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252. Music for the connoisseur [sound recording] : Unusual instruments.

Description:
In [1st ] and 5th work: Sigurd Rascher, saxophone ; David Tudor, piano. In 2nd work: Vienna Symphony Orchestra ; Hermann Scherchen, conductor. In 3rd work: Symphony Orchestra of Radio Berlin ; Artur Rother, conductor. In 4th work: Juilliard [String] Quartet. In 6th work: Ejnar Hansen, 18th century glass harmonica. In 7th work: Larry Adler, harmonica ; Lee Colin, piano. In 8th work: Rey de la Torre, guitar ; Stuyvesant String Quartet. In 9th work: Danny Daniels, tap dancer ; Rochester Pops Orchestra ; Morton Gould, conductor. In 10th work: Henry Cowell, piano. In 11th work: Maro Ajemian, piano. In 12th work: Juilliard Percussion Orchestra. David Randolph, host ; with unidentifed radio announcer.
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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253. Music for the connoisseur [sound recording] : What holds music together.

Description:
In 1st and 5th works: Hugo Steurer, piano. In 2nd work: Swabian Choral Singers ; Tonstudio Orchestra, Stuttgart ; Hans Grischkat, conductor. In 3rd work: Pascal String Quartet. In 4th work: Little Orchestra Society ; Thomas Scherman, conductor. In 6th work: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra ; Antal Dorati, conductor. In 7th work: Randolph Singers with Gordon Myers, baritone. In 8th work: Vienna Chamber Orchestra ; Franz Litschauer, conductor. David Randolph, host ; with unidentified radio announcer.
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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256. Interview with Cynthia Harvey

Description:
Cynthia Harvey speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about the employee lock-out at American Ballet Theatre, including cancellation of the company's performances at the Kennedy Center [John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]; dancing in Mikhail Baryshnikov's production of Don Quixote; dancing her first major role in Eliot Feld's At midnight; taking on roles at the last minute; dancing Glen Tetley's Contredances with Patrick Bissell; the function of the company's choreologist in teaching roles; working with different partners, including Anthony Dowell; working with Tetley on Contredances and Rite of spring; working with Antony Tudor on The leaves are fading; working with Baryshnikov on Don Quixote; his taking over the direction of American Ballet Theatre; Cynthia Gregory's and Gelsey Kirkland's resignations, including their effect on the company; working with Natalia Makarova on La bayadère; her favorite ballets, including Swan lake; attending performances of New York City Ballet and other companies; her dance training, including two summers at the School of American Ballet; attending the National Ballet of Canada School and joining the National Ballet of Canada briefly; moving to New York City; joining American Ballet Theatre in 1974; leisure activities; future goals; absence of overt competitiveness among the dancers at American Ballet Theatre [ends abruptly].
Content types:
Sounds
Formats:
Audiocassette
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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257. Interview with Daniel Duell

Description:
Daniel Duell speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about his childhood dance training at the Schwarz School of Dance, in Dayton, Ohio, including his teacher David McClain; being chosen by Violette Verdy to study at the School of American Ballet; joining New York City Ballet as an apprentice; touring with City Ballet, including in the former Soviet Union; favorite roles, including the pas de trois in George Balanchine's work Agon; learning roles previously danced by Edward Villella; more on touring; male dancers who he finds inspiring, including Villella, Jacques D'Amboise, Peter Martins, and Misha [Mikhail] Baryshnikov; partnering his wife, Kyra Nichols; partnering Heather Watts; working with Jerome Robbins on a new ballet [a section of a ballet with the working title Arts of the gentleman] and other Robbins works, including Dybbuk; increased prominence of male dancers in ballet; Baryshnikov and his position in City Ballet; leisure activities; a typical work day.
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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258. Radio sermon on the topic of Judgment Day

Description:
An unidentified speaker expounds on the idea of the final judgment of the individual more than the end of world, drawing primarily on the gospels of Christianity but also mentioning the idea of final judgment in Judaism, Islam, and other religions. The theme of personal salvation, from a Christian perspective is also extensively discussed.
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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259. Interview with Denise Jackson

Description:
Denise Jackson speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about joining the Joffrey Ballet; her early training at the Joffrey Ballet School and her apprenticeship with the company; her parents' occupations as an influence on her choice of career; choosing to join the Joffrey Ballet because of its varied repertoire and choreographers; her varied repertoire, her preference for classical choreography and the challenge of performing modern works; working on Margo Sappington's ballet Weewis; her favorite roles including George Balanchine's Tchaikovsky pas de deux and Frederick Ashton's The dream; looking forward to Robert Joffrey's full-length Cinderella [not produced?]; the Joffrey's season at the Mark Hellinger Theater; working with Rudolf Nureyev; her feelings about performing the same program every night at the Hellinger; performing Leonide Massine's Three-cornered hat; working with Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino and their differing styles of choreographing; touring abroad and in the U.S.[short gap]; 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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260. Interview with Dennis Wayne

Description:
Dennis Wayne speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about the formation of his company, Dancers; selecting dancers and acquiring ballets for the company; assigning roles to company members; building a new audience for ballet; touring; foundation and government support for dance companies; developing his company school, Dancers; Lawrence Rhodes' teaching at the school; teaching children, especially disadvantaged and blind children; his childhood; his dance training and early dance appearances; dancing with American Ballet Theatre, the Joffrey Ballet, and the Harkness Ballet; dancing ballets created by [Gerald] Arpino, [Jerome] Robbins and [Antony] Tudor; his feelings about having his own company; Joanne Woodward's support for his company; favorite roles, including the second sailor in Fancy free; working with Robbins; future plans for Dancers, including an upcoming benefit at [the New York City nightclub] Studio 54.
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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