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Interview with Irene Zambelli Silverman.

Title
Interview with Irene Zambelli Silverman. November 30, 1975.
Author
Silverman, Irene, 1916-1998
Publication
1975

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Details

Additional Authors
Gruen, John
Description
2 streaming files (approximately 50 minutes ) : digital, stereo
Summary
  • Streaming file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). Irene Zambelli Silverman (stage name: Irene Zambelli) speaks with John Gruen about her memories of Patricia Bowman; their classes together at Michel Fokine's studio; her impression of Vera Fokina; her memories of the Roxy Theater including an anecdote about Jan Peerce; Bowman as a dancer; Paul Haakon including his adoptive father's suicide and his divorce and remarriage; Bowman and Radio City Music Hall; Maria Gambarelli; Silverman's years at Radio City Music Hall; being invited to join the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; more reminiscences of Bowman and of her own experience at Radio City Music Hall; taking class with Madame [Carlotta] Zambelli in Paris [ends abruptly].
  • Streaming file 2 (approximately three minutes). Irene Zambelli Silverman speaks with John Gruen about her memories of Roxy (Samuel Lionel Rothafel) and the holiday shows at Radio City Music Hall [ends abruptly at 2:25 minutes; remainder is blank].
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Irene Zambelli Silverman conducted by John Gruen on November 30,1975 in New York City, as research for an article on Patricia Bowman in Dance magazine. The article, entitled: Patricia Bowman: showcased in showbiz, her artistic maturity during the 1920's and '30's coincided with a period in our dance history when her art could not find its proper setting, appeared in the October 1976 issue.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps, but, overall, the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Access (note)
  • Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
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 3-650 (former)
OCLC
39895077
Author
Silverman, Irene, 1916-1998, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Irene Zambelli Silverman. November 30, 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 The New York New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Event
Recorded by John Gruen 1975, November 30 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 50 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2014.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-650
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Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
Gruen, John, donor
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-650 (former)
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