Finding Aid for the Alan Rich Papers, 1960-2010 LSC.1975
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Title: Alan Rich papers
Creator:
Rich, Alan
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1975
Physical Description:
12.2 Linear Feet
(10 document boxes, 5 record cartons, 7 flat boxes, 2 index card boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1923-2010
Date (bulk): 1960-2010
Abstract: Alan Rich was an American music critic, based in New York and Los Angeles, who began his professional career in the 1950s
and continued writing until his death in 2010. The collection includes research files, correspondence and memorial tributes,
promotional scores and recordings sent to Rich from composers and music publications, an extensive collection of both drafts
and periodical clippings of his writings, and recordings from the "Music Room" salons he co-hosted in Los Angeles with philanthropist
Betty Freeman.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to UCLA by Alan Rich through the Alan Rich Trust, executed by trustee Raymond Richards and transferred
in 2010.
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Biography/History
Alan Rich was born in Boston on June 17, 1924. While attending Harvard in the 1940s, he began working as an assistant music
critic for
The Boston Herald. Upon graduating, he discarded his original plans to attend medical school and instead enrolled at the University of California,
Berkeley. Under the mentorship of the musicologist Joseph Kerman, he earned a master's degree in Music in 1952. After graduating,
he went to Europe on fellowship for a year, and then returned to Berkeley to become the music director of Pacifica Radio,
station KPFA.
KPFA later sent Rich to New York to work at radio station WBAI; this move led to Rich becoming a music critic for
The New York Times in 1961. He moved to
The Herald Tribune in 1963, and later wrote for
New York magazine from 1968 to 1981. Toward the end of his tenure there he contributed to
New West magazine, a spin-off of
New York that was soon renamed
California. Rich moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and became music editor of
Newsweek. He also wrote for
The Los Angeles Herald Examiner and
LA Weekly. Rich used these national and local publications as a platform for a campaign to put Los Angeles' musical culture in the
spotlight. He became a crucial advocate for contemporary music as he continued to make the case for LA's significance as a
musical hub throughout his career.
Rich's music column was cut from
LA Weekly in 2008 as a cost-cutting measure after a sixteen year run. This led Rich to begin a blog, "So I've Heard," named after the
title of a 2006 compilation of his reviews,
So I've Heard: Notes of a Migratory Music Critic. He also continued to contribute reviews to
Bloomberg News,
Variety, and others.
Rich was the author of several books, among them
Careers and Opportunities in Music (1964),
The Lincoln Center Story (1984),
American Pioneers: Ives to Cage and Beyond (1995), and the "Play-by-Play" series of books and CDs, with volumes devoted to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky (1995).
He passed away in April 2010, at the age of 85.
Scope and Content
The collection includes research files, correspondence and memorial tributes, promotional scores and recordings sent to Rich
from composers and music publications, an extensive collection of both drafts and periodical clippings of his writings, and
recordings from the "Music Room" salons he co-hosted in Los Angeles with philanthropist Betty Freeman.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in six series:
- 1. Writings, 1950-2010
- 2. Subject, 1936-2004
- 3. Personal, 1932-2010
- 4. Books, 1923-2008
- 5. Scores, 1961-2009
- 6. Media, 1950-2009
All series are arranged alphabetically.
Separated Material
The bulk of Alan Rich's books from his personal library were transferred to the Music Library for individual cataloging. They
are available via the UCLA Library Catalog.
Related Material
Related materials providing additional information on philanthropist Betty Freeman, with whom Rich worked closely, can be
found in the Betty Freeman Papers (MSS 227) at Mandeville Special Collections Library, UC San Diego.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Music critics -- United States -- Archives.
