- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 59 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 59 minutes). John Gruen, host, introduces his guest Ruth Page [unintelligible section]; Ruth Page speaks with Gruen about dancing in Anna Pavlova's company; dancing for Adolf Bolm; marrying Thomas Hart Fisher and joining the Diaghilev ballet [Ballets russes] on her honeymoon; her memories of Serge Diaghilev and the Ballets russes including George Balanchine; Aaron Copland and her work Hear ye! Hear ye!; creating ballets commissioned by the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration); her and Bentley Stone's work Frankie and Johnny; its reception in Paris, France including Serge Lifar's dislike of the work [a recording of music by Jerome Moross used in the work is played]; Adolf Bolm's Apollo; creating ballets based on operas including her work Carmen; Harald Kreutzberg and her visits to Japan, in 1928 and 1934; the Chicago Ballet [a recording of music by Georges Bizet from Carmen is played]; an anecdote about Maurice Ravel; various artists with whom she worked; what she thinks of the dance companies she sees perform today; her upcoming book [Gruen's closing remarks; music; ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio programs.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Host: John Gruen. Broadcast Feb. 16, 1976 by radio station WNCN-FM, New York on its series The sound of dance.
- Interview with Ruth Page conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on February 16, 1976 by radio station WNCN-FM, New York on its series The sound of dance.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality ranges from poor to fair. The first approximate three minutes of the recording are very difficult to understand and at times completely unintelligible. Thereafter, sound quality greatly improves, but volume is low.
- 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
- *MGZTCO 3-319 Side A
- OCLC
- 144657326
- Author
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Ruth Page, 1976
- Production
1976
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded by WNCN-FM, New York 1976, February 16 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 cassette (approximately 59 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3319_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-319 Side A.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Opera ballet.
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Added Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-319 Side A