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Interview with Helen Tamiris

Title
Interview with Helen Tamiris [sound recording].
Author
Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966.
Publication
[1950 or 1951]

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Additional Authors
  • Terry, Walter.
  • 92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)
  • Oral history archive.
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010
Description
1 sound disc (ca. 26 min.) : digital.; (4 3/4 in.)
Summary
Helen Tamiris speaks with Walter Terry about how she and other choreographers pioneered concepts that became accepted principles of modern dance; the principles behind her choreography, especially her desire to communicate a particular truth; the influence on her choreography of the Great Depression [short gap]; her experiments with accompaniment, including her ideas regarding the relationship between music (or sound) and dance; her use of songs of the American Revolution [arranged by Geneviève Pitotin] in her dance Liberty song; her use of Negro songs of protest in How long, brethren? [compiled by Gellert and Siegmeister and arranged by Geneviève Pitotin]; Terry's concluding remarks.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Helen Tamiris conducted by Water Terry at the 92nd Street YMHA in New York City, in 1950 or 1951.
  • Sound quality overall is good, but there are occasional short gaps. In addition, in tracks 4- 5, the interviewee steps away from the microphone with the result that her voice is more difficult to hear and even at times inaudible.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation., 2009-2010.
System Details (note)
  • Transferred from 1 sound tape reel (ca. 26 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 7 in.; acetate, half track; originally recorded in 1950 or 1951) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-54
OCLC
631177411
Author
Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Helen Tamiris [sound recording].
Imprint
[1950 or 1951]
Funding
Preservation funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation., 2009-2010.
System Details
Transferred from 1 sound tape reel (ca. 26 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 7 in.; acetate, half track; originally recorded in 1950 or 1951) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZT 7-54
Archive original: *MGZTO 7-54
Added Author
Terry, Walter. Interviewer
92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)
Oral history archive.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-54
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