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Oral history interview with Nancy Ford
- Title
- Oral history interview with Nancy Ford, 1987-05-27 [sound recording].
- Author
- Ford, Nancy.
- Publication
- 1987.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LDC 51930 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Turan, Kenneth.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette : analog.
- Summary
- American contemporary composer, musician, and author Nancy Ford discusses her career in musical theater, with emphasis on her working relationship with lyricist Gretchen Cryer. She also talks about her experience working with Joseph Papp on the musical that she wrote together with Cryer, I'm getting my act together and taking it on the road (book and lyrics by Gretchen Cryer ; music by Nancy Ford) which opened at the Public Theater during the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1978. She speaks about her relationship with Papp and about his personality.
- Alternative Title
- Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
- Joseph Papp oral history interviews.
- Subjects
- Public Theater (New York, N.Y.)
- Ford, Nancy > Friends and associates
- Women composers > United States > Interviews
- Interviews (Sound recordings)
- Ford, Nancy > Interviews
- Women in the theater
- Musical theater > Production and direction > United States > History > 20th century
- Cryer, Gretchen > Friends and associates
- Composers > United States > Interviews
- Ford, Nancy > I'm getting my act together and taking it on the road
- Oral histories
- Genre/Form
- Oral histories.
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview by Kenneth Turan, originally recorded for the book "Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told" which was published in 2009.
- A track ID has been inserted every five minutes within this interview for reference purposes.
- With (note)
- On original cassette with an Oral history interview with John Guare (side A).
- Access (note)
- Access to original items restricted.
- Event (note)
- Recorded [in New York?], May 27, 1987.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available on *LDC 51930.
- Call Number
- *LDC 51930
- OCLC
- 774604635
- Author
- Ford, Nancy. Interviewee
- Title
- Oral history interview with Nancy Ford, 1987-05-27 [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1987.
- Event
- Recorded [in New York?], May 27, 1987.
- Access
- Access to original items restricted.
- Additional Formats
- Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available on *LDC 51930.
- With:
- On original cassette with an Oral history interview with John Guare (side A).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Turan, Kenneth. InterviewerPapp, Gail Merrifield. Donor
- Added Title
- Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.Joseph Papp oral history interviews.
- Research Call Number
- *LDC 51930*LTC-A 690