- Additional Authors
- American Jewish Congress. Martin Steinberg Center.
- Description
- 1 sound disc (ca. 73 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Following introductions and introductory remarks, Lang speaks about how an idea becomes a dance, referring to her works Broken dialogues and Piece for brass as examples; she discusses her works, The possessed and Shirah, focusing on their close relationship to Hasidic thought [shows films of these works; this section seems to have been edited out of the recording; question and answer session follows]. Lang speaks briefly about her first exposure to dance and music as a child; absence of conscious effort to use Jewish themes in her work; her creative process, particularly with respect to her choice of music; more on Possessed, especially creating the score; ecstatic movement in Martha Graham's works and in Hasidic dance; the absence of relationship between nationality and ability to portray Jewish themes; general differences between Lang's creative sources and those of Graham; folk dance in Israel; more on nationality and creative concerns; closing remarks.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of David Sears.
- Oral History Archive.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Subject
- Note
- Recording is a lecture given by Pearl Lang on Jan. 26, 1983 at the American Jewish Congress's Martin Steinberg Center followed by a question and answer session, first with the moderator and then with the general audience.
- Sound quality of questions from the audience is poor.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-1567
- OCLC
- NYPY03-R28
- Author
Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009. Speaker
- Title
Lecture by Pearl Lang [sound recording]
- Imprint
1983.
- Funding
Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Local Note
Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-1567
Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1567
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1567
- Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Lang, P.
- Added Author
American Jewish Congress. Martin Steinberg Center.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-1567