Rich, Alan -- Archives
Series 1: Writings
1950-2010
Scope and Content
Series comprises drafts and clippings of Rich's primary publications, including his cover stories for
LA Weekly and
Newsweek, record and concert reviews, program notes, and radio program transcripts.
box 7, folder 2
American Judaism
1964-1966
box 7, folder 3
American Pioneers: Manuscript
2006-2008
box 7, folder 4
American Record Guide
1960-1969
box 7, folder 5
Articles: A Publication of California Institute of the Arts
1980-1989
box 7, folder 6
Freelance: General
1970-1999
box 7, folder 7
Freelance: Glossies
1950-1989
box 12, folder 1
The Herald Tribune (1 of 4)
1960-1969
box 12, folder 2
The Herald Tribune (2 of 4)
1960-1969
box 12, folder 3
The Herald Tribune (3 of 4)
1960-1969
box 12, folder 4
The Herald Tribune (4 of 4)
1960-1969
box 7, folder 8
History of Music: Manuscript
undated
box 7, folder 9
House and Garden: New York Herald Tribune
1960-1989
box 15, folder 2
Houston Grand Opera's
An American Voice,
Los Angeles Times on the opening of Music Center, and
LA Weekly columns.
1964-2000
box 9, folder 3
KFAC, Los Angeles
1960-1969
box 7, folder 10
KPFA, Berkeley: Radio Scripts
1960-1969
box 11, folder 1
LA Weekly: "A Lot of Night Music" Columns
1992-1995
box 11, folder 2
LA Weekly: "A Lot of Night Music" Columns
1996
box 11, folder 3
LA Weekly: "A Lot of Night Music" Columns
1997-1998
box 8, folder 3
LA Weekly, Life, Herald Tribune
1990-1999
box 8, folder 5
New York Magazine
1968-1969
box 8, folder 9
New York Magazine
1972-1973
box 8, folder 10
New York Magazine
1974-1975
box 8, folder 12
New York Magazine
1977-1979
box 8, folder 13
New York Magazine
1980-1981
box 8, folder 14
Newsweek: Bach Cover Story
1983-1988
box 8, folder 15
The Open Space Magazine
2003
box 9, folder 2
Program Notes and Liner Notes
1980-1999
box 9, folder 6
Radio: Music Under Fire
undated
box 9, folder 9
Reviews and Columns
1980-1999
box 9, folder 10
Romantic Art Song (Radio Program)
1980-1989
box 17, folder 2
Piano Spheres: The First Ten Years
2004
box 9, folder 11
Slonimsky, Nicholas: Interview Transciption (1 of 2)
1992
box 9, folder 12
Slonimsky, Nicholas: Interview Transcription (2 of 2)
1992
box 10, folder 4
So I've Heard: Manuscript
1997
box 10, folder 5
So I've Heard: Manuscript
2006
box 9, folder 13
So I've Heard: Volumes 1-2
1992
box 10, folder 3
West Coast Publications
1980-1989
Series 2: Subject Files
1936-2004
Scope and Content
This series includes research materials, scripts, and documents pertaining to particular musicians, institutions, or topics.
Of particular interest is an extensive interview with musicologist Nicholas Slonimsky, a controversy over coverage of the
San Francisco Symphony, and the writings, some unpublished, of composer Robert Erickson, on whom Rich conducted extensive
research.
