- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 28 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 28 minutes). [Introductory remarks and music.] James Lyons introduces his guests Jean Erdman and Ezra Laderman; Jean Erdman speaks about her background in Honolulu (Hawaii) and the hula. Ezra Laderman speaks about his background in Brooklyn (N.Y.), how he first met Erdman and the beginnings of their collaboration, with Erdman's work Duet for flute and dancer. Erdman and Laderman speak about the nature and development of their collaboration, especially the close relationship between dramatic content, choreography, and rhythmic motifs; their collaboration on Erdman's work Harlequinade including Laderman's discussion of his work Chamber concerto and Erdman's discussion of the work's dramatic content.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Uniform Title
- Today in ballet (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Jean Erdman, modern dancer, and Ezra Laderman, composer, conducted by James Lyon as host; recorded on March 16, 1957 and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series, Today in ballet.
- The sound quality is very good.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Funding (note)
- The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-2007
- OCLC
- 35890273
- Author
Erdman, Jean, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Jean Erdman, modern dancer, and Ezra Laderman, composer, 1957
- Imprint
1957.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded by WNYC for its series, Today in ballet March 16, 1957 New York (N.Y.)
- Funding
The processing and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 28 minutes); polyester; full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto72007_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-2007
Former call number: *MGZT 7-10
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-10; 7 1/2 in. per. sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Relabeled as *MGZTO 7-2007 as of September 11, 2014. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2007; 7 1/2 in. per. sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Lyon, James, interviewer.
Laderman, Ezra, interviewee.
- Added Title
Today in ballet (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-2007