- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately 52 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 48 minutes). Susse Wold speaks with John Gruen about her background and career; meeting Erik Bruhn at a party and their subsequent written correspondence; Bruhn as an actor; their friendship; his ulcer and his surgeries; performing with Bruhn in the play Rashomon; his personality including an anecdote about a visit to New York City with Bruhn and his longtime housekeeper, Ella Schram [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 4 minutes). Susse Wold continues to speak with John Gruen about Erik Bruhn's personality.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-792.
- Interview with Susse Wold conducted by John Gruen on July 16, 1977, in Copenhagen, Denmark, as research for his book Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (Viking Press, New York, 1979). A third person, who is not identified, is present but does not participate materially in the conversation.
- Sound quality is good.
- 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 3-792
- OCLC
- 84487741
- Author
Wold, Susse, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Susse Wold, 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.
- Event
Recorded by John Gruen 1977, July 16 Copenhagen (Denmark)
- 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 52 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3792_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3792_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-792
- Source
Gift John Gruen
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-792