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Music and ballet: The modern ballet

Title
Music and ballet: The modern ballet [sound recording].
Publication
1937.

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AudioSupervised use *MGZTL 4-1, no. 36Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Deakin, Irving.
  • Homer, Charlotte.
Found In
Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 36.
Summary
The modern ballet (ca. 32 min.). [Music]. Introductory remarks by announcer identified only as Rex Benwehr [spelling uncertain]. Irving Deakin speaks about Maurice Ravel, his work Pavane for a dead infanta [Pavane pour une infante défunte], and Adolf Bolm's choreographing of the work Pavane pour une infante défunte [as part of Deakin's presentation, an unidentified speaker recites statements intended to represent the voices of Ravel and Bolm, respectively ]; following Deakin's setting of the scenario, Charlotte Homer plays music from the Pavane for a dead infanta on the piano. Deakin speaks about Soviet ballet, in particular Reinhold [Mori︠t︡sevich] Glière and his composition for the ballet The red poppy [choreographed by Lev Lashchilin and Vasilii Tikhomirov; again, as part of Deakin's presentation, an unidentified speaker recites statements intended to be the voices of Anatoly Vasilievich Lunacharsky, described as the Soviet commissar of fine arts, and Reinhold Glière, respectively]; music from the ballet is played accompanied by Deakin's commentary. Closing remarks and announcements.
Alternative Title
  • The modern ballet
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • The modern ballet, the 36th program in the radio series Music and ballet, with Irving Deakin as host, broadcast in 1937, probably on Thursday, Oct. 7 or Thursday, Oct. 14, by radio station WQXR, New York. Charlotte Homer participates as a pianist.
  • Sound quality is good.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-1, no. 36
OCLC
497826127
Title
Music and ballet: The modern ballet [sound recording].
Imprint
1937.
Local Note
Request *MGZTL 4-1, no. 36.
Added Author
Deakin, Irving. Host
Homer, Charlotte. Instrumentalist
Added Title
The modern ballet
Found In:
Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 36.
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