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Interview with Virgil Thomson
- Title
- Interview with Virgil Thomson [sound recording].
- Author
- Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
- Publication
- 1977.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-757 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 58 min.) : analog, mono.
- Summary
- SUMMARY: Composer Virgil Thomson discusses Satie's Socrate, with a set by Alexander Calder, and his own Four saints in three acts, libretto by Gertrude Stein, apropos of a forthcoming restaging of both works; recruiting Frederick Ashton to do the choreography for Four saints; describes the original production of Four saints; discusses Alexander Calder; Socrate. Recordings of selections from Socrate and Scene one of Four saints in three acts are played.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Subjects
- Note
- Host: John Gruen. Broadcast 6 Nov. 1977 by radio station WNCN-FM, New York on its series The sound of dance.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-757
- OCLC
- NYPY857022683-R
- Author
- Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Virgil Thomson [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1977.
- Local Note
- Archival original: *MGZTO 10-757; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester, full-track.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-757; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; full-track.Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Thomson, V.
- Added Author
- Gruen, John. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-757