box 3, folder 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian
1984
box 4, folder 2
Cage, John: Musicworks
1992
box 4, folder 3
Cage, John: Cage at 80
1992-1993
box 5, folder 4
Cage, John: Cage at 75
1987
box 5, folder 5
Cage, John: Cage's Writing
1955-1991
box 21, folder 12
Cage, John: Composition in Retrospect
1993
box 5, folder 6
Cage, John: Interviews & Recipes
1991
box 5, folder 7
Cage, John: Museum of Contemporary Art Celebrations
1992
box 5, folder 8
Cage, John: University of California, San Diego, Program
1980
box 5, folder 9
California Composers Radio Program
1980-1981
box 3, folder 6
Casals, Pablo (film)
after 1970
box 3, folder 9
Erickson, Robert: Essays
1974-1980
box 3, folder 10
Erickson, Robert: Worklist & Correspondence, Criticism
1980-2002
box 3, folder 11
Erickson, Robert: Score,
Night Music
1984
box 3, folder 13
Erickson, Robert:
Hearing Things
1980
box 3, folder 14
Erickson, Robert:
Other Worlds
1975
box 3, folder 12
Erickson, Robert: UCSD Celebration & Writings
1987
box 3, folder 15
Fleishmann, Ernest
1989-1998
box 3, folder 16
Freeman, Betty (1 of 2)
1980-1990
box 3, folder 17
Freeman, Betty (2 of 2)
1980-1990
box 3, folder 18
Furtwaengler, Wilhelm
undated
box 3, folder 27
Listening and Silence
undated
box 4, folder 5
Los Angeles Philharmonic
1980-1999
box 4, folder 6
New York City Opera
undated
box 4, folder 9
Public Programs
1985-1986
box 5, folder 11
Research: General
1980-1989
box 4, folder 10
San Francisco Opera
1958-1959
box 4, folder 11
San Francisco Symphony
1959
box 4, folder 12
San Francisco Symphony
1987
box 4, folder 13
San Francisco Tape Music Center
1963
box 4, folder 15
Schubert, Franz: Schubert 10
1984
box 4, folder 16
Singers: Curtin and Sills
undated
box 4, folder 17
Slonimsky, Nicholas
1936-1989
box 4, folder 19
Stephan, Rudi: Tributes
undated
box 4, folder 21
Weill, Kurt: Interviews & Notes (1 of 2)
1980-1989
box 4, folder 22
Weill, Kurt: Interviews & Notes (2 of 2)
1980-1989
box 4, folder 23
Weill, Kurt: Newsletters
1986-1989
box 4, folder 24
Weill, Kurt: Research & Sources
1980-1989
box 4, folder 25
Weill, Kurt: Rich on Weill
1982-1998
Series 3: Personal
1932-2010
Scope and Content
The series includes Rich's correspondence with composers, musicians, and publishers, tributes to him (including his festschrift),
and reviews of books or projects he created.
box 15, folder 1
Awards, Diplomas, Citations
1932-2009
box 6, folder 4
Correspondence: Letters to Editors
1967-2000
box 21, folder 3
Correspondence:
Play-by-Play CDs
1995
box 6, folder 5
Correspondence: Poznak, Alan Van
2000-2009
box 6, folder 6
Correspondence: Professional
1980-1999
box 6, folder 7
Documents and Photos
1950
box 21, folder 2
Dupre, Marcel: Methode d'Orgue
undated
box 6, folder 8
Festschrift: 80th Birthday
2004
box 21, folder 1
LA Weekly: 75th Birthday Tribute
1999
box 6, folder 10
Newspaper Notices
1970-1973
box 6, folder 11
Oral History: KPFA, Berkeley
1994
box 6, folder 12
Proposals and Contracts
1980-2002
box 6, folder 13
Quinn, Janice: Thesis
undated
box 6, folder 14
Reviews of Rich: Career Opportunities in Music
1964
box 6, folder 15
Reviews of Rich: CD-ROM
1990-1996
box 6, folder 16
Time Capsule (1 of 3)
1950-1969
Scope and Content
The time capsule boxes were transferred from a box of the same name, and consist of newspaper clippings by or about Rich from
the 1950s and 1960s.
box 7, folder 1
Time Capsule (2 of 3)
1950-1969
box 5, folder 1
Time Capsule (3 of 3)
1950-1969
box 5, folder 2
University Work: Research Papers
1951-1954
box 5, folder 3
University Work: Thesis, "Formal Practices in Schubert's Larger Instrumental Works"
1952
Series 4: Books
1923-2008.
Scope and Content
These books cover a broad range of musical topics, from Baroque era aesthetic styles to contemporary musical cultures and
communities. Although they represent a small portion of Rich's personal library, many are inscribed to him by their authors
or dedicated to him as gifts.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Some books include CDs.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
box 2
Adorno, Theodor W.:
Gesammelte Schriften 12, Philosophie Der Neuen Musik.
1975.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from unknown
box 1
Amtmann, Willy:
Music in Canada, 1600-1800.
1975.
box 2
Arkatov, James
Masters of Music: Great Artists at Work.
