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Renaissance man of Bay Area music : oral history transcript : tenor, teacher, administrator, impresario / 2001.
BANC MSS 2001/126 c; Phonotape 3183 C:1-13
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Title:

Renaissance man of Bay Area music : oral history transcript: tenor, teacher, administrator, impresario / 2001
University 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-ca
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.
Tenors (Singers) -- California -- Interviews
Impresarios -- California -- Interviews
Music -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Opera -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area

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.
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.
Volume includes index.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (viii, 197 p.) : ill., port. ; 29 cm.
13 sound cassettes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z0x5d
BANC MSS 2001/126 c
Phonotape 3183 C:1-13

Origin:

California

Copyright 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.

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