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Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, July 1, 1991.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 59
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Roger Griffin, 1925- interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Oral histories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audiocassette : analog, stereo, Dolby processed
- 49 leaves
- Contained In:
- Eugene Ormandy Oral History Collection.
- Place of Publication:
- July 1, 1991.
- Biography/History:
- Manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1959-1963; head of RCA Victor Red Seal Records, 1963-1970.
- Summary:
- Hall describes his early career, the role of a manager (executive director) for an orchestra, his job duties and working relationship with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, and the orchestra players' strike of 1959. In regard to Ormandy, Hall discusses Ormandy's relations with the players, his skill as an accompanist, his personality traits, his background, and his programming of contemporary music. Hall also offers opinions and anecdotes concerning other people, including Arthur Judson, Leopold Stokowski, André Previn, Pierre Monteux and Leonard Bernstein.
- Notes:
- Copyright held by the interviewee and the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.
- Recorded in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.
- Forms part of: Eugene Ormandy Archive.
- Access Restriction:
- Access: Open.
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