The U.S. had these Human Rights Day concerts recorded regularly.  They came 
on 16" discs.  VOA may have issued it.  The UN probably issued it to 
international radio stations, etc.

The UN used to have a librarian for audio- dunno how that evolved ther at 
present.

Steve Smolian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcos Sueiro Bal" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 5:28 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Heifetz recording at the U.N.


> Hello,
>
> I am forwarding a forwarded request. Apologies for cross-posting.
>
> Marcos
>
>
>
> Greetings, one and all:
>
>        A colleague at the Library of Congress wonders if anyone can
> help
> with the question below? I gather the person who asked him this
> wishes to locate the master tape in order to reissue it.
>
>        My immediate thought is that if the tape has announcements
> it was
> probably recorded off the air, at home, by an amateur, and that
> finding that master tape will probably be like looking for a
> needle in a haystack--and that's if he's lucky.
>
>        Thanks for any light anyone can shed.
>
>
>
>
> The date:  December 9, 1959.
>
> The place:  The General Assembly Hall of the United Nations, New
> York City, New York.
>
> The performers:  Jascha Heifetz, violin, Detroit Symphony
> Orchestra, Paul Paray, conductor.
>
> The piece:  Beethoven Violin Concerto, op. 61, D major
>
> The occasion:  part of the festivities for Human Rights Day,
> which is December 10.
>
> The situation:  someone has a tape of this performance (complete
> with announcer) and is wondering whether there is a master, and
> if there is, who might have it.  The gentleman has been asked to
> contact UN Multimedia and the Detroit SO.
>
> Don't know whether the tape the gentleman has is taken from a
> broadcast or a copy of another tape.
>
>
> ***
>
> Marcos Sueiro Bal
> Audio/Moving Image Project Archivist
> Columbia University Libraries
>
>
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