- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 27 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 27 minutes). [Announcements and introduction of guests by James Lyons.] Martin Levy speaks about the music for his opera Sotoba Komachi; James Lyons speaks about Levy's background and career; Lyons introduces Sanae Kawaguchi, the opera's choreographer; Kawaguchi speaks about the choreography of Sotoba Komachi; Lyons speaks about Kawaguchi's background and achievements; Lyons, Levy, and Kawaguchi speak about Noh including its history, and the plot, cast, dancers, staging, and orchestration of Sotoba Komachi; the use of masks in Noh; the fact that Sotoba Komachi is inspired by Noh but is not a Noh drama. [At approximately 19:59 minutes, excerpts from a working tape of Sotoba Komachi are played followed by Lyons' closing remarks and announcements].
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance
- Uniform Title
- Today in ballet (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Martin Levy and Sanae Kawaguchi conducted by James Lyon as host. Recorded on April 6, 1957 and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series, Today in ballet.
- The sound quality is excellent.
- 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 7-20
- OCLC
- 35890294
- Author
Kawaguchi, Sanae, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Martin Levy and Sanae Kawaguchi.
- Imprint
1957.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its program series, Today in ballet April 6, 1957 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 27 minutes); full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto720_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-20
Former call number: *MGZT 7-20
- Local Note
Archival Original: *MGZTO 7-20; 7 1/2 in. per sec; 7 in. reel; acetate; dual track. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing Master:*MGZTD 10-20; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; dual track.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
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- Added Title
Today in ballet (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-20