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Abram Chasins oral history collection

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Held at: Curtis Institute of Music Archives [Contact Us]1720 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

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Call Number:
MSS 09
Repository:
Curtis Institute of Music Archives
Extent:
1.25 linear feet ((7) reels and (4) folders)
Language:
English
Date:
1977
Creator:
Livingston, Joshua
Abstract:
This collection contains (7) 7" reel-to-reel tapes and transcriptions of interviews with Chasins about his career and work as director of the WQXR radio station. The interviews were conducted by student Joshua Livingston as part of an oral history program at MIT.

Russian-born pianist and composer Abram Chasins studied piano at Curtis under Josef Hofmann from 1926 to 1934 while simultaneously teaching elementary piano from 1927 to 1934. He was associated with the WQXR radio station in New York from 1941 to 1965, serving as the station's director from 1946.

Donated by Joshua Livingston in 2002.

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Publisher
Curtis Institute of Music Archives
Finding Aid Author
Kristina Wilson
Finding Aid Date
2016
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Collection Inventory

audiotapes, 22-31 August 1977.
Reel 1-7
Session 1 transcript, 22 August 1977.
Box MSS C
Session 2 transcript, 23 August 1977.
Box MSS C
Session 3 transcript, 29 August 1977.
Box MSS C
Session 4 transcript, 31 August 1977.
Box MSS C

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