Research Catalog

Title

Paul Sperry's lecture on composer Francis Poulenc.

Publication

198-

Details

Additional Authors

Sperry, Paul

Found In

Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Description

1 streaming audio file (approximately 31 min.) : digital, mono.

Summary

The voice on this recording is identified as tenor Paul Sperry who is preparing for a lecture on the French composer Francis Poulenc whose songs Sperry values immensely and often includes in his repertoire. Sperry explores the composition of Poulenc's songs and compares them to songs of other composers that he performs (Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann). He singles out two major aspects that made Poulenc so prominent in this genre: the emphasis he put on the choice of poets and poems for his songs, and his collaboration with a renowned interpreter of the French art song, baritone Pierre Bernac. Sperry also details his approach to preparing for his performances of Poulenc's works. The last 4 minutes of the recording is remains of a previous recording of joint violin and piano practices.

Alternative Title

Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Subjects

• Lectures
• Songs > Analysis, appreciation
• Composers > France > Biography
• Composers > France > Songs and music
• Baritones (Singers) > France > Biography
• Bernac, Pierre > Appreciation
• Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963 > Criticism and interpretation
• Sperry, Paul

Genre/Form

Lectures.

Note

• Title based on the original cassette label and the content of the recording.
• Streaming file transferred from original audiocassette.

Access (note)

• Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.

Source (note)

• Margaret Carson

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.

Call Number

*LTC-A 1613

OCLC

927730358

Title

Paul Sperry's lecture on composer Francis Poulenc.

Production

198-

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Performer

Paul Sperry, commentator.

Event

Recorded in United States 198?

Access

Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.

Source

Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Sperry, Paul, commentator.

Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.

Added Title

Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Found In:

Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Research Call Number

*LTC-A 1613