- Additional Authors
- Sebastian, Stuart.
- Description
- One streaming audio file (approximately 31 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 31 minutes). Stuart Sebastian, Walter Terry's research assistant, and Terry discuss the manuscript of Terry's biography of Ted Shawn, identifying matters that should be clarified and suggesting material that should be added; topics discussed include the dances performed by the Denishawn Dancers; Shawn's personal life; his relationship with Ruth St. Denis; the structure of the book; certain correspondence regarding male dancers; an evaluation of Shawn as an artist; Shawn's personality; various aspects of Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers; Barton Mumaw [this section of the recording ends at approximately 24:20 minutes]; Terry records his thoughts on how to rework the manuscript.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Conversation between Walter Terry and his research assistant, Stuart Sebastian regarding the evaluation and reworking of Terry's manuscript of his biography of Ted Shawn, later published as: Ted Shawn, father of American dance: a biography (New York: Dial Press, c1976). The time and place are not identified, but may be around 1975. The final approximate six minutes of the recording consists of Terry's self-recorded notes on how to rework the manuscript.
- Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by short gaps, but the speakers' voices are clear.
- 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 3-835
- OCLC
- 83783102
- Author
Terry, Walter.
- Title
Conversation with Stuart Sebastian , ca. 1975
- Production
[ca. 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 Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- Event
Recorded by Walter Terry ca. 1975
- 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 31 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3835_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-835
- Source
Gift Walter Terry
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Sebastian, Stuart.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-835