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Film, Video Great conversations: the pianists

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Title

  • Great conversations: the pianists

Names

  • Fleisher, Leon (Interviewee)
  • Graffman, Gary (Interviewee)
  • Bronfman, Yefim (Interviewee)
  • Istomin, Eugene (Host)
  • Rosen, Peter (Producer)
  • Rosen, Charles (Interviewee)
  • Ax, Emanuel (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., New York, 2005

Headings

  • -  videorecording

Genre

  • videorecording

Notes

  • -  Library of Congress extended version.
  • -  Eugene Istomin and his fellow pianists Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Leon Fleisher, Gary Graffman, and Charles Rosen offer insights into the world of the piano as they discuss performance technique and adventures in recording, make humorous observations about their colleagues, and tell inside jokes about great musical icons. The conversations were filmed in the elegant surroundings of the Members' Room in the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building.
  • -  Program is early edited version and contains the title "The green room," which was later changed to "Great conversations."
  • -  "Program one."
  • -  In opening credits: "From the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C."
  • -  Additional credits: For the Music Division of the Library of Congress: Jon Newsom, chief; Jan Lauridsen, Assist. Chief, Ruth Foss, Program specialist.
  • -  Copyright Library of Congress. This program was made possible through the courtesy of Eugene Istomin. Artists' appearances are courtesy of themselves: Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Leon Fleisher, Gary Graffman, and Charles Rosen.

Medium

  • 1 digibeta videotape; duration: 60 min., 20 sec.

Source Collection

  • Great Conversations in Music

Repository

  • music division

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Online Format

  • video
  • pdf

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The programs for "Great Conversations in Music" were created and hosted by the late Eugene Istomin (1925-2003). The four-part series was commissioned by the Library of Congress in 2001 and produced and directed by Peter Rosen of Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. These programs are copyrighted by the Library of Congress. These programs were made possible through the courtesy of Eugene Istomin. His guests in these programs appear courtesy of themselves.

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Chicago citation style:

Fleisher, Leon, Gary Graffman, Yefim Bronfman, Eugene Istomin, Peter Rosen, Charles Rosen, and Emanuel Ax. Great Conversations: The Pianists. Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., New York, 2005. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/ihas.200031106/.

APA citation style:

Fleisher, L., Graffman, G., Bronfman, Y., Istomin, E., Rosen, P., Rosen, C. & Ax, E. (2005) Great Conversations: The Pianists. Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., New York. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/ihas.200031106/.

MLA citation style:

Fleisher, Leon, et al. Great Conversations: The Pianists. Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., New York, 2005. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/ihas.200031106/>.