LC Control No.: 2007652808
Type of Material: Music Sound Recording
Corporate Name: Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York. prf
Main Title: Lewisohn Stadium concert. [1958-06-23] [sound recording].
Published/Created: [2004]
Related Names: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. cnd
Cha?vez, Carlos, 1899-1978. Symphonies, no. 2.
Harris, Roy, 1898-1979. Symphonies, no. 3.
Voice of America Music Library Collection (Library of Congress)
Related Titles: Star-spangled banner (Song); arr.
Description: 2 sound files (46 min., 58 sec.) : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Access Advisory: Due to copyright or other restrictions, online playback of audio files is limited to authorized sites.
Contents: Star spangled banner (3:01) -- Sinfonia India / Carlos Chavez (12:33) -- Symphony no. 3 / Roy Harris (17:45).
Notes: Title from original containers; cataloged from audition, containers, and other reference sources.
Copy made by the VOA for possible broadcast.
Digital preservation master recorded from original master analog tapes by the Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory in 2004.
For many recordings in this collection there are cue sheets, playlists, concert brochures, and/or other accompanying documents on file in the MBRS Recorded Sound Section VOA tape paperwork file.
Recording lacks Piano concerto in G major / Maurice Ravel, played by Leonard Bernstein from original concert.
Recorded and broadcast by WNYC, June 23, 1958, Lewisohn Stadium, City College of New York, New York, N.Y.
Cast: Stadium Symphony Orchestra ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Additional Formats: Original masters: [Washington, D.C. : Voice of America, 1958] 2 sound tape reels : analog, 15 ips, mono. ; 10 in. RAA 29990-29991. MAVIS title no.: 219277.
Subjects: National songs--United States--Instrumental settings.
Symphonies.
Form/Genre: Western art music--Radio.
Other System No.: (DLC)mavis219277

Host commentary:
"As in past seasons, your city station will broadcast the stadium concerts each Wednesday evening. A new wrinkle has been added this season for the benefit of high fidelity fans in the audience. WNYC and WNYC FM are broadcasting these concerts stereophonically. That is to say, listeners with separate AM and FM receivers will be able to listen these programs with an added dimension of realism by tuning in both their AM and FM sets. Stereophonic recording has been a revolutionary advance in the science of sound reproduction. It is as different from ordinary high fidelity as a stereo photograph in full color is from a regular, flat, black and white snapshot. The stereo photo seen by both eyes shows perspective, and depth. When you close one eye, the illusion of space and depth disappears. In effect, ordinary high fidelity recording, or single channel recording is very much like closing off one ear. Your sense of direction can determine where the loudspeaker is located. The sounds being reproduced remain flat and without perspective because they originate from a point instead of being spread across the audio panorama in their natural relationships. Stereophonic sound, then, is for both ears. Two separate microphones are used to record, and to transmit two separate tracks on a tape if we're recording, or to transmit two separate sections of an orchestra, so to speak, if we're broadcasting live. Played back on tape, through two separate amplifiers and speakers, the original spatial relationship is preserved to bring you audio realism. Stereophonic broadcasts from the studios of WNYC have emanated for the past year. But this is the first major concert to be broadcast by your municipal station stereophonically. We're interested in response from our listeners on the reception of this binaural broadcast. The practice, if satisfactory, may be extended to others of our large group of broadcasts covering New York's musical scene."

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