- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 26 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 48 minutes). John Gruen introduces Marit Gentele Gruson and speaks about the background of the interview; Gruson speaks with Gruen about Erik Bruhn including how impressed she was the first time she saw him, dancing with the Royal Danish Ballet [Kongelige Danske ballet]; his friendship with her [first] husband Goeran Gentele, then director of the Royal Swedish Opera [Kungliga Operan]; the relatively poor state of the Royal Swedish Ballet [Kungliga Baletten] at the time; Bruhn's directorship of the company including both his problems and his successes; Bruhn as a person including his friendship with the Gentele family; the Genteles' car accident [in which Goeran and two of their daughters died] and its aftermath including Bruhn's devoted care of Marit; Bruhn's sterling personal qualities; Goeran's appointment as director of the Metropolitan [Opera] and their time in New York City; her friendship with Bruhn including an anecdote about visiting Tivoli gardens with him; her second marriage; Bruhn's ability to understand other people; his family [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 38 minutes). Marit Gentele Gruson speaks with John Gruen about Erik Bruhn's family; aspects of Bruhn's personality that make him ideally suited for the role of Hamlet; (very briefly) his relationship with Rudolf Nureyev; more on Bruhn's character; Bruhn's acceptance of his aging; other aspects of his personality and what she has learned from him; surviving the loss of her family and her current mental state; an anecdote about Bruhn's plans for his old age.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-771.
- Interview with Marit Gentele Gruson conducted by John Gruen on August 24, 1977, in New York (N.Y.), as part of the research for John Gruen's book, Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (Viking Press, New York, 1979).
- Sound quality is quality is good overall. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise, including "tape hiss."
- 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)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-771
- OCLC
- 80088026
- Author
Gruson, Marit Gentele, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Marit Gentele Gruson, 1977
- Production
1977
- 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.
- 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 one hour and 26 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3771_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3771_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-771
- Source
Gift John Gruen
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-771