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Renaissance man of Bay Area music : oral history transcript: tenor, teacher, administrator, impresario / 2001University of California source of community leaders oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Schwabacher, James, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Crawford, Caroline (Caroline Cooley), interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Early years in San Francisco; the Fleishhacker, Dinkelspiel and Schwabacher families; UC Berkeley Department of Music, 1937-1941;
Jan Popper and the Stanford University Department of Music, 1945; Schwabacher-Frey Printers and Stationers, 1905-1959; performing
oratorio and opera; teaching young singers; thoughts on vocal interpretation, the role of Bach's Evangelist, master classes;
Bay Area music organizations: San Francisco Opera, Merola Opera Program and Spring Opera Theater; San Francisco Symphony,
San Francisco Performances, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Schwabacher Debut Recitals.
Date:
2001 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caTenors (Singers) -- California -- Interviews
Impresarios -- California -- Interviews
Music -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Opera -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Ténors (Chanteurs) -- Californie -- Entretiens
Musique -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Tenors (Singers)
Opera
Music
Impresarios
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
California
Schwabacher-Frey Company.
San Francisco Opera.
Merola Opera Program.
Spring Opera Theater (San Francisco)
Schwabacher Debut Recitals.
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
San Francisco Performances.
Schwabacher-Frey Company.
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
San Francisco Opera.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Note:
James H. Schwabacher, Jr. ; with introduction by Marvin Tartak. Interviews conducted by Caroline C. Crawford in 1999. Regional
Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the University of California, Source of community leaders series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3183 C:1-13.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biographyInterviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (viii, 197 pages) : illustrations, portrait ; 29 cm
13 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.