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Interview with Maria Theresa Duncan

Title
Interview with Maria Theresa Duncan, 1978
Author
Maria-Theresa, 1896-1987
Publication
1978

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reel 10AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-689 [sound cassette] reel 10Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 9AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-689 [sound cassette] reel 9Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 8AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-689 [sound cassette] reel 8Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 7AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-689 [sound cassette] reel 7Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 6AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-689 [sound cassette] reel 6Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 5AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-689 [sound cassette] reel 5Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 4AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-689 [sound cassette] reel 4Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
reel 3AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-689 [sound cassette] reel 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Rogosin, Elinor
Description
Three streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 17 minutes): digital
Summary
  • Streaming audio file 1, approximately 25 minutes, and streaming audio file 2, approximately 40 minutes. [Almost all of streaming audio file 1 and the first approximate 24 minutes of streaming audio file 2 are in effect blank due to problems with the original recording.] Maria-Theresa, former pupil of Isadora Duncan and one of the Isadorables, speaks about Isadora's love for Russia and her creating of a dance to celebrate the Russian Revolution [1917-1921]; the conflict between Maria-Theresa's personal life and accompanying Isadora to Moscow; her problems in France; discovering art in Italy and working with Eleanora Duse [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 3].
  • Streaming audio file 3, approximately 12 minutes. Maria Theresa continues to speak about her time in Italy and working with Eleanora Duse; she reminiscences about Isadora and the Duncan family; Isadora's dancing as the expression of the classic spirit.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Elinor Rogosin.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Maria-Theresa Duncan conducted by Elinor Rogosin on December 12, 1978. Actual length of intelligible interview is approximately 28 minutes.
  • Sound quality is fair to very poor. Almost all of streaming audio file 1 and the first approximate 24 minutes of streaming audio file 2 are in effect blank due to problems with the original recording. As a result, the actual length of the interview that is intelligible is approximately 28 minutes.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public 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.
Source (note)
  • Elinor Rogosin
Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-689
OCLC
78278445
Author
Maria-Theresa, 1896-1987, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Maria Theresa Duncan, 1978
Production
1978
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 Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Event
Recorded by Elinor Rogosin 1978, December 12
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: two sound cassettes (approximately one hour and 17 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3689_v01f01_sc, myd_mgztco3689_v01f02_sc, and myd_mgztco3689_v02f01_sc.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-689
Source
Gift Elinor Rogosin
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Added Author
Rogosin, Elinor, interviewer.
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