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Interview with Jan Peerce

Title
Interview with Jan Peerce [videorecording].
Author
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
Publication
1980.

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Additional Authors
  • Schleifer, Eliyahu, 1939-
  • Peerce, Larry
  • Merkaz ha-musiḳah Yerushalayim.
Found In
p1 Peerce, Jan, 1904- Jan Peerce Collection of Sound Recordings, 1938-1983
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (49 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Jan Peerce is interviewed by Eli Schleifer during Peerce's trip to Israel. Among the subjects covered are Peerce's family history; how he started singing in his father's schul; his thoughts on the relationship between being a cantor and singing opera; ideas on how he was able to conserve his voice and still be singing in his eighties; improvisation in Jewish liturgical music; and his choice of teachers, roles, and repertoire.
Subject
  • Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984 > Interviews
  • Synagogue music
  • Singing > Instruction and study
  • Cantillation > Instruction and study
  • Opera > Interviews
  • Song improvisation
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Note
  • No credits on tape. Credits supplied by cataloger.
  • Video and audio erratic at end of tape.
Credits (note)
  • Directed by Larry Peerce.
Event (note)
  • Videorecorded at the Jerusalem Music Centre, Israel, Sept. - Oct. 1980.
Language (note)
  • Interview in English.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Jan Peerce Collection of Sound Recordings, 1938-1983 in *L(Special) 95-03.
Call Number
*LDV 291
OCLC
NYPG05-F10194
Author
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Jan Peerce [videorecording].
Imprint
1980.
Country of Producing Entity
Israel.
Performer
Eli Schleifer, interviewer.
Credits
Directed by Larry Peerce.
Event
Videorecorded at the Jerusalem Music Centre, Israel, Sept. - Oct. 1980.
Language
Interview in English.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Jan Peerce Collection of Sound Recordings, 1938-1983 in *L(Special) 95-03.
Added Author
Schleifer, Eliyahu, 1939- Interviewer
Peerce, Larry, direction.
Merkaz ha-musiḳah Yerushalayim.
Found In:
p1 Peerce, Jan, 1904- Jan Peerce Collection of Sound Recordings, 1938-1983 *L(Special) 95-03.
Research Call Number
*LDV 291
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