Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Vera Stravinsky. June 14,1976, 1976.

Author

Stravinsky, Vera

Publication

1976

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Details

Additional Authors

Oswald, Genevieve

Description

3 sound discs (approximately one hour and 52 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Disc 1 (approximately 48 minutes). Vera Stravinsky speaks with Genevieve Oswald about the artistic and personal relationship between George Balanchine and her (late) husband, Igor Stravinsky, including their first collaboration for the Ballet russe, Rossignol [Le chant du rossignol; now known as The song of the nightingale]; the ballet Apollo; how they worked together; reminiscences of Serge Diaghilev including his respective relationships with Stravinsky and with Balanchine; Balanchine's ballet Stravinsky violin concerto; an anecdote about Serge Lifar; her thoughts on various ballets made to Stravinsky's music including Agon, The firebird, Rite of spring, and Jerome Robbins' Les noces [ends abruptly but continues on disc 2].
• Disc 2 (approximately 50 minutes). Vera Stravinsky continues to speak with Genevieve Oswald about George Balanchine and her (late) husband Igor Stravinsky; her personal life including Stravinsky's final illness and death; her current projects; personal aspects of Balanchine including a description of his apartment and Easter dinner at his home; his former wives including Tanaquil Le Clercq and Vera Zorina; Karin von Aroldingen and Suzanne Farrell; more on her relationship with Stravinsky and his children; Lillian Libman [ends abruptly].
• Disc 3 (approximately 14 minutes). Vera Stravinsky continues to speak with Genevieve Oswald about her (late) husband Igor Stravinsky and George Balanchine, in particular Stravinsky's personal qualities.

Alternative Title

Dance Oral History Project.

Subject

• Stravinsky, Vera
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
• Balanchine, George
• Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929
• Libman, Lillian
• Music and dance
• Audiotapes > Stravinsky, V

Note

• Interview with Vera Stravinsky conducted by Genevieve Oswald on June 14, 1976 at Stravinsky's home in New York City, for the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division's Oral History Project.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.

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 4-562

OCLC

144658484

Author

Stravinsky, Vera, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Vera Stravinsky. June 14,1976, 1976.

Production

1976

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Event

Recorded by Genevieve Oswald 1976, June 14 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 one hour and 52 minutes); 5 inches; polyester, half-track; 1 7/8 ips.; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.

Local Note

For transcript of interview: see *MGZMT 5-562

Former classmark: *MGZT 5-562

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Added Author

Oswald, Genevieve, interviewer.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-562