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Speech by José Limón at the Juilliard School

Title: Speech by José Limón at the Juilliard School [sound recording].
Author: Limón, José.
Publication: 1966.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Audio	Supervised use	*MGZTL 4-420	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description

1 sound disc (ca. 32 min.) : digital; (4 3/4 in.)

Summary

José Limón speaks about the close relationship between music and dance, with examples drawn from the music of Johann Sebastian Bach; the selection and use of music by Doris Humphrey, Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Leonide Massine, Antony Tudor, and Agnes de Mille; an anecdote about his wife [Pauline Lawrence] playing the accompaniment at a dance rehearsal; the difficulty of agreeing with the musicians on the tempo; his experiences with composers and musicians, including Villa-Lobos; Arnold Schoenberg; Paul Hindemith; Simon Sadoff; and Kodály; concluding remarks [ends abruptly].

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Note

Speech at the Juilliard School given by José Limón, on Oct. 5, 1966, in New York City.
Sound quality is good.

Funding (note)

Preservation funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010.

System Details (note)

Transferred from 1 sound tape reel (ca. 32 min.; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in.; half-track, polyester; originally recorded on Oct. 5, 1966) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.

Source (note)

Estate of Benjamin Harkarvy;

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-420

OCLC

77908573

Author

Limón, José.

Title

Speech by José Limón at the Juilliard School [sound recording].

Imprint

1966.

Funding

Preservation funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010.

System Details

Transferred from 1 sound tape reel (ca. 32 min.; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in.; half-track, polyester; originally recorded on Oct. 5, 1966) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZT 5-420

Archive original: *MGZTO 7-420

Source

Gift; Estate of Benjamin Harkarvy; 2003.

Added Author

Estate of Benjamin Harkarvy. Donor

Oral history archive.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation., 2009-2010

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-420

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