1990.
Scope and Content
Photos by Arkatov, with essays by Alan Rich. Inscribed to Rich from Arkatov.
box 1
Berio, Luciano:
Two Interviews.
1985.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Berio
box 1
Bloch-Morhange, Lise:
Vies de Divas.
1990.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Bloch-Morhange
box 2
Cage, John: Italian Program.
1984.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Cage
box 1
Crawford, John C. and Dorothy L. Crawford:
Expressionism in Twentieth-Century Music.
1994.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Crawfords
box 2
Farneth, David, ed.:
Lenya, the Legend: A Pictorial Autobiography.
1998.
box 2
Freeman, Betty:
More Music People: Irvine, CA.
1989.
box 2
Freeman, Betty:
Music People: Carnegie Hall, New York.
2003-2004.
box 2
Freeman, Betty:
Music People: Deutsche Oper Berlin.
1989.
box 1
Freeman, Betty:
Music People: The Photographic Works of Betty Freeman.
1990.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich by Freeman
box 1
Freeman, Betty:
Music People and Others.
1987.
box 2
Freeman, Betty:
Music People and Others: Berlin.
1990.
box 2
Freeman, Betty:
Music People and Others: London.
1996.
box 2
Freeman, Betty:
Music People and Others: Italy.
1987.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich by Freeman
box 1
Garland, Peter:
Americas: Essays on American Music and Culture, 1973-1980.
1973-1980.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Garland
box 1
Kerman, Joseph:
The Art of Fugue: Bach Fugues for Keyboard, 1715-1750.
2005.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Kerman
box 1
Kerman, Joseph:
Opera and the Morbidity of Music.
2008.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Kerman
box 1
Kowalke, Kim H.:
Kurt Weill in Europe.
1979.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Kowalke
box 2
Malm, William P.:
Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East, and Asia.
1967.
box 1
May, Thomas, Editor:
The John Adams Reader: Essential Writings on an American Composer.
2006.
box 2
Nayttely, Oopperaa Linnassa:
Opera in the Castle.
1997-1998.
box 2
The Open Space Magazine: Fall 2003, Issue 5.
2003.
Scope and Content
Book review by Rich, p. 22
box 1
Plantamura, Carol:
The Opera Lover's Guide To Europe.
1996.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Plantamura
box 2
Plantamura, Carol:
Women Composers.
1983.
box 1
Reische, Diana:
The Performing Arts In America.
1973.
Scope and Content
Contains chapter by Rich
box 2
Rich, Alan:
American Pioneers: Ives to Cage and Beyond.
1995.
box 2
Rich, Alan:
Bach, Cantata 80 and 147. Chinese translation
1995.
General
2 copies.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Each book includes 1 CD.
box 2
Rich, Alan:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 and Egmont Overture. Chinese translation
1995.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Includes 1 CD.
box 2
Rich, Alan:
Careers and Opportunities in Music.
1964.
box 2
Rich, Alan:
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantana No. 147, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.
1995.
box 2
Rich, Alan:
The Lincoln Center Story.
1984.
Scope and Content
Two copies
box 2
Rich, Alan:
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 and No. 21. Chinese translation
1995.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Includes 1 CD.
box 2
Rich, Alan:
So I've Heard: Notes of a Migratory Music Critic.
2006.
Scope and Content
Two copies, unopened plastic wrap
box 2
Rich, Alan:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 and Romeo and Juliet Overture. Chinese translation
1995.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Includes 1 CD.
box 1
Rorem, Ned:
Knowing When To Stop (A Memoir).
1994.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Rorem
box 1
Rosenfeld, Paul:
Musical Chronicle (1917-1923).
1923.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Kermans
box 2
Schmidgall, Gary:
Literature as Opera.
1977.
Scope and Content
Partially corrected proofs
box 1
Schnabel, Tom:
Stolen Moments.
1988.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Schnabel
box 1
Schonberg, Harold:
Facing the Music.
1981.
