- Additional Authors
- Watts, Carolyn, 1914-2002
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 30 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 30 minutes). [Music; an unidentified male speaker introduces the program, Arabesques, speaker P.W. Manchester and host, Carolyn Watts.] P.W. Manchester speaks with Carolyn Watts about the origins of ballet in Renaissance spectacles in the French and Italian royal courts; the typically mythical themes; the emphasis on the patterns formed by the dancers rather than individual technique; the role of King Louis XIV in the development of ballet; the beginning of the shift from the court to the theater; Pierre Beauchamp and turn-out; Jean Baptiste Lully, first director of the Opéra de Paris [a recording of an excerpt of music written by Lully is played]; the shift to wearing costumes and the entry of women into ballet including Madame La Fontaine [a recording of an excerpt of music by Lully is played]; the contributions to ballet of Marie Carmargo and Maria Sallé [a recording of an excerpt of music by Jean-Philippe Rameau is played]; the "Flower ballet;" the advancement of male technique. [Music and closing remarks by unidentified male speaker.]
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of P.W. Manchester.
- Series Statement
- Arabesques ; no. 1
- Uniform Title
- Arabesques (Radio program)
- Arabesques ; no. 1.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- P.W. Manchester speaks with Carolyn Watts about the origins of ballet during the Baroque period, for the radio program Arabesques on WGUC-FM, the radio station of the University of Cincinnati; broadcast on the National Public Radio network; recorded in 1975.
- Sound quality is excellent.
- 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 5-488
- OCLC
- 39806191
- Author
Manchester, P. W. (Phyllis Winifred)
- Title
The origins of ballet : the Baroque period.
- Imprint
1975.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Series
Arabesques ; no. 1
Arabesques ; no. 1.
- 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 30 minutes); polyester; full-track; 3.75 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto5488_v01f01_sc.
- Event
Recorded by WGUC-FM, the radio station of the University of Cincinnati 1975 Cincinnati (Ohio)
- Local Note
Dubbing master: *MGZT 10-488. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; half track.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
1600-1699
- Local Subject
Male dancing.
Baroque dancing.
- Added Author
Watts, Carolyn, 1914-2002, speaker.
- Added Title
Arabesques (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-488