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Musicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Larry Freund interviews with Esther Hoffman

 Collection
Identifier: MP-0022-01
Abstract

This collection consists of transcripts of seventeen interviews with Esther Hoffman Wexler (1918-2014), conducted by her cousin, Lawrence Freund, between 2012 and 2014. Hoffman, a Canadian-born concert pianist and a longtime piano teacher at the Mannes College of Music (which became a division of The New School in 1989), discusses her life experiences and her career as a musician and as a teacher in New York City and Toronto.

Dates: 2012-2014

Musicians on Music event recordings

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-07-02-30
Abstract

Between 1988 and 1990, The New School hosted an interview series, "Musicians on Music," organized and moderated by music critic Joan Thomson Kretschmer. The collection consists of analog audio and video tapes documenting Kretschmer and her guests at the university, including classical music conductors, singers, and performers.

Dates: 1988-1990

Speaking of Music, and Other Things event recordings

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-07-02-64
Abstract

“Speaking of Music, and Other Things” was a public interview series held at The New School, consisting of conversations between concert promoter Daniel Kapilian and popular musician guests. The collection consists of sound recordings of these interviews.

Dates: 1990-1991