- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 17 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 17 minutes). Agnes de Mille reminisces about the opening night of Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre), in 1940; De Mille reads a letter from President Gerald Ford and speaks about Lucia Chase's enormous contribution to ballet in the United States; Angier Biddle Duke, New York City Commissioner of Civic and Public Affairs, on behalf of the City of New York, awards the Handel Medallion to Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith; Chase accepts the award and expresses her gratitude to Oliver Smith and the dancers and staff of American Ballet Theatre [music and applause].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Estate of Lucia Chase.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Thirty-fifth Anniversary Gala, American Ballet Theatre, held at the City Center of Music and Drama in New York City, on January 11, 1975.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair to poor. The recording is marred by "tape hiss,", and the speakers are often difficult to understand. There is frequent applause and laughter.
- 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 3-1089
- OCLC
- 81300298
- Author
De Mille, Agnes, speaker.
- Title
Thirty-fifth Anniversary Gala, American Ballet Theatre, 1975
- Production
1975
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for Lucia Chase? 1975, January 11 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 10 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco31089_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-1089
- Source
Gift Lucia Chase
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986, speaker.
Duke, Angier Biddle, 1915-1995, speaker.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-1089