Backstage LA and "Backstage California" were weekly radio programs of in-depth interviews between artists of all disciplines, scholars, critics, and others exploring issues in the arts and humanities. In this show, Dorothy Crawford hosts a Tribute to Roger Wagner, who had died several weeks earlier. Robert Wagner was a conductor who became a preeminent choral music figure nationally and locally in the course of a career that spanned nearly five decades. In the mid-1940s, Wagner--then a church organist and choir director--took a handful of Los Angeles singers and shaped them into the Robert Wagner Chorale. For years, the group made recordings and toured in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. With the opening of the Music Center of Los Angeles County two decades later, Wagner co-founded the larger Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Type
sound
Format
Original 1/4 inch audio tape
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
calasus_00008
Language
English
Subject
Musicians--Biography
Time Period
1992-10-11
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Provenance
University of Southern California, USC Libraries, Special Collections California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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