- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 46 minutes). Ella Schram, longtime housekeeper for Erik Bruhn's family, speaks with John Gruen (Steen Trojabong is the interpreter) about the Bruhn family and her relationship with them; Bruhn's relationship with his mother; her first getting to know Bruhn well after the death of his mother; a typical day when Bruhn is home; the change in Bruhn after his surgery [for a perforated ulcer]; her friendship with Bruhn including their regular correspondence; her response to seeing Bruhn as Madge in La sylphide; his personality; her admiration for Bruhn. [Ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2.]
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 15 minutes). Ella Schram, with Steen Trojabong as interpreter, continues to speak with John Gruen about her friendship with Erik Bruhn.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Ella Schram conducted by John Gruen on July 19, 1977 in Copenhagen, Denmark, as research for his book Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (Viking Press, New York, 1979). The interview is conducted in both Danish and English, with Steen Trojaborg serving as interpreter.
- For edited transcript of interview (in English) see: *MGZMT 3-784.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps.
- 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 3-784
- OCLC
- 80123883
- Author
Schram, Ella, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Ella Schram, 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 19 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 one hour); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3784_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3784_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-784
- Source
Gift John Gruen
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-784