- Additional Authors
- Wilcher, Ida
- Found In
- Sophia Delza papers 1903-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155
- Description
- One audio streaming file (approximately 34 minutes): digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 34 minutes). In connection with her recent presentation of Chinese Action-Dances, Sophie Delza speaks with Ida Wilcher about classical Chinese theater [Chinese opera]; topics include: the types of roles she performs; the musical accompaniment including the use of percussion; her performance of modern dance and Chinese traditional dance in China; her background in dance; female and male roles; the transmission of roles from teacher to student; female actors; Mei Lanfang; the current state of Chinese traditional dance in China; different types of plays in classical Chinese theater; folk dance in China; the apparent absence in China, at least as of 1951, of so-called concert dance; theaters in China including their physical appearance and the audience; the highly stylized nature of classical Chinese theater as seen, for example, in the entrances and the exits; Sophia Delza also speaks briefly about Tʻai chi chʻüan [t'ai chi] including its origins and purpose [final approximate minute of the recording consists of unrelated material].
- Alternative Title
- Sophia Delza papers 1903-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155. Audio
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio interviews.
- Note
- Interview with Sophia Delza conducted by Ida Wilcher for broadcast on KPFA radio, at the University of California, Berkeley, on December 12, 1957. Based on KPFA's archives, the interview was held shortly after Delza's presentation of her program of Chinese Action-Dances, at University of California, Berkeley and may have been broadcast (or re-broadcast) in January 1958.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is excellent.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- 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.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Audio separated from Sophia Delza papers 1903-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155
- OCLC
- 926972394
- Author
Delza, Sophia, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Sophia Delza, 1957
- Production
1957
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event
Recorded for broadcast on KPFA radio 1957 Berkeley, California
- 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 reel (approximately 34 minutes); 7"; acetate; full-track; ips not specified; transferred to wav file and streaming file (myd_mgzto73043_v01f01_sc) formats in 2015.
- Linking Entry
Audio separated from Sophia Delza papers 1903-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155
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- Added Author
Wilcher, Ida, interviewer.
Sophia Delza papers 1903-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155. Audio
Sophia Delza papers 1903-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155