- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 21 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 35 minutes). In preparation for writing a biography of August Bournonville, Walter Terry reads excerpts from Bournonville's autobiography, My theatre life, in which the choreographer describes how he created several of his ballets including the Flower festival in Genzano [Blomsterfesten i Genzano], Napoli, Far from Denmark [Fjernt fra Danmark; eller Et Costumebal ombord], Kermesse in Bruges [Kermessen i Brügge; eller De tre Gaver], A folk tale [Folkesagn], and La sylphide. Terry occasionally interpolates a brief comment.
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 46 minutes). Walter Terry records his thoughts on the Royal Danish Ballet's Bournonville Festival, held in honor of the centenary of August Bournonville's death; he describes the company's [pre-Festival] performances of a number of Bournonville ballets including the Flower festival in Genzano [Blomsterfesten i Genzano], Life guards on Amager Point [sometimes referred to as The King's voluntary corps on Amager], Conservatoriet; and Kermesse in Bruges [Kermessen i Brügge; eller De tre Gaver]; an exhibition he saw on Bournonville and the Danish Royal Ballet [Kongelige Danske ballet]; his thoughts on a performance he saw of Fleming Flindt's The triumph of death; a dress rehearsal he saw of Bournonville's A folk tale [Folkesagn] as well as a performance of La sylphide; opening night of the Festival including a description of the performance he saw of Far from Denmark [Fjernt fra Danmark; eller Et Costumebal ombord]; a performance he saw of Napoli; other performances he saw [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
- Subjects
- Note
- Walter Terry, as part of his preparation for writing a biography of August Bournonville entitled: The King's ballet master: a biography of Denmark's August Bournonville (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1979), records himself reading out loud from (an English language translation of) Bournonville's autobiography, My theatre life (approximately 35 minutes.) In the second part of the recording, Terry records his thoughts on the Royal Danish Ballet's Bournonville Festival, in November 1979, in Copenhagen, Denmark (approximately 46 minutes).
- Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise 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 3-887
- OCLC
- 84095530
- Author
Terry, Walter.
- Title
Notes for The king's ballet master, a biography of Auguste Bournonville: Notes on the Bournonville Festival, 1979/ Walter Terry
- Imprint
1979.
- 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 Walter Terry 1979 Copenhagen (Denmark)
- 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 one hour and 21 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015 : myd_mgztco3887_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3887_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-887
- Source
Gift Walter Terry
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- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-887