Peter Kogan
Henry Denecke, Jr.
Interview
May 1993
University of
Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts
Division [paa]
1 box
(2.5 linear inches)
This collection includes
audio cassette tapes and transcriptions of an interview of former Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra timpanist by current Minnesota Orchestra timpanist, Peter
Kogan.
PA12L
English
Zone B, R6, D4, Shelf 15
Restrictions on Access
Materials are open to research without restriction.
Permission to examine this collection will be granted to any qualified
researcher upon completion of an application form. The original documents do
not circulate and may only be used in the Reading Room of the Manuscripts
Division.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to copy materials in this collection must be obtained from
Peter Kogan and Henry Denecke, Jr.
Preferred Citation
Henry Denecke, Jr. Interview (PA12L), Minnesota Orchestra Archives,
Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Acquisition
Collection was transferred to the archives in March 1994.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Leslie
Czechowski, May 2003.
Biographical History
Henry Denecke, Jr. was timpanist with the
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra for eleven years,
ending in 1952. Previously he had played with the Cleveland Symphony and the
Pittsburgh Symphony.
Peter Kogan is the Principal Timpanist of the
Minnesota Orchestra. In the introduction to the final transcript, Kogan says:
"About three years ago, I was coming off stage from a morning children's
concert, when
Marv Dahlgren introduced me to a distinguished
elderly gentleman with a proud bearing: Henry Denecke, Jr., his teacher and
former timpanist of the Minneapolis Symphony. What a surprise! I began
wondering about the wealth of knowledge and career experience he must have had.
So last May I found myself at his doorstep with a borrowed tape recorder and a
camera in hand."
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes audio cassette tapes and transcriptions of
interviews done by Peter Kogan of Henry Denecke, Jr. Because they are both
timpanists, the focus of the interviews was on drumming. Denecke discusses his
training under his father, his career as a timpanist, and details of
maintaining drums, sticks, etc. He also discusses his career as a conductor,
notably with the Northwest Sinfonietta, the Winnipeg Symphony, and the Cedar
Rapids (Iowa) Symphony.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
Denecke,
Henry, Jr.
Kogan, Peter
Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra
Drummers
(Musicians)--Minnesota
Detailed Contents
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection.
Henry Denecke, Jr. Interview
1993
Final transcript
Second corrected transcript
First corrected transcript
The transcription of the interview was heavily edited, probably
by Denecke.
Unedited transcription of taped interview
Newspaper clippings about Denecke
1942-51
Three cassette tapes