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282. Ilhan Mimaroğlu

Description:
Martin Bookspan interviews musician and composer Ilhan Mimaroğlu. Mimaroğlu talks about his studies at Columbia University thanks to a Rockefeller Scholarship, and in the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Center with Vladimir Ussachevsky and Edgard Varèse. He speaks about his life and career as a music critic and clarinetist in Turkey, and later as a composer in Turkey and the United States, and his work with Freddie Hubbard. Being one of the early pioneers of electronic music, he explains the way he produces "tape music" at a sound recording studio, and how he mixes this music together with jazz and other types of music, with vocals, and the spoken word. He describes this electronic music as political music. The composer discusses each of the following works, excerpts of which are then played during the interview: three excerpts from Sing me a song of Songmy (The crowd, What a good time for a Kent State, and The black soldier), Tract, La Rouche, and Wings of the delirious demon.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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283. Interview with Jolinda Menendez

Description:
Jolinda Menendez speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about the recent management lock-out at American Ballet Theatre; the effect of the resignations of Cynthia Gregory and Gelsey Kirkland on female soloists in the company; her looking forward to dancing Nikiya in Natalia Makarova's full-length production of La bayadère; her height as neither detriment nor help in her career; her childhood and early training, including in Santiago, Chile, and in Trinidad; moving to New York City and studying at the National Academy of Ballet under the direction of Thalia Mara; joining American Ballet Theatre, first as an apprentice then in the corps; her first soloist roles, including the pas de deux in David Lichine's Graduation ball and a section of Alvin Ailey's The river; performing in Europe; the star system at American Ballet Theatre; Alexander Godunov's leaving and then rejoining the company; the upcoming change in directorship of the company from Lucia Chase to Mikhail Baryshnikov; plans for touring with American Ballet Theatre in the U.S. and the upcoming season at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City; her reasons for joining American Ballet Theatre; her reasons for not joining New York City Ballet; performing for the television program Live from Lincoln Center; filming other dance works, including for the television program Dance in America; leisure activities; future plans.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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284. Interview with Karen Kain

Description:
Karen Kain speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about her early training at the National Ballet of Canada School and studying with Betty Oliphant; joining the National Ballet of Canada; dancing with Roland Petit's company; performing in the 1973 International Ballet Competition in Moscow; dancing on a raked stage; her favorite roles; working with Rudolf Nureyev; her guest appearance with the Bolshoi Ballet, touring with the National Ballet of Canada; leisure activities; filming dance for television, including James Kudelka's work A party, for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; a typical work day; future plans.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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285. Interview with Lucia Montagnon

Description:
Lucia Montagnon [known as Lucia Isenring before her marriage and after her divorce] speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about her early ballet training; joining the Stuttgart Ballet; working with John Cranko and Glen Tetley; Tetley as a director of the Ballet; her roles in the Stuttgart repertoire; touring; the Stuttgart School [Dance School, Stuttgart]; foreign companies that have appeared in Stuttgart; filming dance; a typical work day; diet; performance schedule; leisure activities, including while in New York City on tour; future plans.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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286. Interview with Maria Tallchief

Description:
Maria Tallchief speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about her American Indian heritage; early dance training beginning at age three; moving to California to study dance at age seven; studying with Bronislava Nijinska; training to be a concert pianist but preferring to dance; dancing with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in Europe at the invitation of Tatiana Riabouchinska; performing with the Ballet Russe in Canada and being invited to join the company; being an understudy in Agnes de Mille's Rodeo; studying Nijinska's Chopin concerto first as understudy and then performing in it; performing George Balanchine's choreography in the musical comedy Song of Norway; her favorite roles with Ballet Russe including in Balanchine's Baiser de la fée; Balanchine's influence on her technique; favorite partners, including Nicholas Magallanes, André Eglevsky and Francisco Moncion; Balanchine's Firebird as her most important role; joining Ballet Society; performing as a guest artist with Erik Bruhn with American Ballet Theatre; dancing on television, including with Rudolf Nureyev on Bell Telephone hour; training dancers in Chicago and forming a dance company with the Chicago Lyric Opera [Chicago City Ballet]; working with Jacques D'Amboise; the company's repertoire of mostly Balanchine works; her decision to retire; her daugher; her sister Marjorie Tallchief's career and work with Dallas Civic Ballet; future plans.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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287. Interview with Marianna Tcherkassky

