- Additional Authors
- Sperry, Paul
- Found In
- Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 31 min.) : digital, mono.
- Summary
- The voice on this recording is identified as tenor Paul Sperry who is preparing for a lecture on the French composer Francis Poulenc whose songs Sperry values immensely and often includes in his repertoire. Sperry explores the composition of Poulenc's songs and compares them to songs of other composers that he performs (Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann). He singles out two major aspects that made Poulenc so prominent in this genre: the emphasis he put on the choice of poets and poems for his songs, and his collaboration with a renowned interpreter of the French art song, baritone Pierre Bernac. Sperry also details his approach to preparing for his performances of Poulenc's works. The last 4 minutes of the recording is remains of a previous recording of joint violin and piano practices.
- Alternative Title
- Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Lectures.
- Note
- Title based on the original cassette label and the content of the recording.
- Streaming file transferred from original audiocassette.
- Access (note)
- Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
- Source (note)
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1613
- OCLC
- 927730358
- Title
Paul Sperry's lecture on composer Francis Poulenc.
- Production
198-
- Country of Producing Entity
United States.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Performer
Paul Sperry, commentator.
- Event
Recorded in United States 198?
- Access
Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
- Source
Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Sperry, Paul, commentator.
Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.
- Added Title
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
- Found In:
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1613