Research Catalog

Title

Music and ballet: Gaîté parisienne [sound recording].

Publication

1939.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Deakin, Irving.
• Howard, Ruth Eleanor.
• Chanova, Ruth.
• Hogan, John V. L. (John Vincent Lawless), 1890-1960.
• Sanger, Elliott M.

Found In

Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 104.

Summary

Gaîté parisienne, no. 104, ca. 48 min. [2nd anniversary program]. [Music.]. Introductory remarks by announcer identified only as Rex Benwehr [spelling uncertain] including the introduction of Ruth Eleanor Howard, founder of The American dancer; Howard congratulates Deakin on the success of the series Music and ballet; Deakin plays a short excerpt from a recording of Leonide Massine speaking, from an earlier program [no. 10] and reads his congratulatory telegram; Ruth Chanova is introduced and speaks briefly and reads and translates a congratulatory telegram (in French) from Bronislava Nijinska; John V. L. Hogan is introduced and speaks briefly about the program; Hogan introduces Elliott M. Sanger who speaks briefly about the program; Deakin speaks about Massine's ballet Gaîté parisienne; music from the ballet is broadcast accompanied by Deakin's commentary. Closing remarks.

Alternative Title

• Gaîté parisienne
• Dance Audio Archive.

Subjects

• Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979 > Gaîté parisienne
• Audiotapes > Deakin, I
• Music and dance

Note

• Sound quality is good.
• Gaîté parisienne, the 104th (and 2nd anniversary) program in the radio series Music and ballet, with Irving Deakin as host, broadcast on Feb. 2, 1939 by radio station WQXR, New York. Ruth Eleanor Howard, Ruth Chanova, John V. L. Hogan, and Elliott M. Sanger also participate as guest speakers.

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. 104

OCLC

497826254

Title

Music and ballet: Gaîté parisienne [sound recording].

Imprint

1939.

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

For the full recording of the Leonide Massine recording referred to in the summary above request *MGZTL 4-1, no. 10.

Request *MGZTL 4-1, no. 104.

Added Author

Deakin, Irving. Host

Howard, Ruth Eleanor. Speaker

Chanova, Ruth. Speaker

Hogan, John V. L. (John Vincent Lawless), 1890-1960. Speaker

Sanger, Elliott M. Speaker

Added Title

Gaîté parisienne

Found In:

Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 104.