Research Catalog

Title

Patronage of the theater in America/ Agnes de Mille

Author

De Mille, Agnes

Publication

1961.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

2 streaming audio files (approximately 55 minutes): digital

Summary

• Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 32 minutes). Agnes de Mille speaks about how she defines patronage and a patron of the arts including an anecdote about asking a theater owner [possibly Billy Rose] for money for American Ballet Theatre; the tradition in Europe of theatrical patronage; the unique needs of the theater for patronage; the influence of patrons historically, in Europe; the prevalent attitude of Americans and American legislators toward the theater and other arts including a reference to an unidentified United States congressman [possibly John Rooney]; the psychological and historical background of this attitude [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
• Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 23 minutes). Agnes de Mille continues to speak about the historical and psychological background of attitudes towards the arts in the United States; she speaks about the lack of government support for opera and dance companies in the United States, including as compared with that in Europe; commercial Broadway theater, how it is run and why; the craft unions in New York and their effect on the theater; the increasing numbers of theaters outside of Broadway, including regional theaters and at academic institutions; the unique contributions which theater makes to society.

Donor/Sponsor

• National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
• Agnes de Mille Collection.

Alternative Title

Dance Audio Archive

Subjects

• Federal aid to dance
• Labor unions > Theatrical employees
• De Mille, Agnes > Lectures
• Dance audiences
• Performing arts sponsorship
• Federal aid to dance > United States
• United States
• Audiotapes > De Mille, A
• Sound recordings
• Dance > Audiences

Genre/Form

Sound recordings.

Note

• Lecture on patronage of the theater in the United States given by Agnes de Mille on February 6, 1961 in the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, District of Columbia.
• Sound quality is very good except for the questions from the audience, which varies.
• 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 7-1204

OCLC

36936989

Author

De Mille, Agnes, speaker.

Title

Patronage of the theater in America/ Agnes de Mille

Imprint

1961.

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

audio file

Event

Recorded at the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress February 6, 1961 District of Columbia

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: two sound reels (approximately 55 minutes); full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto71204_v01f01_sc and myd_mgzto71204_v02f01_sc.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZTC 3-1204

Former call number: *MGZTL 4-1204

Former call number: *MGZT 7-1204

Local Note

Additional archival original: *MGZTO 7-101; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 2 reels (7 in.); acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1204

Additional dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-101; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.

Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1204

*MGZT 7-101 (Former classmark)

*MGZTC 3-101 (Former classmark)

Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Dance audiences.

Research Call Number

*MGZTO 7-1204