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I'm old fashioned Jerome Robbins and Morton Gould work together on music.
- Title
- I'm old fashioned [sound recording] : Jerome Robbins and Morton Gould work together on music. July 26, 1982.
- Author
- Robbins, Jerome
- Publication
- 1982.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | disc 2 | Audio | Permit needed | *MGZTL 4-3107 JRC disc 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | disc 1 | Audio | Permit needed | *MGZTL 4-3107 JRC disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.
- Description
- 2 sound discs (ca. 84 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1 (ca. 67 min.) Jerome Robbins and composer Morton Gould work together on the music for Robbins' ballet, I'm old fashioned. Gould plays the piano and Robbins and Gould discuss Gould's score as it is played, including the relationship of the music to the original Fred Astaire dance on which the ballet is based, Gould's role in the project and the various technical aspects of the score. The recording contains numerous interruptions and pauses and includes a personal phone call by Robbins in which only Robbins' side of the conversation is heard.
- Disc 2 (ca. 17 min.) Robbins and Gould continue to work together on the music for the ballet, I'm old fashioned. Recording consists primarily of Gould playing the piano score, including variation thirteen. Recording contains little commentary by Robbins or Gould.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Series Statement
- Jerome Robbins Collection
- Alternative Title
- Astaire variations
- Subject
- Note
- Recorded on July 26, 1982 in Morton Gould's residence in Great Neck, N.Y.
- Access (note)
- Permission required.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Biography (note)
- Variations on I'm old fashioned, also known as Astaire variations, is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). The ballet premiered on June 16, 1983.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-3107 JRC
- OCLC
- NYPT03-R36
- Author
- Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.
- Title
- I'm old fashioned [sound recording] : Jerome Robbins and Morton Gould work together on music. July 26, 1982.
- Imprint
- 1982.
- Series
- Jerome Robbins Collection
- Access
- Permission required.
- Funding
- Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Biography
- Variations on I'm old fashioned, also known as Astaire variations, is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). The ballet premiered on June 16, 1983.
- Local Note
- Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3107 JRCPreservation master: *MGZTP 10-3107 JRCDubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3107 JRC
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.Audiotapes -- Gould, M.
- Added Author
- Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-3107 JRC