Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Maria Theresa Duncan, 1978

Author

Maria-Theresa, 1896-1987

Publication

1978

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Rogosin, Elinor

Description

Three streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 17 minutes): digital

Summary

• Streaming audio file 1, approximately 25 minutes, and streaming audio file 2, approximately 40 minutes. [Almost all of streaming audio file 1 and the first approximate 24 minutes of streaming audio file 2 are in effect blank due to problems with the original recording.] Maria-Theresa, former pupil of Isadora Duncan and one of the Isadorables, speaks about Isadora's love for Russia and her creating of a dance to celebrate the Russian Revolution [1917-1921]; the conflict between Maria-Theresa's personal life and accompanying Isadora to Moscow; her problems in France; discovering art in Italy and working with Eleanora Duse [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 3].
• Streaming audio file 3, approximately 12 minutes. Maria Theresa continues to speak about her time in Italy and working with Eleanora Duse; she reminiscences about Isadora and the Duncan family; Isadora's dancing as the expression of the classic spirit.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Elinor Rogosin.

Subjects

• Maria-Theresa, 1896-1987 > Interviews
• Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
• Interviews (Sound recordings)

Genre/Form

• Interviews.
• Sound recordings.

Note

• Interview with Maria-Theresa Duncan conducted by Elinor Rogosin on December 12, 1978. Actual length of intelligible interview is approximately 28 minutes.
• Sound quality is fair to very poor. Almost all of streaming audio file 1 and the first approximate 24 minutes of streaming audio file 2 are in effect blank due to problems with the original recording. As a result, the actual length of the interview that is intelligible is approximately 28 minutes.
• Title supplied by cataloger.

Access (note)

• Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.

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)

• Elinor Rogosin

Call Number

*MGZTCO 3-689

OCLC

78278445

Author

Maria-Theresa, 1896-1987, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Maria Theresa Duncan, 1978

Production

1978

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

audio file

Restricted Access

Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.

Event

Recorded by Elinor Rogosin 1978, December 12

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: two sound cassettes (approximately one hour and 17 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3689_v01f01_sc, myd_mgztco3689_v01f02_sc, and myd_mgztco3689_v02f01_sc.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZTC 3-689

Source

Gift Elinor Rogosin

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Rogosin, Elinor, interviewer.