- Additional Authors
- Watts, Carolyn, 1914-2002.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 33 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 33 minutes). [Music and announcements.] P.W. Manchester and Carolyn Watts discuss the ballet The sleeping beauty and its choreographer Marius Petipa [a recording of an excerpt (the overture) of the music by Peter Illich Tchaikovsky for The sleeping beauty is played]; the structure of the ballet, beginning with the Prologue and the entrance of the Violet Fairy; Carlotta Brianza, the first Aurora and Pavel Gerdt, the first Prince Florimond; The sleeping beauty as having inspired Anna Pavlova to become a ballerina [a recording of an excerpt of the music (the panorama scene) by Tchaikovsky for The sleeping beauty is played; following a few brief comments, a recording of an excerpt of the music for the Bluebird and Princess Florine variations in the grand divertissement of the final act is played];Manchester speaks further about the Bluebird and Princess Florine variations; Serge Diaghilev's production of The sleeping beauty in London with Brianza as Carabosse; the Sadler's Wells Ballet production [music and announcements].
- Series Statement
- Arabesques ; no 6
- Uniform Title
- Arabesques (Radio program)
- Arabesques ; no 6.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- P. W. Manchester and Carolyn Watts discuss the ballet The sleeping beauty; recorded at WGUC-FM, the radio station of the University of Cincinnati, for the radio program Arabesques, and broadcast on the National Public Radio network, in 1975.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is excellent.
- 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
- *MGZTO 5-493
- OCLC
- 83154852
- Author
Manchester, P. W. (Phyllis Winifred)
- Title
The sleeping beauty.
- Imprint
1975
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Series
Arabesques ; no 6
Arabesques ; no 6.
- Event
Recorded by WGUC-FM, the radio station of the University of Cincinnati 1975 Cincinnati (Ohio)
- 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 reel (approximately 33 minutes); polyester; 5 in.; full-track; 3 3/4 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto5493_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZT 5-493
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Watts, Carolyn, 1914-2002.
- Added Title
Arabesques (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-493