- Additional Authors
- Terry, Walter
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 25 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 25 minutes). [Music and introduction of program by unidentified speaker.] Walter Terry introduces Ivan Nagy, a soloist with the National Ballet, Washington D.C. Ivan Nagy speaks about his training at the ballet school of the Hungarian State Opera House [Magyar Állami Operaház] including the curriculum; beginning his professional performing career in Budapest immediately upon graduating; the performing season in Budapest; some of his roles in the United States; his interest in modern dance; his upcoming role debut as Albrecht in Giselle, in Hungary; his thoughts on teaching including his own experience teaching in the United States; (very briefly) the use of music by modern Hungarian composers Béla Bartók and Zoltan Kodaly in new ballets; the popularity of the ballet in Hungary and its presence in film and on television. [Closing remarks by unidentified speaker and music.]
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Gift of Walter Terry.
- Uniform Title
- Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Ivan Nagy, conducted by Walter Terry, as host; broadcast on May 21, 1967 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance.
- The sound quality is good.
- 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.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-92
- OCLC
- 36936931
- Author
Nagy, Ivan, 1943-2014, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1967.
- Imprint
1967.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance Broadcast on May 21, 1967 New York (N.Y.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 25 minutes); acetate; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto792_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-92
Former call number: *MGZT 7-92
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-92; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-92; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).
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- Added Author
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
- Added Title
Invitation to dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-92