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Oral history interview with Victor Alessandro

Interviewee:
Alessandro, Victor  Search this
Interviewer:
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this
Creator:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Names:
Federal Music Project (Okla.)  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this
Extent:
20 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Interviews
Date:
1965 May 12
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Victor Alessandro conducted 1965 May 12, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art.
Alessandro describes his work as conductor of the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra under the Federal Music Project, and he discusses the value of Work Projects Administration art programs.
Biographical / Historical:
Victor Alessandro (1915-1976) was the Symphony conductor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. and San Antonio, Texas. Worked under the Federal Music Project.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 46 minutes.
Provenance:
This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Restrictions:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Topic:
Federal aid to the performing arts  Search this
Music -- Oklahoma  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Conductors (Music) -- Oklahoma -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.alessa65
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw950ca80eb-faeb-464c-9325-3a3b1aa88cd5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-alessa65
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Victor Alessandro, 1965 May 12

Interviewee:
Alessandro, Victor, 1915-1976  Search this
Interviewer:
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this
Subject:
United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this
Federal Music Project (Okla.)  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Victor Alessandro, 1965 May 12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the performing arts  Search this
Music -- Oklahoma  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Conductors (Music) -- Oklahoma -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13107
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213360
AAA_collcode_alessa65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213360
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