- Found In
- Sophia Delza papers, 1908-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155
- Description
- Two audio streaming files (approximately one hour and 28 minutes): digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 32 minutes). [First approximate 20 seconds appears to be a fragment of the lecture recorded on streaming audio file 2, as described below.] Sophia Delza, in what sounds like a run-through of an instructional recording, directs a putative listener, movement-by-movement, through a series of exercises, with occasional commentary on their nature and purpose. At approximately 21:20 minutes, following a short gap, Delza recites a series of fable-like stories in rhyme. [From approximately 26:33 into the audio file to the end, the recording consists of a discussion between the same unidentified male and female speakers heard in streaming file 2, as described below.]
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 55 minutes). The first approximate 20 minutes consists (with gaps) of an unidentified male speaker lecturing on Italian society and the role of literature, in particular the novel, including The leopard [Il gattapardo], by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa; beginning at approximately 19:45 minutes, an unidentified male speaker and unidentified female speaker [referred to as "Vivian"] discuss the filming of a woman in an institution for the mentally-ill and her relationship with her doctor [from approximately 33:10 minutes through 48:16 minutes, the recording consists of loud ambient noise]; the discussion resumes and continues until almost the end of the recording; the final approximate 10 seconds contains a fragment of the above-mentioned lecture on Italian society and literature.
- Alternative Title
- Sophia Delza papers, 1908-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155. Audio
- Subjects
- Note
- The first part of the recording includes Sophia Delza instructing a putative listener how to perform a series of exercises (streaming audio file 1). The second part of the recording includes excerpts from what sounds like a lecture on Italian society and the novel; the third part contains an unrelated discussion between two unidentified people primarily about filming a woman in an institution for the mentally ill (streaming audio file 2). The time and place of these recordings is not specified, but based on the speaker's reference to the death of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the lecture could not have been earlier than 1957.
- Title supplied by cataloger based on content of recording.
- Overall sound quality is good. The recording is marred by occasional short gaps, periods of ambient noise, and periods of "tape hiss," but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- 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.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Separated audio from Sophia Delza papers, 1908-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155
- OCLC
- 931915652
- Author
Delza, Sophia.
- Title
Sophia Delza's program of daily exercises; and, lecture on Italian society and literature, and other miscellaneous unrelated material
- Production
[Between 195- and 19--?]
- 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 NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event
Recorded by Sophia Delza? between 195- and 19--?
- 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 reel (approximately one hour and 28 minutes); 7"; acetate; half-track; ips not specified; transferred to wav file and streaming file (myd_mgzto73046_v01f01_sc and myd_mgzto73046_v01f02_sc) formats in 2015.
- Linking Entry
Separated audio from Sophia Delza papers, 1908-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155
- Connect to:
- Added Title
Sophia Delza papers, 1908-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155. Audio
- Found In:
Sophia Delza papers, 1908-1996 (S) *MGZMD 155