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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. Sept. 21, 1982.
Author
Robbins, Jerome.
Publication
1982.

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Spoken word recordingPermit needed *MGZTL 4-3290 JRCPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.
  • Moredock, Richard.
Description
1 sound discs (ca. 53 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Track 1 (ca. 49 min.) Jerome Robbins, composer Morton Gould and pianist Richard Moredock work together on the music for Robbins' ballet, I'm old fashioned. Gould and Moredock play several variations on the piano and Robbins and Gould discuss Gould's score as it is played. Most of the discussion is of technical aspects of the music, and their order in the ballet. Robbins discusses the choreography he has set to some of the variation. [Voices are difficult to hear on some parts of the tape. Content ends ca. 47 min.]
  • Track 2 (ca. 4 min.) Continuation of the session recorded on track 1.
Donor/Sponsor
Oral History Archive.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Collection
Alternative Title
Astaire variations
Subjects
Note
  • Recorded on Sep. 21, 1982, probably in Jerome Robbins' office at the New York State Theater.
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 4-3290 JRC
OCLC
NYPT04-R174
Author
Robbins, Jerome.
Title
I'm old fashioned [sound recording] : Jerome Robbins and Morton Gould work together on music. Sept. 21, 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 3-3290 JRC
Preservation master: *MGZTP 10-3290 JRC
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3290 JRC
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.
Added Author
Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer. Instrumentalist
Moredock, Richard. Instrumentalist
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-3290 JRC
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