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Interview with Peggy Van Praagh.
- Title
- Interview with Peggy Van Praagh. September 20, 1973, 1973.
- Author
- Van Praagh, Peggy
- Publication
- 1973
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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. | disc 15 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-517 disc 15 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Vaughan, David, 1924-
- Found In
- Interviews on Frederick Ashton: Interview with Peggy Van Praagh, no. 15
- Description
- 1 sound disc (approximately 32 minutes): digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- [Begins abruptly.] Peggy Van Praagh speaks with David Vaughan about working with Frederick Ashton beginning with his ballet Valentine's eve; his working methods; his revival of his Valses nobles and sentimentales; his ballet Casse noisette, created for the Sadler's Wells Ballet second company [Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet]; staging his Cinderella [for the Australian Ballet]; his ballet Façade including its reception when performed in eastern Europe; his ballet Baiser de la fée [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of David Vaughan
- Subjects
- Note
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair. There is continuous extraneous noise, but for the most part the speakers' voices are easily audible.
- Interview with Peggy Van Praagh conducted by David Vaughan on September 20, 1973, in London, England, as part of a series of interviews used as research for his book Frederick Ashton and his ballets, published by Knopf, 1977.
- Funding (note)
- The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Contents
- Former summary: Cassette 1-3. Frederick Ashton recorded July 3, Aug. 9 and 10, 1973 (5 hrs.) - Cassette 4. Derek Jarmon recorded Aug. 1973 (40 min.) - Cassette 5, side 1. Alicia Markova recorded Sept. 6, 1973 (53 min.) - Cassette 5, side 2. William Chappell recorded Sept. 12, 1973 (48 min.) - Cassette 6, side 1. Peggy Van Praagh recorded Sept. 20, 1973 (31 min.); John Lanchbery recorded Oct. 9, 1973 (15 min.) - Cassette 6, side 2. Margot Fonteyn recorded Dec. 8, 1973 (39 min.).
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-517 no. 15
- OCLC
- 864829084
- Author
- Van Praagh, Peggy, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Peggy Van Praagh. September 20, 1973, 1973.
- Production
- 1973
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audio disc
- Event
- Recorded by David Vaughan 1973,September 20 London, England
- Funding
- The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Original Version
- Original format: one sound cassette, side A (approximately 32 minutes); 1 7/8 ips. originally recorded in 1973, September 20, 1973; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.
- Local Note
- Former classmark: *MGZTC 3-517
- Added Author
- Vaughan, David, 1924- interviewer.Vaughan, David, donor
- Found In:
- Interviews on Frederick Ashton: Interview with Peggy Van Praagh, no. 15
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-517 no. 15