Research Catalog

Title

Interview with John Gruen incorporating interview with Rudolf Nureyev. January 22, 1975, 1975.

Author

Gruen, John

Publication

1975

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Details

Additional Authors

• Francis, Arlene
• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993

Description

1 sound disc (approximately 47 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Interview with John Gruen (approximately 47 minutes), [Introductory remarks and station identification by Henry Gladstone]. Arlene Francis [host of the Arlene Francis show] and John Gruen speak about Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov; several noted ballerinas including Natalia Makarova and Cynthia Gregory; the content of the program currently being presented by Nureyev and Friends at the Uris Theatre; [beginning at approximately 9:20 minutes into the recording, Francis plays an excerpt from a recording of her interview with Nureyev, conducted on January 21, 1975; in this excerpt Nureyev speaks about the difference between dancing at the Metropolitan Opera House and at the Uris Theatre and the developing of style]; Gruen and Francis speak about the difference between style and personal charisma [commercial announcements]; Gruen and Francis discuss Nureyev's partnership with Margot Fonteyn; [beginning at approximately 22:21 minutes into the recording, Francis plays an additional excerpt from her interview with Nureyev; in this excerpt Nureyev speaks about dancing with different partners and the status of ballet in the United States compared with that in Russia]; Gruen and Francis speak about the artistic constraints on ballet dancers in the [former] Soviet Union [commercial announcements]; [beginning at approximately 33:10 minutes to the recording Francis plays an additional excerpt from her interview with Nureyev; in this excerpt Nureyev speaks about his leisure activities including what he watches on television; his diet; his teacher [Aleksandr Ivanovich] Pushkin; his school]; Gruen and Francis discuss Nureyev's late start as a ballet dancer, at age 17; [beginning at approximately 39:38 minutes into the recording Francis plays an additional excerpt from her interview with Nureyev; Nureyev speaks about living in the United States]; [commercial announcements]; Gruen and Francis speak about Nureyev's broad artistic curiosity.

Uniform Title

Arlene Francis show (Radio program)

Subjects

• Radio commercials
• Audiotapes > Gruen, J
• Audiotapes > Nureyev, R
• Gruen, John > Interviews
• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993 > Interviews

Genre/Form

Radio commercials.

Note

• Interview with John Gruen conducted by Arlene Francis, as host, for the radio station WOR, New York, on its series the Arlene Francis show, on January 22, 1975, for broadcast on that date. In the course of the interview, Francis plays excerpts from a recording of the interview she conducted with Rudolf Nureyev on January 21, 1975 in his dressing room at the Uris Theater. The recording also includes commercial announcements.
• Sound quality is excellent in the portions recorded directly of John Gruen and Arlene Francis. The sound quality is fair to poor in the case of the excerpts of the recorded interview with Rudolf Nureyev that Francis plays in the course of her interview with Gruen.
• Title supplied by cataloger.

Funding (note)

• The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-245

OCLC

83355251

Author

Gruen, John, interviewee.

Title

Interview with John Gruen incorporating interview with Rudolf Nureyev. January 22, 1975, 1975.

Production

1975

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Event

Recorded by Arlene Francis for radio station WOR, New York 1975, January 22 New York (N.Y.)

Funding

The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Original Version

Original format: one sound reel (approximately 47 minutes); 7 inches; 3.75 ips., mono; full track originally recorded by Arlene Francis for the WOR radio station in New York City, on January 22, 1976; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.

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Added Author

Francis, Arlene, interviewer.

Gruen, John, interviewee.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, interviewee.

Added Title

Arlene Francis show (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-245