- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 58 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 58 minutes). John Gruen, host, speaks briefly about his guest Rudolf Nureyev and his upcoming performances in New York City [an excerpt, approximately 25 minutes long, of the music by Peter Illich Tchaikovsky for the ballet The sleeping beauty is played]; Gruen and Rudolf Nureyev speak about his upcoming performances with the National Ballet of Canada; Hans van Manen's ballet Four Schumann pieces; Nureyev's planned ballet Romeo and Juliet; his new production of The sleeping beauty; his role as [Rudolf] Valentino in the (1977) film Valentino [a recording of an excerpt from Robert Schumann's String quartet, op. 41, no. 3, in A major used in Hans van Manen's ballet Four Schumann pieces is played]; closing remarks and announcements.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Uniform Title
- Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Rudolf Nureyev conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on July 19, 1976 by radio station WNCN, New York on its series The sound of dance. The interview with Nureyev comprises less than half of the total recording and was recorded prior to the other sections.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair to poor. The speakers' voices are close to unintelligible at times, and the recording is marred by extraneous noise.
- 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.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-655 Side A
- OCLC
- 82407427
- Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Rudolf Nureyev, 1976
- Imprint
1976.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for broadcast by WNCN, New York 1976, July 19 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 cassette (approximately 58 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3655_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-655 Side A
- Source
Gift John Gruen
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- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Added Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-655 Side A