviews: Don Gillis (composer - producer)
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Item 2: 1967 January 11
Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin - Richard Wagner; Prelude to Parsifal - Richard Wagner; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner; Interview: Friedelind Wagner (granddaughter of Richard Wagner)
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Item 3: 1967 January 18
Arturo Toscanini - In Memoriam (1867-1957); Mass in C minor - Luigi Cherubini; Interview: Cardinal Spellman (Archbishop of New York)
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Item 4: 1967 January 25
Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Concerto No. 1 for Bassoon and Orchestra - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Interview: Ray Crissara (trumpet)
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Item 5: 1967 February 1
Leonore Overture No. III - Ludwig van Beethoven; Festa Romane - Ottorino Respighi; Interview: Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
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Item 6: 1967 February 8
Highlights from La Bohème - Giacomo Puccini: Che gelida manina se la lasci riscaldar; Mi chiamo Mili, il pershe non so; O soave fanciulla; Musetta's Waltz; Mimi's Adagio and Quartet; Colline's Aria; Death of Mimi. Cast Includes: Ann McKnight, Nicola Moscona, Jan Peerce, Licia Albanese. Interview: Madame Fosca Crespi (step-daughter of Giacomo Puccini)
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Item 7: 1967 February 15
Overture to William Tell - Gioachino Rossini; Skater's Waltz - Emile Waldteufel; Ballabile and Triumphal March from Aida - Giuseppe Verdi; Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - Claude Debussy; Dance of the Hours from La Giocanda - Amilcare Ponchielli; Interviews: Jerome Hines (bass), Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Vivian Della Chiesa (soprano), etc.
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Item 8: 1967 February 22
All-American Program; An American in Paris - George Gershwin; On the Trail from The Grand Canyon Suite - Ferde Grofé; Symphony No. 5 1/2 for Fun - Don Gillis; Feature: Maestro and the American Composer
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Item 9: 1967 March 1
Kindersinfonie or "Toy Symphony" - Leopold Mozart; Symphony No. 1 - Dmitri Shostakovich; Interview: Peter Delheim (RCA recording director)
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Item 10: 1967 March 8
Fêtes from Nocturnes - Claude Debussy; Pohjola's Daughter - Jean Sibelius; Symphony Concertante - Joseph Haydn; Interview: Walter Hendl (conductor)
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Item 11: 1967 March 15
Finlandia - Jean Sibelius; Symphony No. 2 in D major - Jean Sibelius; Interviews: Howard Taubman (music critic), Massimo Freccia (conductor)
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Item 12: 1967 March 22
Overture to La Forza del Destino - Giuseppe Verdi; Symphony No. 9, final movement - Ludwig van Beethoven; Feature: Arturo Toscanni - Portrait of a Century
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Item 13: 1967 March 29
Egmont Overture - Ludwig van Beethoven; Invitation to the Dance - Carl Maria von Weber; Symphony No. 99 in E flat - Joseph Haydn; Interview: Hugh Ross (conductor)
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Item 14: 1967 April 5
Gesang der Parzen - Johannes Brahms; Hungarian Dances - Johannes Brahms; Serenade in A - Johannes Brahms
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Item 15: 1967 April 12
The Moldau - Bedrich Smetana; Hary Janos Suite - Zoltan Kodaly; Feature: Rehearsal Outtakes
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Item 16: 1967 April 19
Don Juan - Richard Strauss; Concerto No. IV in G major for piano and orchestra - Ludwig van Beethoven, soloist: Rudolf Serkin
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Item 17: 1967 April 26
Daphnis et Chloé - Maurice Ravel; Concerto No. III in C minor for piano and orchestra - Ludwig van Beethoven; soloist: Artur Rubinstein
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Item 18: 1967 May 3
Fountains of Rome - Ottorino Respighi; Concerto No. I in C major for piano and orchestra - Ludwig van Beethoven, soloist: Ania Dorfman
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Item 19: 1967 May 10
Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus - Ludwig van Beethoven; Symphony No. 7 in A major - Ludwig van Beethoven; Interview: Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
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Item 20: 1967 May 17
Highlights from Otello - Giuseppe Verdi: Brindisi Iago; Desdemona - Otello love duet; Recitativo and Iago's Credo; Ora e per sepre addio, sante memorie; Dio mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali della miseria; Recitativo: Mia madre evava una povera ancella; The Willow Song and Ave Maria; Niun mi tema, se ance armato mi vede. Cast: Herva Nelli, Nan Merriman, Ramon Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo. Feature: Ben Grauer recounts stories of Toscanini at La Scala
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Item 21: 1967 May 24
The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Paul Dukas; La Mer - Claude Debussy; Interview: Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
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Item 22: 1967 May 31
Psyché et Eros - Caesar Franck; Symphony No. III in F - Johannes Brahms; Feature: Ben Grauer talks about Toscanini and Brahms
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Item 23: 1967 June 7
Roman Carnival Overture - Hector Berlioz; Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Strauss; Queen Mab Scherzo - Hector Berlioz; Feature: Rehearsal Outtakes; Interview: Robert Wogan (vice president of programming, NBC)
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Item 24: 1967 June 15
Overture to The Barber of Seville - Gioachino Rossini; Symphony No. 5 "Reformation" - Felix Mendelssohn; Interview: Dr. Dorman Winfrey (director, Texas State Library)
