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Martha Graham speaks about Diversion of angels and Lucifer [and] Pauline Koner speaks about the work of Paul Sanasardo and of Twyla Tharp

Title
Martha Graham speaks about Diversion of angels and Lucifer [and] Pauline Koner speaks about the work of Paul Sanasardo and of Twyla Tharp, 1975.
Author
Graham, Martha.
Publication
1975

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Additional Authors
  • Koner, Pauline.
  • Conway, Peter, ǂd 1929 July 18-
  • Protas, Ron.
Found In
Pauline Koner collection.
Description
1 sound disc (approximately 46 minutes): digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Martha Graham commentary and interview (approximately 18:30 minutes). [The first approximate 3:50 minutes consist of the concluding portion of the television program Eyewitness news and various commercial announcements.] Music followed by unidentified female speaker's introduction of Martha Graham and the program to be aired; Graham's voiced-over commentary accompanying recording of rehearsal of her 1948 dance [Graham's voice is soft in this section and difficult to understand]; interview conducted by the female speaker with Graham about her new dance Lucifer created for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev for a gala benefit performance, June 19, 1975, at the Uris Theatre in New York City.
  • Pauline Koner (approximately 12 minutes: 18:35-30:09), June 7 and 11, 1975. In a recording made by Pauline Koner on June 7, Koner speaks about a performance of Paul Sanasardo's work A consort of angels, which she had just seen performed by the [Paul] Sanasardo Dance Company at City Center [of Music and Drama] in New York City, including her disappointment that this work contains so much balletic movement [brief gap]; Koner speaks with Peter Conway about everyday movement and dance [brief gap]; Koner identifies the immediately preceding conversation with Conway as having occurred on June 11, 1975 and as comprising the final part of her oral history project interview for the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • Martha Graham (approximately five minutes: 30:10 - 35:25). Recording made by Pauline Koner of what sounds like a radio program in which Martha Graham speaks with an unidentified male interviewer about her work; Ron Protas also briefly participates in the interview.
  • Pauline Koner (approximately 10 minutes; 35:35 - 45:35), June 13, 1975. In a recording made by Pauline Koner, Koner speaks about a lecture given by Twyla Tharp on June 10 [1975] at Connecticut College; her critique of the performance by Twlya Tharp and her company on June 11 [1975] of Tharp's work including the Bach duet and Ocean's motion, and her overall dislike of the choreography and the costumes [after a brief gap, Koner states the date, June 19; the recording then ends abruptly].
Alternative Title
Pauline Koner collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Note
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • This recording, which was made by Pauline Koner in June 1975, consists of various segments (summarized below) including the recording of excerpts from two public programs (one identified as television and the other, unidentified, but which sounds like a radio program) in which Martha Graham speaks about her work; and several recordings made by Koner stating her thoughts on various aspects of dance including the works of Paul Sanasardo and Twyla Tharp, respectively. The oral history interview that Koner refers to in the recording was conducted in March and June, 1975 and can be found at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts under the call number: *MGZTL 4-355.
  • Sound quality is good to fair overall. However, in the first segment, Martha Graham's voiced-over commentary about her work Diversion of angels is soft and can be difficult to understand. In addition, the recording is marred by extraneous noise and occasional short gaps, and contains commercial announcements.
Funding (note)
  • The conservation and cataloging of this recording were 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.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2975, Side A
OCLC
868901632
Author
Graham, Martha.
Title
Martha Graham speaks about Diversion of angels and Lucifer [and] Pauline Koner speaks about the work of Paul Sanasardo and of Twyla Tharp, 1975.
Production
1975
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Event
Recorded by Pauline Koner 1975, June
Funding
The conservation and cataloging of this recording were 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 only (approximately 46 minutes); 1 7/8 ips., originally recorded in June 1975; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.
Added Author
Koner, Pauline.
Conway, Peter, ǂd 1929 July 18- interviewer.
Protas, Ron.
Estate of Pauline Koner. Donor
Added Title
Pauline Koner collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Pauline Koner collection.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2975, Side A
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