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Interview with May Gadd

Title: Interview with May Gadd [sound recording].
Author: Gadd, May.
Publication: 1965.

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Description

1 sound disc (ca. 26 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

May Gadd speaks with Marion Horosko about the founding of the Country Dance Society of America as originating with the visit to the U.S. of Cecil Sharp; the difference between folk dancing and country dancing; Sharp's research regarding U.S. country dancing; the origins and development of country dancing; the weekly dance sessions conducted by the Society; her background; the Queen's jig; [a recording of John Playford's Queen's jig is played]; English sword dances; the mutual influence of ballroom and folk dancing; square dancing in the U.S.; balancing preservation and innovation in country dancing; the Society's activities.

Uniform Title

Profiles (Radio program)

Subject

Note

Interview with May Gadd conducted by Marian Horosko for radio station WNYC, New York City, as part of its series Profiles, in 1965, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Country Dance Society of America.

Funding (note)

Preservation was funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, 2010-2011 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2010-2011.

System Details (note)

Transferred from 1 sound tape reel (ca. 26 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in.; acetate, half track; originally recorded in 1965) to wav file and compact disc formats in Oct. 2010. Note: catalog record as of 10/2010 states that reel is dual track but sound engineer report states that it is half track.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2046

OCLC

37473870

Author

Gadd, May. Interviewee

Title

Interview with May Gadd [sound recording].

Imprint

1965.

System Details

Transferred from 1 sound tape reel (ca. 26 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in.; acetate, half track; originally recorded in 1965) to wav file and compact disc formats in Oct. 2010. Note: catalog record as of 10/2010 states that reel is dual track but sound engineer report states that it is half track.

Funding

Preservation was funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, 2010-2011 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2010-2011.

Local Note

Sound quality is good overall.

Former call number: *MGZTC 3-2046

Archival original: *MGZTO 5-27

Added Author

Horosko, Marian. Interviewer

National Endowment for the Arts, 2010-2011.

New York State Council on the Arts, 2010-2011.

Oral history archive.

Added Title

Profiles (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2046

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