- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately 54 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 43 minutes) and streaming audio file 2 (approximately 11 minutes). Margot Fonteyn speaks with John Gruen about her decision to appear at a segregated theater in Cape Town, South Africa including the influence of David Poole; her marriage; her thoughts on her present career; Rudolf Nureyev; George Balanchine and his work; her personal life.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral history archive
- John Gruen collection of oral history tapes
- Oral History Archive.
- John Gruen Collection of Oral History Tapes.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-154.
- Interview with Margot Fonteyn conducted by John Gruen on May 7, 1973 in New York City. This interview was used as a basis for a New York Times article by John Gruen, and later for a chapter in his book, The private world of ballet (Viking Press, New York).
- Sound quality is very good. The recording is marred by "tape hiss".
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library research libraries.
- Funding (note)
- The conservation 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.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-154
- OCLC
- 50848715
- Author
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Margot Fonteyn, 1972
- Production
1972
- Type of Content
spoken word
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library research libraries.
- Event
Recorded by John Gruen 1972, May 7 New York (N.Y.)
- Funding
The conservation 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.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound cassette (approximately 54 minutes); polyester; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: (myd_mgztco3154_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3154_v01f02_sc).
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-154
Former call number: *MGZTL 4-154
- Source
Gift Gruen, John
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- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.