- Additional Authors
- Watts, Carolyn, 1914-2002
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 30 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 30 minutes). [Music; an unidentified male speaker introduces the program, Arabesques, speaker P.W. Manchester and host, Carolyn Watts.] P.W. Manchester speaks with Carolyn Watts about ballet in the 19th century including the reforms made by Jean Georges Noverre; the rise in the level of female dancers' technique; Marie Taglioni and the development of pointe work; the romantization of women and the ballet La sylphide [a recording of an excerpt of the music for La sylphide, composed by Hermann Løwenskjold, is played]; the shift in the public's interest to female dancers from male dancers; Marie Taglioni's decades-long influence on style; the introduction of tutus, gas lights, and special effects; Théophile Gauthier and his fascination with Carlotta Grisi; the ballet Giselle [a recording of an excerpt of music from Giselle, by Adolphe Adam, is played]; the strictures on music composed for ballet; the ballet La Péri and Carlotta Grisi, including her innovative leap into her partner's arms [a recording of an excerpt of the music for La Péri, by Friedrich Burgmüller is played; closing remarks by an unidentified male speaker].
- Series Statement
- Arabesques ; no. 2
- Uniform Title
- Arabesques (Radio program)
- Arabesques ; no. 2.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- P.W. Manchester speaks with Carolyn Watts about the early romantic period of ballet, for the radio program Arabesques on WGUC-FM, the radio station of the University of Cincinnati; broadcast on the National Public Radio network; recorded in 1975.
- Sound quality is excellent.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Funding (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 5-489
- OCLC
- 79645622
- Author
Manchester, P. W. (Phyllis Winifred)
- Title
Early Romantic ballet. [sound recording]
- Imprint
1975.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Series
Arabesques ; no. 2
Arabesques ; no. 2.
- Funding
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.
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 30 minutes); polyester; full-track; 3.75 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto5489_v01f01_sc.
- Event
Recorded by WGUC-FM, the radio station of the University of Cincinnati 1975 Cincinnati (Ohio)
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Watts, Carolyn, 1914-2002, speaker.
- Added Title
Arabesques (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-489