Renaissance man of Bay Area music
Subtitle: tenor, teacher, administrator, impresario
By: James H. Schwabacher, Jr. ; with introduction by Marvin Tartak. Interviews conducted by Caroline C. Crawford in 1999. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Crawford, Caroline; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2001
Subjects: Schwabacher-Frey Company.; San Francisco Opera.; Merola Opera Program.; Spring Opera Theater (San Francisco); Schwabacher Debut Recitals.; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.; San Francisco Conservatory of Music.; San Francisco Performances.; Tenors (Singers) -- California -- Interviews.; Impresarios -- California -- Interviews.; Music -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; Opera -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: University of California Source of community leaders oral history series.
Description: Early years in San Francisco; the Fleishhacker, Dinkelspiel and Schwabacher families; UC Berkeley Department of Music, 1937-1941; Jan Popper and the Stanford University Department of Music, 1945; Schwabacher-Frey Printers and Stationers, 1905-1959; performing oratorio and opera; teaching young singers; thoughts on vocal interpretation, the role of Bach's Evangelist, master classes; Bay Area music organizations: San Francisco Opera, Merola Opera Program and Spring Opera Theater; San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Performances, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Schwabacher Debut Recitals.