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The dome, no. 1 and Mozart's fortieth symphony commentary

Title
The dome, no. 1 and Mozart's fortieth symphony commentary [sound recording].
Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
Publication
1951.

Details

Additional Authors
  • National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
  • New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008.
  • Ted Shawn collection. Oral history archive.
Found In
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972. [Commentary to accompany filmed dances], pt. 1.
Summary
Track 7: The dome, no. 1 and Mozart's fortieth symphony commentary (ca. 12 min.). Ted Shawn speaks about dancing to symphonic music; music visualization (correlating choreography to musical structure), his early experiments with music visualization at the Denishawn School resulting in his dances Two part invention, no. 4 and Three part invention, no. 12; the relationship of the choreography to musical structure in his dance Sixth prelude from The well tempered clavichord; Barton Mumaw's work Bourree; Shawn's dance Arioso [The dome]; his "synchoric" choreography for Mozart's fortieth symphony and its performances at Jacob's Pillow in Lee, Mass. and in New York. [There is a brief gap at ca. 10:20.}
Subjects
Note
  • Introductory commentary by Ted Shawn for the films of his dances The dome, no. 1 and Mozart's fortieth symphony, recorded in 1951 at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, in Lee, Mass.
  • Sound quality is fair. There is some distortion in the voice.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-39, pt. 7
OCLC
78601240
Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972. Speaker
Title
The dome, no. 1 and Mozart's fortieth symphony commentary [sound recording].
Imprint
1951.
Funding
Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
Local Note
For the film of The dome, no. 1 see entry under: *MGZHB 4-281. For the film of Mozart's fortieth symphony see *MGZHB 4-288.
Request *MGZTL 4-39, track 7
Added Author
National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008.
Ted Shawn collection. Oral history archive.
Found In:
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972. [Commentary to accompany filmed dances], pt. 1.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-39, pt. 7
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