Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1922 April 13 | Born David Jerome Oppenheim in Detroit, Michigan |
| circa 1929 | Attended Juilliard for one year Studied with Arthur Christmann |
| 1936-1939 | Studied with Gusatve Langenus at Interlochen Arts Camp |
| 1942 | Began studies at the Tanglewood Music Festival for several summers Met and befriended Leonard Bernstein Bernstein dedicated his Clarinet Sonata to Oppenheim Performed under several conductors, including Toscanini, Stokowski, Stravinsky, and Bernstein |
| 1943 | Graduated from Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Rufus Mont Arey |
| circa 1944 | Served as an anti-tank gunner during World War Two |
| 1947 | Recorded Schubert's Der hirt auf dem Felsen with soprano Dorothy Maynor and pianist George Schick on the Victor Red Seal label |
| 1948-1957 | Was married to Judy Holliday |
| late 1940s | Principal clarinetist with the New York Symphony Orchestra |
| circa 1950 | Performed on album Erna Berger Sings Mozart and Schubert for RCA Victor |
| 1950-1959 | Director of the Masterworks division at Columbia Records |
| 1952 | Premiered David Diamond’s Quintet for clarinet, two violas, and two cellos |
| 1952 November 10 | Son Jonathan Louis Oppenheim was born |
| 1953 | Recorded Douglas Moore's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings with the New Music String Quartet for Columbia Masterworks Recorded Aaron Copland's Sextet with pianist Leonid Hambro, violist Ferenc Molnar, and the Juilliard String Quartet for Columbia Masterworks |
| 1954 | Recorded Alec Wilder’s Antoniette the Clarinet for Golden Records |
| 1955 | Recorded Igor Stravinsky's L’histoire du soldat and Octet for Wind Instruments for Columbia Masterworks |
| 1955 August | Performed Brahms' Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 114 with the Budpaest String Quartet at the Library of Congress |
| 1956 | Recorded the Brahms Clarinet Quintet with the Budapest Quartet for Columbia Masterworks |
| 1957-1978 | Married to Ellen Adler |
| 1958 February 7 | Daughter Sara Elizabeth Oppenheim was born |
| 1958 | Recorded Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581 with the Budapest Quartet |
| 1959 January | Performed the Mozart Clarinet Quintet with the Budapest String Quartet at the Library of Congress |
| 1959 June 4 | Son Thomas Oppenheim was born |
| 1959 | Recorded Stravinsky's Octet for Wind Instruments for Columbia Masterworks Served as music consultant for two episodes of Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts |
| 1961 | Recorded on Igor Stravinsky Conducts for Columbia |
| 1962-1967 | Writer and producer at CBS |
| 1963-1964 | Executive producer for twelve episodes of the television series Here’s Edie |
| 1964 | Wrote, produced, and directed the television program Casals at 88, which won the Prix Italia |
| 1966 | Wrote and produced the episode "Stravinsky: Portrait of a Great Composer" for the television series Sunday Night |
| 1967 | Co-wrote and produced the television documentary Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution |
| 1969 February 1 | Became the second dean of the New York University (NYU) School of the Arts |
| 1982-1985 | As dean, solicited and secured a $7.5 million donation from brothers Laurence A. and Preston Robert Tisch NYU School of the Arts renamed the Tisch School of the Arts Curriculum was vastly expanded, and activities were centralized in a new building at 721 Broadway |
| 1983-1987 | Tony Awards nominating committee member |
| 1987-2007 | Married to Patricia Jaffe |
| 1991 | Retired as dean of Tisch School of the Arts |
| 2007 November 14 | Died in New York City |