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Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, July 8, 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
- 45 leaves
- Contained In:
- Eugene Ormandy Oral History Collection.
- Place of Publication:
- July 8, 1991.
- Biography/History:
- Manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1959-1963; head of RCA Victor Red Seal Records, 1963-1970.
- Summary:
- Hall discusses how RCA Records acquired the exclusive rights (from Columbia Records) to record the Philadelphia Orchestra, artists as business people, television programming of the orchestra, including the production about the 1978 Tour of Japan and the series, "From Ormandy to Muti", and the fees charged by the Philadelphia Orchestra (in relation to recording contracts, etc.). Hall also describes Eugene Ormandy's business sense, his generosity, his sense of humor, and his legacy. Hall offers opinions and anecdotes concerning other people, including Frederick Mann, Dmitri Shostakovich, Jascha Heifetz, and Fred Friendly.
- 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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