Research Catalog

Interview with Boris Kochno

Title
Interview with Boris Kochno, 1976
Author
Kochno, Boris
Publication
1976.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 35 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 35 minutes). Boris Kochno speaks with Nancy Reynolds about leaving Russia in 1917; meeting Serge Diaghilev; his work with Diaghilev and the Ballets russes; his artistic collaborations after Diaghilev's death including with George Balanchine; Les ballets des Champs-Elysées.
Donor/Sponsor
National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project
  • Dance Audio Archive
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Boris Kochno conducted by Nancy Reynolds on October 2, 1976 in Kochno's home in Paris, France, for the Oral History Project of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. In French.
  • For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 5-425.
  • Sound quality is good.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Funding (note)
  • The processing 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
*MGZTO 5-425
OCLC
37473894
Author
Kochno, Boris, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Boris Kochno, 1976
Imprint
1976.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Funding
The processing 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.
Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 35 minutes); polyester; half-track; 1.875 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto5425_v01f01_sc.
Event
Recorded by Nancy Reynolds October 2, 1976 Paris (France)
Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 5-425; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; polyester. Restored and rewound on a new reel in 2015 following water damage to the original recording.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-425; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
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Added Author
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-425
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