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Interview with Ella Fitzgerald, for Voices of VISTA #127

Description: Willis Conover interviews Ella Fitzgerald for "Voices of VISTA" program number 127. The short programs featured various celebrities and were used, like Treasury broadcasts in decades past, to promote the U.S. government's Volunteers in Service to America program.
Date: May 10, 1968
Duration: 16 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 5/10/1967

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 Prometheus Overture, Symphony No. 7 by… more
Date: May 10, 1967
Duration: 53 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/10/1966

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 Weber's Overture to Euryanthe and Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, and a feature on Toscanini's years in Parma.
Date: August 10, 1966
Duration: 54 minutes
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 11/10/1965

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 Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde and Elgar's Enigma Variations, and features "A Visit to Carnegie Hall".
Date: November 10, 1965
Duration: 55 minutes 01 second
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 3/10/1965

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 Cimarosa's Overture to The Secret Marriage and Wagner's Good Friday Music from Parsifal, and features an interview with Dr. Harry Gross.
Date: March 10, 1965
Duration: 30 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 2/10/1965

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 Verdi's Overture to Luisa Miller and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.
Date: February 10, 1965
Duration: 30 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 6/10/1964

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 Strauss's Death and Transfiguration and Don Juan.
Date: June 10, 1964
Duration: 53 minutes
Creator: Gillis, Don
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 7/10/1963

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 Mozart's Symphony No. 40, Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, and an interview with Howard Taubman.
Date: July 10, 1963
Duration: 54 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
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