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Music USA #2205-B, South African jazz opera "King Kong"

Description: The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, featuring a brief interview with Miriam Makeba, and the South African jazz opera "King Kong." This program was broadcast on January 11, 1961, and rebroadcast as Music USA #2387-B on July 12, 1961.
Date: October 13, 1960
Duration: 45 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 11/13/1963

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Wagner's Die Meistersinger, Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 and an interview with Samuel Chotzinoff.
Date: November 13, 1963
Duration: 55 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 1/13/1965

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Wagner's Death and Funeral Music and Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin, and features an interview with Toscanini biographer Harvey Sachs.
Date: January 13, 1965
Duration: 30 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 10/13/1965

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes rehearsal and performance of Cherubini's Symphony in D Major.
Date: October 13, 1965
Duration: 54 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 4/13/1966

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre, Liadov's Kikimora, and Saint-Saëns's Symphony No. 3.
Date: April 13, 1966
Duration: 55 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 7/13/1966

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Rossini's Overture to William Tell, Strauss's Blue Danube Waltz and Wagner's Siegfried's Idyll, and an interview with train porter James Moon.
Date: July 13, 1966
Duration: 54 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 9/13/1967

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: Centennial Series,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and was a subset of the radio series "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend". The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Un ballo in maschera, Act III, Scene 1… more
Date: September 13, 1967
Duration: 54 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 12/13/1967

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: Centennial Series,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and was a subset of the radio series "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend". The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Symphony No. 4 "Italian" by Felix Mend… more
Date: December 13, 1967
Duration: 53 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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