- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (30 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- A look at the work of puppeteer, painter, and concert pianist Marshall Izen as seen through the eyes of his 14-year-old nephew Larry Abrahams. Izen performs several hand ballets: a sequence set to Beethoven's Symphony no. 1 (last movement), The tortoise and the hare, and Homage to Picasso. The latter combines a hand ballet and graphics set to a Bach fugue for 2 pianos.
- Note
- Telecast on February 14, 1971 by WCBS-TV on the series Camera three. Produced and directed by Merrill Brockway.
- Izen performs two piano solos: Villa-Lobos' Polichinelle and Debussy's L'île joyeuse, the latter combined with graphics. Also includes a conversation with animal puppet, Theodore "Butch" Bear.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 1592
- OCLC
- NYPY857030945-F
- Title
My Uncle Marshall [electronic resource]
- Imprint
1971.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-423
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- Local Subject
Television. My Uncle Marshall.
Television. Camera three.
Hand ballets and dances.
Puppets and marionettes -- United States.
- Added Author
Izen, Marshall. Puppeteer
Brockway, Merrill. Producer
Brockway, Merrill. Director
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1592