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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: NBC Symphony Orchestra recordings
Creator:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Identifier/Call Number: 2641
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear Feet
7 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1937-1954
Abstract: This collection consists of the audio recordings of the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: R1
Container: R2
Container: R3
Container: R4
Container: R6
Container: R7
Container: R5
The NBC Symphony Orchestra was a radio orchestra first broadcasted on November 13, 1937 and continued until it was disbanded
in 1954. David Sarnoff, the president of the Radio Corporation of America, created the symphony especially for the conductor
Arturo Toscanini. The NBC Symphony performed weekly radio concert broadcasts.
This collection consists of the audio recordings of the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra broadcasted on the radio from
1937 to 1954. The orchestra was conducted by Arturo Toscanini and Frank Black. They played songs such as Fair Maid of Perth,
The Blue Danube, Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 4, Op. 36 and 1812 Overture, Slavonic Dance no. 1, and Les Preludes.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of NBC, circa 1980.
[Box/folder no. or item name], NBC Symphony Orchestra recordings, Collection no. 2641, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sound recordings
Orchestral music -- Archival resources
NBC Symphony Orchestra -- Archives