Research Catalog
Interview with Ned Rorem.
- Title
- Interview with Ned Rorem. April 27, 1975, 1975.
- Author
- Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022
- Publication
- 1975
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections Dance to submit a request in person. | disc 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-474 disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections Dance to submit a request in person. | disc 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-474 disc 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 2 sound discs (approximately one hour and 38 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1 (approximately 49 minutes). Ned Rorem speaks with John Gruen about his exposure to dance as a child including performances by Mary Wigman, Catherine Littlefield, and the Ballet Russe [de Monte Carlo]; his friendship with Sono Osato's family; his impressions of Martha Graham including his experience as the accompanist for Martha Graham's classes; an anecdote about Erik Hawkins; his first compositions for dance including his Lost in fear, which he wrote for Marie Marchowsky; Rorem reads aloud from while commenting on his memoir: Recalling Martha, a chapter in his book Music and people, 1968 [ends abruptly but continues on disc 2].
- Disc 2 (approximately 49 minutes). Ned Rorem continues to read aloud from while commenting on his memoir Recalling Martha, a chapter in his book Music and people, 1968; Martha Graham's work Dancing ground, which was accompanied by Rorem's composition 11 studies for 11 players; his thoughts on music written specifically for dance including the compositions he has written for choreographers; Jerome Robbins, as an acquaintance and as a choreographer; current choreographers and their choice of music including Paul Taylor, Alvin Ailey, Robert Joffrey, and Balanchine [interview ends at approximately 42:20; the remaining approximate seven minutes of the recording are blank].
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Ned Rorem conducted by John Gruen on April 27, 1975 in New York City for the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division's Oral History Project.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps. However, the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-474
- OCLC
- 82931997
- Author
- Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Ned Rorem. April 27, 1975, 1975.
- Production
- 1975
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audio disc
- Event
- Recorded by John Gruen 1975, April 27 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.
- Original Version
- Original format: one sound reel (approximately one hour and 38 minutes); 5 inches; polyester, half-track; 1 7/8 ips.; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.
- Local Note
- For transcript of interview: see *MGZMT 5-474Former classmark: *MGZT 5-474
- Added Author
- Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-474