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Interview with Kendall Capps Jr.
- Title
- Interview with Kendall Capps Jr. [sound recording].
- Author
- Capps, Kendall, Jr.
- Publication
- 1996.
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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 to submit a request in person. | reel 3 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2038 [sound cassette] reel 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | reel 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2038 [sound cassette] reel 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | reel 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2038 [sound cassette] reel 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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 3-2038 (transcript) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Baytos, Betsy.
- Description
- 3 sound cassettes (3 hr.) +
- Summary
- Cassette 1 (30 min. per side). Mr. Capps discusses his family background, particularly his father Kendall Capps and his various performance acts; defines eccentric dancing; describes the variety of acts that comprised a typical vaudeville show; and comments on various performers, particularly those that influenced him.
- Cassette 2 (30 min. per side). Mr. Capps discusses further his father and early performing experiences with him and others; attending Professional Children's School; being filmed for A day at the races with the Marx Brothers and later having his scene cut; other work and people he met as a child; leaving the act he had with his father; studying music; working with Buster West; different aspects of his education; enlisting in the army; getting serious about music; and studying with Joseph Schillinger and Arnold Schoenberg.
- Cassette 3 (30 min. per side). Mr. Capps describes going to England in 1931 and opening the New Victoria Theatre; his love of performing in England; origins of eccentric dance; history of burlesque; differences between vaudeville and burlesque; the status of different show business genres; the influence of eccentric dance on other genres; and comments on the variety of performers he has met or seen.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Note
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-2038.
- Interviewed by Betsy Baytos May 30, 1996.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2038
- OCLC
- NYPY97-R8
- Author
- Capps, Kendall, Jr. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Kendall Capps Jr. [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1996.
- Local Note
- Preservation master cassettes: *MGZTCO 3-2038.Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2038.Interview funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD)
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Local Subject
- Variety dancing.Phonotapes -- Capps, KPhonotapes -- Baytos, B.
- Added Author
- Baytos, Betsy. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2038 [Transcript]*MGZTC 3-2038 [Cassette]