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Kafka fragments Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Kafka fragments [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Kurtág, György
  • Bryn-Julson, Phyllis
  • Melançon, Violaine
  • Demény, János
  • Sherry, Fred
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (92 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program includes the American premiere performance of Kafka fragments, György Kurtág's piece for soprano and violin, set to passages from Kafka's letters and diaries. Preceding the performance, the panelists discuss the Hungarian composer's influences, including Bartok, Beethoven, and Werben, his multilingual fluency, the individuality of his music, and its difficulty for performers.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 108.
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subject
  • Kurtág, György
  • Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 > Musical settings
  • Composers > Hungary > 20th century
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Credits (note)
  • Music: György Kurtág. Text: Franz Kafka.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 8 and 9, 1998. (Viewer copy is Nov. 9, 1998.)
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1109
OCLC
86084768
Title
Kafka fragments [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
1998.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 108.
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Music: György Kurtág. Text: Franz Kafka.
Performer
Musical piece performed by Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano) and Violaine Melançon (violin). Panelist: Janós Demény. Interviewer: Fred Sherry.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 8 and 9, 1998. (Viewer copy is Nov. 9, 1998.)
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Added Author
Kurtág, György. Kafka-Fragmente.
Bryn-Julson, Phyllis. voc
Melançon, Violaine. Instrumentalist
Demény, János. Interviewee
Sherry, Fred. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1109
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