Research Catalog

Title

Music and ballet: Herbert Kingsley's music for Catherine Littlefield's ballet, Terminal. March 14, 1940 [sound recording].

Publication

1940.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Deakin, Irving.
• Kingsley, Herbert.
• Shefter, Bert, 1902-1999.

Found In

Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no.162

Summary

Music and ballet, no. 162 (ca. 44 min.). [Music]. Introductory remarks by announcer identified only as Rex Benwehr [spelling uncertain]. Irving Deakin speaks about Catherine Littlefield, the choreographer of the ballet Terminal, and the Philadelphia Ballet Company; Herbert Kingsley, the composer of the music for Terminal; scenario of the ballet; Kingsley and Shefter play on the piano excerpts from the music for Terminal accompanied by Kingsley's commentary. Following Deakin's introduction, Bert Shefter plays his composition S.O.S. Closing remarks and announcements.

Alternative Title

• Herbert Kingsley's music for Catherine Littlefield's ballet, Terminal. March 14, 1940
• Dance Audio Archive.

Subjects

• Audiotapes > Kingsley, H
• Audiotapes > Deakin, I
• Music and dance
• Terminal (Choreographic work : Littlefield, C)
• Kingsley, Herbert
• Littlefield, Catherine
• Shefter, Bert, 1902-1999

Note

• Sound quality is good overall, but Herbert Kingsley's voice is soft at times.
• Herbert Kingsley's music for Catherine Littlefield's ballet, Terminal, the 162nd program in the radio series Music and ballet, with Irving Deakin as host, broadcast on March 14, 1940 by radio station WQXR, New York. Herbert Kingsley participates as a guest speaker. Bert Shefter participates as a pianist and also plays his original composition S.O.S. An earlier program, no. 66, broadcast on May 2, 1938, also features Herbert Kingsley's music for Terminal, with Clifford Herzer as a second pianist.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1, no. 162

OCLC

497829916

Title

Music and ballet: Herbert Kingsley's music for Catherine Littlefield's ballet, Terminal. March 14, 1940 [sound recording].

Imprint

1940.

Local Note

Request *MGZTL 4-1, no. 162.

For the recording of the earlier program in this series, no. 66, broadcast on May 2, 1938, which also features Herbert Kingsley's music for Terminal, see *MGZTL 4-1, no.162.

Added Author

Deakin, Irving. Host

Kingsley, Herbert. Speaker

Shefter, Bert, 1902-1999. Instrumentalist

Added Title

Herbert Kingsley's music for Catherine Littlefield's ballet, Terminal. March 14, 1940

Found In:

Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no.162