Research Catalog

Interviews with Nadezhda Pavlova and Vi︠a︡cheslav Gordeev

Title
Interviews with Nadezhda Pavlova and Vi︠a︡cheslav Gordeev, 1979
Author
Pavlova, Nadezhda (Nadezhda Vasilʹevna)
Publication
1979.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Gordeev, Vi︠a︡cheslav
  • Horosko, Marian
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 36 minutes): digital
Summary
  • Streaming audio file 1, August 29, 1979 (approximately 24 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Nadezhda Pavlova and her husband, Vi︠a︡cheslav Gordeev, speak (primarily through an interpreter) with Marian Horosko briefly about various topics including: the manner in which their roles are determined; Pavlova's preference for [Marina] Semenova's coaching to that of [Galina Sergeevna] Ulanova; Pavlova's birth in Ufa and childhood training in Perm; her participation in the All-Union ballet competition in Moscow [gap]; Pavlova's and Gordeev's personal relationship; Pavlova's great popularity in her native region; their warm reception by New York audiences; their interest in performing the work of American choreographers, such as Robert Joffrey.
  • Streaming audio file 2, September 15, 1979 (approximately 12 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Vi︠a︡cheslav Gordeev speaks (in part, through an interpreter) with Marian Horosko briefly about various topics including: the separate classes for boys; his musical preferences; artistic input from his friends when learning a new role; his introduction to ballet through television; performing with Nadezhda Pavlova [ends abruptly].
Donor/Sponsor
New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Alternative Title
  • Interview with Nadezhda Pavlova
  • Interview with Vi︠a︡cheslav Gordeev.
  • Dance Audio Archive
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interviews with Nadezhda Pavlova and Vi︠a︡cheslav Gordeev, conducted by Marian Horosko, in part through an interpreter, in New York City, on August 29, 1979 (streaming audio file 1: approximately 25 minutes) and September 15, 1979 (streaming audio file 2: approximately 11 minutes; Gordeev only). The interviews appear to have been conducted in connection with Horosko's article, Pavlova and Gordeyev:The new generation of Bolshoi dancers, in the November 1979 issue of Dance magazine.
  • The sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss."
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Funding (note)
  • The processing 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.
Call Number
*MGZTO 7-1205
OCLC
79470740
Author
Pavlova, Nadezhda (Nadezhda Vasilʹevna), interviewee.
Title
Interviews with Nadezhda Pavlova and Vi︠a︡cheslav Gordeev, 1979
Imprint
1979.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded by Marian Horosko August 29 and September 15, 1979 New York (N.Y.)
Funding
The processing 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.
Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Original Version
Original format: two sound reels (approximately 36 minutes); full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto71205_v01f01_sc and myd_mgzto71205_v02f01_sc.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTL 4-1205
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTO 7-1205 nos. 1-2. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1205
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1205
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Added Author
Gordeev, Vi︠a︡cheslav, interviewee.
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-1205
*MGZTL 4-1205 [sound disc]
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