Scope and Content
Proof. Inscribed to Rich from unknown.
box 2
Schwendowius, Barbara and Wolfgang Doemling:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Life-Times-Influence.
1977.
box 1
Shapiro, Nat, ed.:
An Encyclopedia of Quotations About Music.
1978.
box 2
Small, Christopher:
Music, Society, Education.
1977.
box 1
Sposato, Jeffrey S.:
William Thomas McKinley, A Bio-Bibliography .
1995.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Sposato
box 2
Surrans, Alain:
Jeux de Massacre: 100 compositeurs de A a Z.
undated.
box 2
Wager, Gregg:
Symbolism as a Compositional Method in the Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen.
1998.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Wager. Possibly a dissertation.
box 1
Weber, William:
The Great Transformation of Musical Taste: Concert Programming from Haydn to Beethoven.
2008.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from unknown
box 1
Winter, Robert:
Music for our Time.
1992.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Winter
box 1
Zenck, Claudia Maurer:
Ernst Krenek: ein Komponist in Exil.
1980.
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Krenek
Series 5: Scores
1961-2009
Scope and Content
This series includes scores by local and international composers. Some are clearly performance scores, thoroughly marked;
some are promotional materials sent to Rich by publishers. Of particular interest is the pre-publication score of John Adams'
On the Transmigration of Souls, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic to memorialize September 11, 2001. The completion of Schubert's 10th Symphony
is also of interest.
box 21, folder 4
Adams, John:
Death of Klinghoffer
1991
box 14, folder 1
Adams, John:
On the Transmigration of Souls, Pre-Publication Copy
2002
box 14, folder 2
Adams, John:
The Wound-Dresser
1989
box 15, folder 5
Carow, Stefan:
Five Pieces for Orchestra,
Dreams and Nightmares
1986
box 13, folder 1
Erickson, Robert:
Auroras
1982
box 13, folder 2
Erickson, Robert:
Corona
1986
box 14, folder 3
Erickson, Robert:
Down At Piraous
1968
box 14, folder 11
Erickson, Robert:
Ramus
1961
box 14, folder 4
Harbison, John:
Mottetti di Montale
1981
box 15, folder 4
Kraft, William:
Settings from Pierrot Lunaire
1994
box 14, folder 5
Lear, Evelyn and Thomas Stewart: Edition of Songs
1985
Scope and Content
Inscribed to Rich from Lear and Stewart
box 13, folder 3
Lentz, Daniel:
Time's Trick
1985
box 21, folder 6
Leung, Simon: Proposal for
The Side of the Mountain
2002
box 21, folder 5
Lindberg, Magnus:
Cello Concerto
1997-1999
box 14, folder 6
Marcus, Bunita:
Music for Japan
1983
box 21, folder 7
Previn, Andre:
Brief Encounter
2009
box 14, folder 7
Putt, Alistair: Various
2009
Scope and Content
With a note from the composer
box 14, folder 8
Rorem, Ned:
Evidence of Things Not Seen
1998
box 14, folder 9
Schubert, Franz:
Symphony No. 7 in E, Realized by Brian Newbould
1978
box 14, folder 10
Schubert, Franz:
Symphony No. 10 in D Major, Realized by Brian Newbould
1983
box 13, folder 4
Steiger, Rand:
Frame(s)
1998
box 21, folder 8
Stucky, Steven:
Second Concerto for Orchestra
2003
box 21, folder 9
Subotnick, Morton:
All My Hummingbirds Have Alibis
1991
box 21, folder 10
Subotnick, Morton:
and the butterflies begin to sing
1991
box 15, folder 3
Ten Holt, Simeon:
Lemniscaat
1982-1983
box 13, folder 5
Unknown Composer:
Requiem
undated
box 21, folder 11
Wilson, Robert:
Civil Wars: A Tree is Best Measured When it is Down, Overview
1984
Series 6: Media
1950-2009
Scope and Content
This series includes commercial, promotional, and non-commercial recordings of performances, studio recordings, interviews,
and lectures. It also includes some video recordings of opera and other performances, reel recordings of various composers
work, as well as recordings from the "Music Room" salons Rich co-hosted in Los Angeles with philanthropist Betty Freeman.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Audio materials in this collection require advance notice for use. Use of audio material requires production of listening
copies.
