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Oral History of American Music Collections Guide: Steinway & Sons

OHIV: Steinway & Sons Oral History

The Steinway & Sons Oral History traces the history of Steinway & Sons through its years as a family business until its acquisition by CBS in 1972. 120 interviews provide a multi-level look at a major musical institution whose impact on musical culture in the United States and abroad has been significant. Included are Steinway family members, piano technicians, factory workers, Steinway agents, and concert artists. To name a few of the last: Claudio Arrau, Arthur Balsam, Lazar Berman, Alfred Brendel, Van Cliburn, Misha Dichter, Gary Graffman, Lorin Hollander, Grant Johannesen, Lili Kraus, William Masselos, Garrick Olsson, Murray Perahia, Charles Rosen, Artur Rubinstein, Rudolf Serkin, McCoy Tyner.

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INTERVIEWEES:

A


Allen, Rodgie
Arrau, Claudio

B


Balsam, Arthur
Bammann, Henry
Barber, Anthony
Berman, Lazar
Bernuth, Sirley
Bogyos, John
Borell, Stephen
Brendel, Alfred
Bruhn, Gretel and Elizabeth Peterson

C


Casadesus, Gaby
Chapin, Schuyler
Chasins, Abram
Cliburn, Van
Comstock, Peter
Cushing, Howard

D


Danforth, Mrs. Francis J.
Dichter, Misha
Dorfman, Ania
Drasche, Fred
Ducksch, Robert and Gerhard Andacht
Durham, R. Gregory

E


Esteban, Julio

F


Fiocco, Anthony
Firkusny, Rudolf
Firstenberg, Harry
Fitzgerald, Winston
Frank, Claude
Furlong, John

G


Gigax, Richard
Glazebrook, Michael
Glazebrook, Robert
Glazer, Frank
Gould, Morton
Graffman, Gary and Naomi and Roger Clemens

H


Hamlin, Barbara
Hanlet, Alexandre
Hart, Walter
Henderson, Skitch
Hollander, Lorin
Hupfer, William

I


Ijams, Mrs. J. Horton

J


Johannesen, Grant
Jordan, Alice

K


Keene, Constance
Kehr, Ernest
Kittredge, Marjorie
Kraus, Lili

L


Lateiner, Jacob
Lee, Noel
Lewenthal, Raymond
Lipkin, Seymour
List, Eugene
Little, Ray
Livingstone, Robert
Lodge, Mrs. Henry L.
Lympany, Moura

M


de Majewski, Roman
Masselos, William
Menuhin, Jeremy
Mills, Henry
Mohr, Franz
Moseley, Carlos
Mueller, Erich
Murphy, Sr., Paul G.

N


Newton, Ivor

O


Ohlsson, Garrick
Orcutt, Edwin and Rosabelle

P


Pace, Robert
Paige, H. Ray
Paley, William
Peckerman, Edward
Perahia, Murray
Pirola, Joseph
Pompa, Anthony
Pramberger, P. and J.

R


Reisenberg, Nadia
Rosen, Charles
Ross, John
Rubin, David
Rubinstein, Artur
Rush, Clarence

S


Sandor, Gyorgy
Schang, Fred
Schein, Harvey
Schmitt, Robert P.
Sehringer, Charles
Serkin, Peter
Serkin, Rudolph
Shelley, Warner
Simon, Abbey
Smith, J. Ascher
Squibb, Lionel
Steinway, Charles
Steinway, Frederick
Steinway, Henry E.
Steinway, Henry Z.
Steinway, John Howland
Steinway, Polly
Steinway, Ruth Davis
Steinway, Virginia
Steinway, William T.
Steinway-Chapin, Betty
Steinway-Chapin, Theodore
Steinway-Cochrane, Lydia
Steinway-Ziegler, Henry
Streep, Jr., F.D.

T


Taylor, Billy
Tetzlaff, Gurtay
Tureck, Rosalyn
Turowski, Henry
Tyner, McCoy

U


Ultes, Jr., Carl Thomas

V


Vietor, Marjorie
Vronsky, Vitya

W


Walsh, Frank
Werlein, Philip
Williams, Douglas

Z


Ziegler, John C.
Ziegler, Julia