Minot Beale (BSO Violin, 1927-1967) oral history interview: Beale, Everett, interviewee, 1992-02-10T00:00:00+00:00, 2023-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

Item — Box: 01 - MC5, Tape: 10, Side: A

Identifier: MC5, Box 01, Tape 10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Cassette 10: Oral history conducted by Robert Ripley on February 10, 1992, Everett Beale is Minot Beale's son.

PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT

Tape 10, Side A

Interviewer: Bob Ripley Interviewee: Everett Beale Subject: Minot Beale Date: February 10, 1992 Location: Symphony Hall

0:11 INTERVIEW BEGINS

0:29-3:17 Early Life; attended New England Conservatory, 27:33 teacher was ANDRECHEK(sp?)

3:17-4:30 audition, conducted New England Conservatory, KOUSSEVITZKY attended performance and invited him to join orchestra

4:30-5:55 story of his first concert

6:03-6:39 early days, pre-unionization; long rehearsals

6:45-8:40 conducting experience, formed quintets like the "Aoilians"

11:55-12:30 army experience

12:35-14:00 personality memories

14:00-15:35 time in BSO

15:35-21:00 memories of KOUSSEVITZKY on WBUS series; quoting Minot about Koussevitzky's personality and conducting style/variations [Everett seems to be quoting this WBUS series]

19:45 "You'd have to be made of stone not to deliver [to KOUSSEVITZKY]... It's like being in an army batallion under a great general."

21:00-25:40 photography practice

26:30-27:30 Minot's late life

28:21 joys of being in BSO together as father and son

29:18 INTERVIEW ENDS