Description:
Marianna Tcherkassky speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about her parents' backgrounds in the performing arts; studying ballet with her mother, Lilli-Ann Oka; studying with Edward Caton at the School of American Ballet; performing with the André Eglevsky Ballet; joining American Ballet Theatre; the broad repertory of American Ballet Theatre; substituting for Gelsey Kirkland in Don Quixote; originating the role of Clara in Mikhail Baryshnikov's The nutcracker; Baryshnikov's approach to creating and staging a work; her thoughts on his leaving American Ballet Theatre; the challenge of learning Twyla Tharp's different style of movement in her work Push comes to shove; her enjoyment in performing Glen Tetley's work, Voluntaries; her level of ease on stage depending on the nature of the role; diet; leisure activities.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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288. Interview with Ronald Perry

Description:
Ronald Perry speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about his introduction to ballet, on television; his school audition with Arthur Mitchell and his early training at the Harlem School of the Arts; joining Dance Theatre of Harlem as an apprentice; attending the Professional Children's School; participating in high school track; his most influential teachers, including Karel Shook and Arthur Mitchell as well as Tanaquil Le Clercq; Corsair [Le corsaire] as the most challenging ballet; the variety of dance styles he performs, including jazz, ethnic and modern; attending performances of many different companies, with special attention to watching male dancers; admiration for the dancing of Fernando Bujones; the importance of Alexandra Danilova's teaching women's classes at Dance Theatre of Harlem; working with Glen Tetley and the demanding nature of performing his dances; touring with Dance Theatre of Harlem in Europe and across the U.S.; Dance Theatre of Harlem's audience reception and the building of new audience members; partnering many different female dancers; leisure activities; the increasing opportunities for black dancers.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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289. Interview with Shaun O'Brien

Description:
Shaun O'Brien speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about his signature role as Drosselmeyer in The nutcracker at New York City Ballet; his use of make-up in creating character roles, for example, the father in George Balanchine's ballet Prodigal son; performing character roles such as Dr. Coppelius and Drosselmeyer; performing classical roles at Vitale Fokine's dance school concerts in Connecticut [Vitale Fokine Ballet School?]; dancing with "Alicia's company" [Ballet Alicia Alonso] and the " Marquis's company" [Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, Marquis de Cuevas]; being selected by Janet Reed to perform character roles based on his performance as the mother in [Lew Christensen's ballet] Filling station; favorite roles, including Dr. Coppelius, the tray carrier in George Balanchine's La valse, and Von Rothbart; his long career with New York City Ballet and changes in the company during that time; touring; the company's seasons and the nature of the audiences in Saratoga [Saratoga Springs, N.Y.]; leisure activities; exercise and rehearsals; Balanchine's supervision of final rehearsals and his occasional performances, in the past, of the character roles O'Brien now performs.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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290. Interview with Virginia Johnson

Description:
Virginia Johnson speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about Dance Theatre of Harlem on the occasion of the company's tenth anniversary, including Arthur Mitchell's founding of the company and its school; performing with Washington Ballet [Washington, D.C.]; coming to New York to study modern dance at the Dance Department of New York University [New York University, School of the Arts, Dance Theatre Program]; taking classes with Arthur Mitchell in Harlem; the joint performance with New York City Ballet of George Balanchine's and Mitchell's work Jazz concerto [Concerto for jazz band and orchestra]; her roles in the Dance Theatre of Harlem repertoire, including a number of ballets with Tchaikovsky scores; the mixture of dance styles in the company repertoire; the current and possible future racial makeup of Dance Theatre of Harlem; its audience and building its audience through open houses; her enjoyment in performing both strictly classical and dramatic roles; her enjoyment in watching New York City Ballet and the European companies touring the U.S.; Mary Hinkson as her ideal dancer; starting her training in Washington, D.C., at age three and subsequently studying at the Washington School of Ballet [Washington, D.C.]; touring with Dance Theatre of Harlem in the U.S. and Europe and the audience reception; future plans.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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291. Interview with Zachary Solov

Description:
Zachary Solov speaks with host Marian Horosko about his work as choreographer for the Metropolitan Opera ballet and for the San Francisco Opera
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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292. Kathy Novack interviews Joe Papp on WOR-Radio

Description:
Tapes contain a radio interview on Joe Papp (WOR radio), reported by Kathy Novack
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
Reel-to-reel
Extent:
2 recordings
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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293. John Lewis

