Reminiscences of William Howard Schuman, 1977

Biographical Note

Composer, administrator

Scope and Contents

Childhood, education, career; conception, revision, perfomances of each of his major works; choral conducting, composition for film, for dance; innovations and conflicts as administrator of Juilliard School of Music, President, 1945-1962, emeritus, 1962- , and Lincoln Center, President, 1962-1969, emeritus, 1969- ; opinions and anecdotes of many figures in the performing arts, including Serge Koussevitzky, Roy Harris, Leopold Stokowski, Peter Mennin

Subjects

• Composers--Interviews.
• Composition (Music)
• Conductors (Music)--Interviews.
• Conservatories of music--United States.
• Interviews.
• Juilliard School of Music.
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
• Music--Instruction and study.
• Music--Performance.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Perlis, Vivian, interviewer.
• Schuman, William, 1910-1992--Interviews.