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History of Indiana University, 1968-1981


Interviewee
Allen, Ross September 21, 1970 

Call Number
70-008

Physical Description

49 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 120 minutes; index

Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Ross Allen was a member of the Department of Music's faculty beginning in 1953. He initially discusses the growing popularity of classical music in the United States and then moves on to explain the growth of Indiana University's Department of Music. He mentions the concept of the stage consecrating festival play. Mr. Allen is primarily interested in opera. He focuses on how the music department won fame and respect for their ability to perform the Wagner opera, Parsifal, annually and also, the times when the Metropolitan Opera came to perform at Indiana University.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Indiana University
    • Indiana University School of Music
    • Metropolitan Opera
    • Occupation Names
    • instrumentalist
    • music director
    • professor
    • singer
    • Personal Names
    • Bain, Wilfred C.
    • Bing, Rudolph
    • Hoffman, Ernst
    • Leger, Francine
    • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
    • Wagner, Richard
    • Weil, Kurt
    • Wells, Herman B.
    • Place Names
    • Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Germany
    • Linz, Austria
    • Salzburg, Austria
    • Subjects
    • Broadway
    • chamber work
    • German language
    • high school bands
    • music education
    • musical community
    • musical theater
    • opera
    • Parsifal
    • prima donnas
    • radio
    • television
    • World War II