- Additional Authors
- Horosko, Marian
- Description
- One streaming file (approximately 28 minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming file (approximately 28 minutes). Edna Wetterer speaks with Marian Horosko about her training with Bird Larson at Barnard College; the content of the classes; Larson's professional background; her memories of a performance by Isadora Duncan; studying with Larson at her studio; occasional performances, at the Neighborhood Playhouse; Larson's personal life, including her untimely death at age 39; William Norman Guthrie and his engaging of Larson to choreograph for his church; Larson's physical appearance and her personality; teachers and dancers who were trained or influenced by Larson; her warm memories of Larson.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Marian Horosko.
- Oral History Archive.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Edna Wetterer conducted by Marian Horosko in 1969 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, in New York City.
- Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by mild "tape hiss" and occasional short stops, but the speakers' voices are clear and easily intelligible.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the Barbara Goldstein Conservation Division of The New York Public Library and 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
- *MGZT 7-113, reel 1 (former)
- OCLC
- 51088473
- Author
Wetterer, Edna, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Edna Wetterer, 1969.
- Imprint
1969.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Funding
Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- Event
Recorded by Marian Horosko 1969 New York (N.Y.)
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 28 minutes); 7"; acetate, half-track; 3.75 ips.
- Funding
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the Barbara Goldstein Conservation Division of The New York Public Library and 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.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZT 7-113, reel 1
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-113
Former call number: *MGZTL 4-2109
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-2109
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
Horosko, Marian, donor
- Research Call Number
*MGZT 7-113, reel 1 (former)
*MGZTC 3-2109 (former)
*MGZTL 4-2109 (former)
*MGZTC 3-113 (former)