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Item 25: 1967 June 22
Image No. II: Iberia - Claude Debussy; Symphony No. III "Rhenish" - Robert Schumann
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Item 26: 1967 June 29
Overture to Oberon - Carl Maria von Weber; Symphony No. II in D major - Ludwig van Beethoven; Interview: Dr. James Christian Pfohl (director, Reston Music Center)
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Item 27: 1967 July 5
Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey from Die Götterdämmerung - Richard Wagner; Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - Antonín Dvorák
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Item 28: 1967 July 12
Overture to Semiramide - Gioachino Rossini; Symphony No. 8 in F major - Ludwig van Beethoven; Interview: James Dickie (bassoon)
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Item 29: 1967 July 19
The Moldau - Bedrich Smetana; Mefistofele Prologue - Arrigo Boto, soloist, Nicola Moscona; Interview: Mrs. Ernest Newman (widow of critic and author, Ernest Newman)
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Item 30: 1967 July 26
Overture to Midsummer Night's Dream - Felix Mendelssohn; Octet in E flat major for strings - Felix Mendelssohn; Interview: Daniel Guillet (concertmaster)
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Item 31: 1967 August 2
Overture to William Tell - Gioachino Rossini; Skater's Waltz - Emile Waldteufel; Moto Perpetuo - Nicolo Paganini; Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert
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Item 32: 1967 August 9
Overture to Der Freischütz - Carl Maria von Weber; Danse of the Water Nymphs - Alfredo Catalani; Symphony No. 39 in E flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Interview: Kent Kennan (composer)
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Item 33: 1967 August 16
Overture to Anacreon - Luigi Cherubini; Symphony in D major - Luigi Cherubini; Interview: Mary Watkins Cushing (author)
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Item 34: 1967 August 23
Part I: Un Ballo in Maschera, Act I, Scene I - Giuseppe Verdi, Presented in Four Parts. Cast: Jan Peerce (Ricardo), Herva Nelli (Amelia), Robert Merrill (Renato) Clara Mae Turner (Ulrica), Virginia Haskins (Oscar), George Cehanovsky (Silvano) Nicola Moscona (Samuel), Norman Scott (Tom), Robert Shaw Chorale.
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Item 35: 1967 August 30
Part II: Un Ballo in Maschera, Act I, Scene II - Giuseppe Verdi
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Item 36: 1967 September 6
Part III: Un Ballo in Maschera, Act II - Giuseppe Verdi
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Item 37: 1967 September 13
Part IV: Un Ballo in Maschera, Act III - Giuseppe Verdi.
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Item 38: 1967 September 20
Overture to La Gazza Ladra - Gioachino Rossini; Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra - Ludwig van Beethoven; soloist, Jascha Heifetz
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Item 39: 1967 September 27
Egmont Overture - Ludwig van Beethoven; Symphony No. 5 in C minor - Ludwig van Beethoven; Interview: Eugene Conley (tenor)
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Item 40: 1967 October 4
Academic Festival Overture - Johannes Brahms; Symphony No. 4 in E minor - Johannes Brahms
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Item 41: 1967 October 11
Overture to Colas Breugnon - Dmitri Kabalevsky; Don Juan - Richard Strauss; Feature: The Eloquent Baton
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Item 42: 1967 October 18
The Fountains of Rome - Ottorino Respighi; Concerto No. III in C minor for piano and orchestra - Ludwig van Beethoven, soloist, Arthur Rubinstein
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Item 43: 1967 October 25
Variations on a Theme of Haydn - Johannes Brahms; Romeo and Juliet - Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; Interview: John Plummer (NBC music librarian)
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Item 44: 1967 November 1
Manfred Overture - Robert Schumann; Feature: The Maestro and his Singers
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Item 45: 1967 November 8
Prelude to Hansel und Gretel - Engelbert Humperdinck; Symphony No. 3 in F major - Johannes Brahms; Feature: Ben Grauer talks about the Maestro and Brahms
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Item 46: 1967 November 15
Overture to Die Zauberflöte - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Suite No. 1 from Carmen - Georges Bizet; Till Eulenspiegel - Richard Strauss; Interview: Vittorio Rieti (composer)
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Item 47: 1967 November 22
Overture to Il Signore Bruschino - Gioachino Rossini; Symphony No. 94 in G major, "Surprise" - Joseph Haydn; La Mer - Claude Debussy
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Item 48: 1967 November 29
Faust Overture - Richard Wagner; The Moldau - Bedrich Smetana; Finlandia - Jean Sibelius; Te Deum: Quatri Pezzi Sacri - Giacomo Puccini
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Item 49: 1967 December 6
Overture to Der Freischütz - Carl Maria von Weber; Queen Mab Scherzo - Hector Berlioz; Suite No. II from Daphnis et Chloe - Maurice Ravel; Interview: Robert Simon (Manager of Carnegie Hall)
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Item 50: 1967 December 13
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn; Arturo Toscanini: Portrait of a Legend - Don Gillis
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Item 51: 1967 December 20
Overture to Il Signore Bruschino - Gioachino Rossini; Farandole from L'Arliesienne Suite No. 1 - Georges Bizet; Sorcerer's Apprentice - Paul Dukas; Interviews: Oreste di Savo (piccolo), Dr. Leonard Falcone (band director)
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Item 52: 1967 December 27
Roman Carnival Overture - Hector Berlioz; Symphony No. 9, final movement - Ludwig van Beethoven
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