- Additional Authors
- Partlon, Kathleen Slagle.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (approximately 45 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 32 minutes). Dorothy Bird speaks about her recent trip to Saratoga [Saratoga Springs,N.Y.] with John Martin, in particular, their conversation about Louis Horst and his influence on Martha Graham; Martin's thoughts on how Stravinsky, Picasso, and Graham were alike in their artistic methods, and how they differed from George Balanchine; the relationship between Horst and Graham including his constant challenging of her work; the pleasures of country life, especially gardening; the contrast between the slums and the magnificent public buildings in Albany, New York; a dance history course she is developing [ends abruptly].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 13 minutes). Kathleen Slagle Partion speaks with Dorothy Bird about the relationship between Louis Horst and Martha Graham; Bird speaks about her feelings about Graham and Horst including how they have changed since her conversation with John Martin; seeing Orson Welles rehearsing the role of Tybalt.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Dorothy Bird.
- Subject
- Horst, Louis
- Martin, John, 1893-1985
- Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996
- Graham, Martha
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
- Audiotapes > Bird, D
- Audiotapes > Partlon, K
- Genre/Form
- Oral histories.
- Note
- Dorothy Bird speaks about Louis Horst and Martha Graham. Kathleen Slagle Partion speaks, briefly, with Bird about Horst and Graham. The recording contained in streaming audio file 1 was recorded, in part, on September 19, 1975. The conversation with Partion, which is in the beginning of streaming audio file 2, was recorded on September 27, 1975. The location is not identified, but may be in Merrick, New York.
- Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by "tape hiss" and short gaps.
- 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)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-906
- OCLC
- 81402094
- Author
Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
- Title
Thoughts on Louis Horst and Martha Graham/ Dorothy Bird and Kathleen Slagle Partlon, 1975
- Imprint
1975.
- 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 Dorothy Bird September, 1975
- 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 45 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015 : myd_mgztco3906_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3906_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-906
- Source
Gift Dorothy Bird
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Partlon, Kathleen Slagle.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-906