Research Catalog

Interview with Ernst Uthoff

Title
Interview with Ernst Uthoff, 1964.
Author
Uthoff, Ernst
Publication
1964.

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Details

Additional Authors
Horosko, Marian
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 15 minutes) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 15 minutes). Marion Horosko introduces Ernst Uthoff; Ernst Uthoff speaks with Horosko about how he went to Chile to form, initially a ballet school, and later, a company, the National Ballet of Chile [Ballet Nacional Chileno]; his background; Kurt Jooss' ballet, The green table; Jooss' choreography; the music composed for The green table, by Frederic A. Cohen; Uthoff's efforts to preserve The green table as Jooss created it; the uses of Labanotation in reviving a ballet; film as a tool for reconstructing a ballet.
Donor/Sponsor
  • National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
  • Gift of Marian Horosko.
Uniform Title
World of dance (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Ernst Uthoff conducted by Marian Horosko, as host. Recorded backstage at the New York State Theater [now the David H. Koch Theater] in November 1964, and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series, World of dance.
  • The sound quality is very 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.
Call Number
*MGZTO 7-2054
OCLC
37283327
Author
Uthoff, Ernst, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Ernst Uthoff, 1964.
Imprint
1964.
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 WNCY, New York on its series, World of Dance 1964 New York (N.Y.)
Original Version
Original format: (archival original: *MGZTO 7-2054; formerly: *MGZT 7-83): one sound reel (approximately 15 minutes); acetate; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzt783_v01f01_sc.
Original format: (additional archival original: *MGZTO 5-2054; formerly: *MGZTO 5-83): one sound reel (approximately 15 minutes); acetate; half-track; 3.75 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto583_v01f01_sc. This reel is a copy of archival original *MGZTO 7-2054 (formerly *MGZT 7-83).
Local Note
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2054; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
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Added Author
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
Added Title
World of dance (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-2054
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