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[Rehearsal piano music for West Side waltz].

Title
[Rehearsal piano music for West Side waltz].
Publication
1981.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003
  • Thompson, Ernest, 1949-
  • Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003
  • Fratti, Laura
  • Czerny, Carl, 1791-1857
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
  • Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899
Found In
Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials, 1971-1990.
Alternative Title
Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials
Subject
  • Waltzes
  • Concertos (Piano) > Excerpts
  • Sonatas (Piano) > Excerpts
  • Piano > Studies and exercises > Excerpts
  • Piano music
  • Music rehearsals
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from cataloger.
  • "Scale-Mother ; Gelaufigkeit-Czerny ; Bach lyrical" --From original audiocassette label.
  • Side 1 only.
Access (note)
  • Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Source (note)
  • Billy Rose Theatre Division, Katharine Hepburn papers, 1854-1997 (bulk 1928-1994);
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials, *L(Special) 08-31.
Local note
  • Preservation file: (1 audio file : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltca1396_v01f01_em]
Contents
[Act 1, scene 1]: My mother's exercise (scales) -- [Act 1, scene 2, cue 2]: [no. 31 from "Schule der] Geläufigkeit (2 times) / Czerny -- [Act 1, scene 2, cue 5]: [Excerpt] Bach concerto (Lyrical section) [BWV 1052, first movement: Allegro]: 1st attempt ; 2nd attempt (longer version) [audio track erratic] / J. S. Bach -- [Act 1, scene 3, cue 2]: [Excerpt] Bach concerto (Agitated) [BWV 1052, first movement: Allegro (Beginning)] / J. S. Bach -- [Act 2, scene 1]: [Excerpt] Tempest sonata: (Piano sonata no. 17, third movement: Allegretto) / Beethoven -- [Act 2, scene 3]: [Excerpt] Wine women, and song / J. Strauss II [audio erratic] -- [Excerpt] Bach concerto [BWV 1052, first movement: Allegro] / J. S. Bach -- [Commentary by Katharine Hepburn] -- [Excerpts] Bach concerto [BWV 1052, third movement: Allegro] Version 1 ; Version 2 / J. S. Bach.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1396
OCLC
903912194
Title
[Rehearsal piano music for West Side waltz].
Production
1981.
Description
1 streaming audio file (8:51) : digital, mono.
Playing Time
000851
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Description
digital mono rda
Performer
[Laura Fratti, piano] ; Katharine Hepburn, commentary ; [Unidentified recording engineer?]
Event
Recording Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, N. Y. 1981.
Summary
This recording is a rundown (rehearsal) of piano pieces excerpts being used for cues for scenes in both Act 1 and 2 of the Broadway play "The West Side waltz", and as a practice tape for Katharine Hepburn. Not all of the music featured in the play is on this recording. Ms. Hepburn piano teacher/consulant Laura Fratti is performing the pieces as Ms. Hepburn and an unidentified audio enginner (?) provides additional commentary.
Access
Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, mono, Dolby B) in *LTC-A 1396.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials, *L(Special) 08-31.
Local Note
Preservation file: (1 audio file : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltca1396_v01f01_em]
Source
Separated from; Billy Rose Theatre Division, Katharine Hepburn papers, 1854-1997 (bulk 1928-1994); 2007.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003.
Music for (work): Thompson, Ernest, 1949- West Side waltz.
Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003, commentator.
Fratti, Laura, performer.
Container of (work): Czerny, Carl, 1791-1857. Schule der Geläufigkeit. No. 31. Selections.
Container of (work): Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Concertos, harpsichord, string orchestra, BWV 1052, D minor. Selections; arranged.
Container of (work): Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano, no. 17, op. 31, no. 2, D minor. Allegretto. Selections; arranged.
Container of (work): Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Wein, Weib, Gesang. Selections; arranged.
Added Title
Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials
Found In:
Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials, 1971-1990.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1396
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