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Music and ballet: Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini (Lichine)

Title
Music and ballet: Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini (Lichine) [sound recording].
Publication
1937.

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Additional Authors
  • Deakin, Irving.
  • Deakin, Kyra.
Found In
Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 35
Summary
Music and ballet, no. 35 (ca. 32 min.). Introductory remarks by a person identified only as Rex Benwehr [spelling uncertain]; Irving Deakin speaks about David Lichine's ballet Francesca da Rimini set to Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini, including its upcoming U.S. premiere. Deakin and Kyra Alanova [stage name of Kyra Deakin] recite relevant passages [in English] from Dante's Divine comedy; Deakin continues to speak about Lichine's ballet, including as compared to Michel Fokine's ballet Francesca da Rimini; Alanova's reads aloud a passage from a letter to Tchaikovsky about his Francesca da Rimini; excerpts of Tchaikovsky's music are broadcast accompanied by Deakin's commentary on Lichine's ballet as well as recitations of passages from the libretto by Deakin and Alanova. Deakin speaks further about the upcoming performance of Lichine's Francesca da Rimini at the Metropolitan Opera House, including the cast. Closing remarks and announcements.
Alternative Title
  • Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini (Lichine)
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Sound quality is excellent but the recording is marred by a continuous hiss and other extraneous noises.
  • Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini, the 35th program in the radio series Music and ballet, with Irving Deakin as host, broadcast on Oct. 7, 1937 by radio station WQXR, New York. Kyra Alanova (stage name of Kyra Deakin), who is introduced as a Russian actress, 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. 35
OCLC
497826230
Title
Music and ballet: Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini (Lichine) [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. 35
Added Author
Deakin, Irving. Host
Deakin, Kyra. Actor
Added Title
Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini (Lichine)
Found In:
Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 35
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