- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 1 streaming file (approximately 54 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- John Gruen, as host, introduces his guest Rudolf Nureyev [an audio recording of a live performance of Nureyev dancing the pas de deux from the ballet Le corsaire is played followed by a commercial announcement]; Gruen speaks briefly about the upcoming film Valentino in which Nureyev is to appear [beginning of pre-recorded section]; Gruen and Nureyev speak about the newly-published book Nureyev (1975, 1977) by John Percival; dancing with different companies in various works including La sylphide, Murray Louis's Moments, and Fleming Flindt's La leçon [The lesson]; Martha Graham including performing in her work; the rationale underlying his revisions to Petipa's ballets Swan lake and Raymonda; Murray Louis and his ballet Moments; his upcoming performances with Margot Fonteyn; other upcoming performances [end of pre-recorded interview followed by Gruen's closing remarks and a commercial announcement].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio interviews.
- Note
- Interview with Rudolf Nureyev conducted by John Gruen, as host, on the radio station WNCN-FM, New York on its series The sound of dance, for broadcast on November 3, 1975. The interview was recorded prior to the recording of the program that was subsequently broadcast.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair to good.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries reading rooms.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-368 Side A
- OCLC
- 910632427
- Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Rudolf Nureyev. November 3, 1975.
- Production
1975
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries reading rooms.
- Event
Recorded for and broadcast by WNCN-FM 1975, November 3 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 formats in 2015.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-368 Side A
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- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Added Title
Sound of dance (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-368 Side A