Research Catalog

Title

Music and ballet: Tribute to American composers in the dance form [sound recording].

Publication

1937.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Deakin, Irving.
• Deakin, Kyra.
• Homer, Charlotte.

Found In

Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 14

Summary

Music and ballet, no. 14 (ca. 33 min.). Introductory remarks by a man identified only as Rex Benwehr [spelling uncertain]; regarding Irving Deakin and the program, a tribute to American composers. Deakin speaks about the composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes, including his professional relationship with Adolf Bolm and Griffes' music for Bolm's work The white peacock; an excerpt of this music is played by Charlotte Homer on the piano; Deakin speaks about Deems Taylor and his music for Winthrop Ames' dance pantomime, A kiss in Xanadu, which was in the play Beggar on horseback by George Kaufman and Marc Connelly; Rex Benwehr interrupts to introduce Kyra Deakin (also known by her stage name as Kyra Alanova), Adolf Bolm's daughter and Irving Deakin's wife; Kyra Deakin speaks with Benwehr about her professional activities, in particular her role in A kiss in Xanadu. Excerpts from the music for A kiss in Xanadu are played accompanied by Irving Deakin's commentary. Closing remarks and announcements.

Alternative Title

• Tribute to American composers in the dance form
• Dance Audio Archive.

Subjects

• Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 > White peacock
• Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966 > Kiss in Xanadu
• Audiotapes > Deakin, I
• Deakin, Kyra
• Pantomimes (Works). A kiss in Xanadu
• Audiotapes > Deakin, K
• Music and dance
• Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920 > Piano music Selections

Note

• Sound quality is excellent although beginning ca. 4 min. into track 3 there are occasional extraneous sounds resulting from distortion in the recording.
• Tribute to American composers in the dance form, the 14th program in the radio series Music and ballet, with Irving Deakin as host, broadcast on May 6, 1937 by radio station WQXR, New York. Charlotte Homer plays on the piano excerpts of the music discussed in the program. Kyra Deakin (also known by her stage name, Kyra Alanova), also participates in the program.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2008-2009 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2008-2009.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1, no. 14

OCLC

497823760

Title

Music and ballet: Tribute to American composers in the dance form [sound recording].

Imprint

1937.

Funding

Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2008-2009 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2008-2009.

Local Note

Request *MGZTL 4-1, no. 14

Local Subject

Pantomimes (Works). A kiss in Xanadu

Added Author

Deakin, Irving. Host

Deakin, Kyra. Speaker

Homer, Charlotte. Instrumentalist

Added Title

Tribute to American composers in the dance form

Found In:

Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 14