SERIES CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital
materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 13
Adams, John:
Guide to Strange Places, Promotional CD
2001
box 13
Adams, John:
On the Transmigration of Souls, Promotional CD
2002
box 13
Andriessen, Louis:
La Passione, Promotional CD
2002
box 20
Arbizu, Ray:
Tessabel and Symphony of Love, 45 RPM
undated
box 13
Belcea Quartet: Bartok
String Quartets 1-6. 2 CDs
2008
box 13
Brendel, Alfred: Beethoven Sonatas, No. 27-32. 2 CDs
1991
box 22
California Composers Radio Program (15 Reels)
1980-1981
box 13
Chihara, Paul:
Minidoka CD
2008
box 13
Chin, Unsuk: Promotional CD
undated
box 13
Chin, Unsuk:
Violin Concerto, Promotional CD
2001
box 13
Del Sol Quartet:
Tear CD
2002
box 20
Erickson, Robert:
Auroras
2008
box 20
Erickson, Robert:
Night Music, 7" Reel
1978
box 13
Glennie, Evelyn: With the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. 1 CD
2002
box 13
The Idaho Falls: Johnny Savant and Mark Wedin. 1 CD.
2004
box 13
Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider:
Silent City CD
2008
box 13
Ligeti, Gyorgy: Interview. 1 CD
2002
box 20
Listening Room with Robert Sherman: Alan Rich, 7" Reel
1975
box 13
Mozart,
Magic Flute: Achim Freyer/Salzburg Production. 1 DVD
1997
box 13
Part, Arvo:
Symphony No. 4, Los Angeles Philharmonic Live
2009
box 20
Rich, Alan:
Composers in California, No. 3 and 4
1981
box 20
Rich, Alan: Interview with Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and Paul Badura-Skoda, 7" Reel
1973
box 13
Schiff, Andras: Lecture. 8 CDs
2010
box 20
Shower Scene From
Psycho, 45 RPM
1984
box 13
Stalvey, Dorrance: 5 Compositions. 1 CD
undated
box 13
Stein, Leonard:
Leonard Stein Remembers: Conversations with Piano Spheres Pianists. 1 CD
2004
box 13
Stone, Dorothy:
None But the Lonely Flute CD
1994
box 20
Unlabeled 7" Reels (2)
undated
box 24
Unlabeled 7" Reels (5)
undated
box 20
Verrett, Shirley: Philharmonic Hall performance, 7" Reel
1963
box 23
Miscellaneous 7" Reels (38 reels)
undated
Scope and Content
Contains mostly unlabeled 7" reels, but also includes compositions by Robert Erickson, interviews with Pierre Boulez, and
performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
box 17
Audio cassettes (27 cassettes)
undated
box 19
Audio cassettes
1950-1999
Scope and Content
Includes the remaining Freeman Musicales recordings, Rich's work from the Pacifica Tape Library, and various Rich interviews
and radio programs including Pablo Casals, Mauricio Kagel, Anthony Davis, and Ned Rorem. Includes part of the Romantic Art
Song radio program (scripts are in the Writing series).
box 16
Audio cassettes (22 cassettes)
1972-1999
Scope and Content
Recordings of interviews and radio programs. Highlights include Rich's interviews with Maria Callas.
box 18
Audio cassettes
1982-1987
Scope and Content
Includes archival recordings of the Freeman Musicales, salons featuring major composers and hosted by Rich with philanthropist
Betty Freeman in Freeman's home. Also includes recordings of works played at the salons, either live or from recordings. Notable
composers include Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, Milton Babbitt, Conlon Nancarrow, Terry Riley, and others.
box 24
Commercial recordings
1986-1999
Scope and Content
A vast majority of the recordings consist of recordings by Bela Bartok, but also includes other "B" composers such as Amy
Beach.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Includes 36 CDs and 1 zip disk.