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Music and ballet: Interview with Ted Shawn and Jess Meeker's O, Libertad!

Title
Music and ballet: Interview with Ted Shawn and Jess Meeker's O, Libertad! [sound recording].
Publication
1938.

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Additional Authors
  • Deakin, Irving.
  • Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
  • Meeker, Jess.
Found In
Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 57
Summary
Music and ballet, no. 57 (ca. 30 min.). Introductory remarks by announcer identified only as Rex Benwehr [spelling uncertain]; Irving Deakin speaks about the prejudice against male dancers; introduces Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers; Shawn speaks about how he first started dancing; developing male dance in the U.S., including the formation of his company of male dancers; Deakin introduces Jess Meeker and speaks about his composition for the Ted Shawn [and Barton Mumaw] work O, libertad!; Meeker plays excerpts from the music for Act I (The past), Act II (The present), and Act III (The future) of this dance. Closing remarks and announcements.
Alternative Title
  • Interview with Ted Shawn and Jess Meeker's O, Libertad!
  • Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Sound quality is very good.
  • Jess Meeker's O, libertad!, the 57th program in the radio series Music and ballet, with Irving Deakin as host, broadcast on March 10, 1938 by radio station WQXR, New York. Ted Shawn participates as a guest speaker, and Jess Meeker as a pianist, playing his own composition, the music for O, libertad.
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. 57
OCLC
497827179
Title
Music and ballet: Interview with Ted Shawn and Jess Meeker's O, Libertad! [sound recording].
Imprint
1938.
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. 57.
Added Author
Deakin, Irving. Host
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972. Speaker
Meeker, Jess. Instrumentalist
Added Title
Interview with Ted Shawn and Jess Meeker's O, Libertad!
Found In:
Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 57
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