The Largo for Strings, 1938 March 14
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Scope and Contents
Columbia Chamber Orchestra conducted by Bernard Herrmann
Announcement that this is the first performance of the Largo for strings. (0:00-0:31)
Dates
- 1938 March 14
Creator
- From the Collection: Ives, Charles, 1874-1954
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Sound recordings from this collection are available to stream online via the Gilmore Music Library's AV access system, Aviary. Links to access these recordings are provided in this finding aid. Yale users can login to Aviary using their Yale University ID, to stream these recordings without restriction. Other users are able to request access to recordings directly through Aviary.
However, Yale University Library has obtained the necessary permissions to stream, without restriction and regardless of access location, all recordings in this collection of John Kirkpatrick performing Ives' Concord Sonata. This incorporates the performances below.
- 1939-01-20: World Premiere, New York Town Hall. Complete performance.
- 1939-03-24: CBS Music Hour, Keyboard Concerts, WABC. Emerson and Alcotts only.
- 1939-03-31: CBS Music Hour, Keyboard Concerts, WABC. Hawthorne and Thoreau only.
- 1939-09-28: First complete radio broadcast. Composers Forum, WNYC.
- 1959-10-19: Emerson only.
- 1969-02-07: Complete recording. Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University.
Extent
1 Phonograph Records
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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