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Interview with Fred Berk

Title
Interview with Fred Berk, 1976
Author
Berk, Fred, 1911-1980
Publication
1976

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AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2136 (transcript)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Hirshbein, Omus
Description
One streaming audio file (approximately 14 minutes): digital +
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 14 minutes). Introductory remarks by host, Omus Hirshbein; Fred Berk speaks about the genesis of Israeli folk dance including its diverse sources; developing a program of Israeli folk dance classes at the 92nd Street Y; the creation of the dance company, Hebraica Dancers, and its holiday performances; preserving the amateur status of the company; the upcoming folk dance program at the Felt Forum; the Israeli dance festival he is planning for the centennial of the 92nd Street Y; closing remarks.
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Radio interviews.
Note
  • For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-2136.
  • Interview with Fred Berk conducted by Omus Hirshbein and broadcast on WEVD Radio, New York City, February 6, 1976. Original tape in the archives of the 92nd Street Y, New York, and provided courtesy of Steven W. Siegel, archivist, to Judith Brin Ingber as part of her research in writing Fred Berk's biography, Victory dances: the life of Fred Berk.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Sound quality is excellent.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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. Processing in part and transcription funded by the Trust of Gertrude L. Lippincott.
Source (note)
  • Ingber, Judith Brin
Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-2136
OCLC
39896549
Author
Berk, Fred, 1911-1980, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Fred Berk, 1976
Production
1976
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Copy of original recording made by WEVD Radio, New York City 1976, February 6 New York (N.Y.)
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. Processing in part and transcription funded by the Trust of Gertrude L. Lippincott.
Original Version
Original format: one sound cassette (14 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format (myd_mgztco32136_v01f01_sc) in 2015.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-2136
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Source
Gift, Ingber, Judith Brin
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Added Author
Hirshbein, Omus, interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-2136
*MGZMT 3-2136
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