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Dance history and criticism course.

Title: Dance history and criticism course. Swan lake, [July? 1975] [sound recording].
Author: Schwartz, Jane D.
Publication: 1975.

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New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 sound cassette (ca. 89 min.)

Summary

Side A (ca. 50 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Jane D. Schwartz speaks about the ballet Swan lake, including the origins of its scenario; the score by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; the original, 1877 production of Swan lake choreographed by Wenzel Reisinger; Pelageya [Mikhailovna] Karpakova, the first Swan queen; [Anna Iosifovna] Sobeshchanska︠i︡a, the second Swan queen and her addition of a grand pas de deux choreographed by Marius Petipa; George Balanchine's later use of the music from this pas de deux; the public's reaction to the ballet; Petipa's personal background; his working methods; Lev Ivanov; attempted revivals of Swan lake; the 1894 revival of Act II, choreographed by Ivanov with Pierina Legnani in the role of Odette; the 1895 new production of Swan lake, choreographed by Petipa and Ivanov and reorchestrated by Riccardo Drigo [ends abruptly].
Side B (ca. 39 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Jane D. Schwartz continues to speak about the 1895 production of Swan lake, including changes made to the score and story; Legnani as Odette-Odile, including her introduction of the 32 fouetées; Pavel [Andreevich] Gerdt in the role of Siegfried; the introduction of the role of Benno; the role of Rothbart; David Blair's version of Swan lake for American Ballet Theatre; the role of Siegfried, including its evolution since the original production; more on Rothbart; the role of Odette-Odile; more on Blair's version, in particular the story.

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Note

Lecture on the Swan lake, given by Jane D. Schwartz at the New School for Social Research, in New York City, in July, 1975. This is cassette 13 of a series of recordings of classes on dance history and criticism, conducted at the New School for Social Research in New York City, between Feb. 1973 and Dec. 1975, which are cataloged under classmark *MGZTC 3-1405.
The sound quality of this recording is good, but it is marred by extraneous noise.

Funding (note)

Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1405 no. 13

OCLC

NYPY06-R53

Author

Schwartz, Jane D. Speaker

Title

Dance history and criticism course. Swan lake, [July? 1975] [sound recording].

Imprint

1975.

Funding

Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-1405 no. 13

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1405 no. 13, labelled reels 21-22

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Schwartz, J.

Added Author

New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1405 no. 13 [sound cassette]

*MGZTC 3-1405 no. 13