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Interview with Fred Berk
- Title
- Interview with Fred Berk, 1976
- Author
- Berk, Fred, 1911-1980
- Publication
- 1976
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZMT 3-2136 (transcript) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Hirshbein, Omus
- Description
- One streaming audio file (approximately 14 minutes): digital +
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 14 minutes). Introductory remarks by host, Omus Hirshbein; Fred Berk speaks about the genesis of Israeli folk dance including its diverse sources; developing a program of Israeli folk dance classes at the 92nd Street Y; the creation of the dance company, Hebraica Dancers, and its holiday performances; preserving the amateur status of the company; the upcoming folk dance program at the Felt Forum; the Israeli dance festival he is planning for the centennial of the 92nd Street Y; closing remarks.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio interviews.
- Note
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-2136.
- Interview with Fred Berk conducted by Omus Hirshbein and broadcast on WEVD Radio, New York City, February 6, 1976. Original tape in the archives of the 92nd Street Y, New York, and provided courtesy of Steven W. Siegel, archivist, to Judith Brin Ingber as part of her research in writing Fred Berk's biography, Victory dances: the life of Fred Berk.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is excellent.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- 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. Processing in part and transcription funded by the Trust of Gertrude L. Lippincott.
- Source (note)
- Ingber, Judith Brin
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-2136
- OCLC
- 39896549
- Author
- Berk, Fred, 1911-1980, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Fred Berk, 1976
- Production
- 1976
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
- audio file
- Event
- Copy of original recording made by WEVD Radio, New York City 1976, February 6 New York (N.Y.)
- 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. Processing in part and transcription funded by the Trust of Gertrude L. Lippincott.
- Original Version
- Original format: one sound cassette (14 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format (myd_mgztco32136_v01f01_sc) in 2015.
- Local Note
- Former call number: *MGZTC 3-2136
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Source
- Gift, Ingber, Judith Brin
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Hirshbein, Omus, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-2136*MGZMT 3-2136