1 sound tape reel (2 hours, 10 min.) : 1 7/8 in. per sec. ; (5 in.)
Note
Interviewed by John Gruen May 20, 1975, in Samuel Barber's New York City apartment.
Polyester; half track.
For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 5-336.
Contents
SUMMARY: Samuel Barber discusses Cave of the heart (Graham), its composition and scoring and the selection of the title; working with Martha Graham; declining to write score for her ballet Lucifer; Graham as a dancer, her musicality; Lincoln Kirstein; George Balanchine's suggested theme for Souvenirs, later choreographed by Todd Bolender; Rudolf Nureyev; attempts to persuade Eliot Feld to choreograph the Medea pas de deux for Carla Fracci and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
