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Interview with Alicia Alonso

Title
Interview with Alicia Alonso [sound recording].
Author
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019
Publication
1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Cavett, Dick
  • National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
  • New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008.
  • Oral history archive.
Description
1 sound disc (ca. 60 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Interview with Alicia Alonso: audio portion of television show hosted by Dick Cavett (tracks 7-12, ca. 30 min.; begins ca. 2 min. into track 7). Music; introduction by Dick Cavett; music from footage being shown of Alicia Alonso dancing Giselle; Alonso speaks with Cavett about art as an essential element of humanity; her problems with her vision and the effect on her dancing; knowing when to retire; an anecdote about Igor Youskevitch; her feeling that her art is not limited by political concerns; an anecdote about performing in Eugene Loring's ballet Billy the Kid.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Alicia Alonso conducted by Dick Cavett as host; audio portion of a program telecast Oct. 17, 1977 on the WNET series the Dick Cavett show. The interview was recorded off the air.
  • Sound quality is fair. The voice of the interviewee, Alicia Alonso, is soft.
  • Tracks 1- 6 contain Interview with Edward Villella conducted by Rudolph Bing on the radio station WQXR on its series Artists can also talk.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
System Details (note)
  • Transferred from side B of one sound cassette (originally telecast on Oct. 17, 1977) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2008.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-627
OCLC
457914664
Author
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Alicia Alonso [sound recording].
Imprint
1977.
System Details
Transferred from side B of one sound cassette (originally telecast on Oct. 17, 1977) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2008.
Funding
Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-627 Side B
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-627
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-627, side B.
Added Author
Cavett, Dick, interviewee.
National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008.
Oral history archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-627
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