Description:
Martin Bookspan interviews jazz composer and pianist John Lewis. Lewis talks about his background as a musician, about his motivation, career and life. He discusses the beginnig of the Modern Jazz Quartet, creator and musical director of which he has been since it became a permanent group in 1951, and was formally incorporated in 1952. He talks about his work with Dizzy Gillespie and other jazzmen. He also reminiscences about his years in Paris. He speaks about his music written for films such as Odds against tomorrow (1959). At the end of the interview he talks about his plans for the future. During the interview excerpts from his Three little feelings (Second movement), Vendôme, from the film Odds against tomorrow, In memoriam, and Midsömmer (1957) are played.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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294. Leon Kirchner

Description:
Martin Bookspan interviews American contemporary classical music composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher Leon Kirchner. Kirchner talks about both of his careers: as a teacher and as a composer; about his students; about the performers he used to work with such as violinists Michael Spivakowsky and Isaac Stern; and about electronic tape music. The composer speaks about music by Arnold Schoenberg that influenced him, and he has composed a large quantity of music which is stylistically tied to the works of Schoenberg. He talks about his opera Lily (based on Saul Bellow's Henderson, the Rain King). The composer also discusses each of the following works, excerpts of which are then played during the interview: Music for orchestra (1970), Sonata concertante (for violin and piano, first movement) (1952), Quartet no. 3 (for strings and electronic tape).
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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296. William Mayer

Description:
Martin Bookspan interviews American contemporary composer William Mayer. Mayer talks about his studies at Yale University with Herbert Baumgartner; about his career as a composer; about his work with pianist William Masselos; and about his son pianist Stephen Mayer. Speaking about the variety of music he composed, Mayer says that he prefers to write show music. He speaks about his work as a treasurer for CRI (Composers Recordings, Inc.). The composer discusses in detail each of the following works, excerpts of which are then played during the interview: Octagon (for piano and orchestra, fifth and seventh movements) (1971), Piano sonata (first movement) (1959) that he composed in twelve-tone technique, Two news items: Hastily formed contemporary music ensemble reveals origins (for soprano and instrumental ensemble), Brass quintet (1965), Messages (for flute, string trio, and percussion) (1973), and Two pastels for orchestra.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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297. Peter Mennin

Description:
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer and teacher Peter Mennin. Mennin talks about his life; about both of his careers: as the president of Juilliard School and as a symphonic composer; about his work with Juilliard Orchestra; about the future of both types of young contemporary composers: avant-garde and classical music composers. The composer discusses in detail each of the following works, excerpts of which are then played during the interview: Piano concerto (first movement) (1958), Symphony no. 7: Variation-symphony (for full orchestra) (1963-1964).
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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298. Robert Moevs

Description:
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer of contemporary classical music Robert Moevs. Moevs talks about his teachers, Walter Piston and Nadia Boulanger; about both of his careers, as a teacher at Harvard University and Rutgers University, and as a composer; and about his students. He discusses each of the following works, excerpts of which are then played during the interview: Attis (text by G. Catullus Veronensis) (1958), A brief mass (for chorus, organ, vibraphone, guitar, and double bass) (1968), Phoenix (for solo piano )(1971), Et occidentem illustra (Dante) (for chorus and orchestra, based on Divina commedia by Dante Alighier) (1964).
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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299. Netty Simons

Description:
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer and pianist Netty Simons. Simons talks about her studies at New York University with Percy Grainger, and later privately with Stefan Wolpe. She speaks about both of her teachers, and compares their personalities and their influences on her works. She discusses avant-garde music, and her career as a composer. The composer also talks about each of the following works, excerpts of which are then played during the interview: Trialogue no. 1: the tombstone told when she died and Trialogue no. 2: myselves grieve (for mezzo-soprano, baritone and viola; text by Dylan Thomas), Silver thaw (for 1 to 8 players) (1969), Five sprays of the snow fountain (for two pianos) (1970); and reads fragments from two poems by D. Thomas.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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300. Phillip Ramey

Description:
Martin Bookspan interviews American composer, pianist, and writer on music Phillip Ramey. Ramey comments on his studies composition at DePaul University in Chicago; on his teacher, composer Alexander Tcherepnin; and about musical traditions in Chicago. He talks about his career as a pianist and composer. He discusses each of the following works, which are then played in their entirety: Piano sonata no. 1, Night music (for percussion), Commentaries (for flute and piano), Leningrad rag (freely based on Scott Joplin's Gladiolus rag), 5 Epigrams for piano, 3 Epigrams for violin and piano, and Piano fantasy.
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
CD
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online finding aid:
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