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Interview with Frederic Franklin.

Title
Interview with Frederic Franklin. May 2, 2000 [sound recording].
Author
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
Publication
2000.

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AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2253 no. 6 transcriptPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2253 no. 6 sound cassettePerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Moseley, Monica.
  • Aloff, Mindy, 1947-
  • George Balanchine Foundation.
Description
1 sound cassette (ca. 72 min.) +
Summary
  • Cassette 6, side A (ca. 51 min.). The recording includes Frederic Franklin's comments on photographs and drawings of dancers, costumes, and sets shown to him at the interview. Franklin speaks about the costumes and sets for George Balanchine's ballet Danses concertantes; the designer, Genia [Eugene] Berman; Michel Fokine's ballet Don Juan, including comments on photographs of dancers and the set, and on the score of the ballet; speaks briefly about Anatole's Oboukoff's Don Quixote pas de deux; tells an anecdote about Alexandra Danilova and Enrico Cecchetti; Fokine's ballet Les elfes, including the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo production, choreographic details, and performance anecdotes; Leon Danielian's ballet España; Fokine's ballet L'épreuve d'amour, including the story and the cast; Bronislava Nijinska's ballet Étude, including the costumes, the music, and performance anecdotes. [Ends abruptly.]
  • Cassette 6, side B (ca. 21 min.). Franklin continues speaking about Etude; Nijinska's departure from the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; comments on photographs of Etude; Nijinska's work for other companies including the Ballets Russes [of Serge Diaghilev] and their revivals; donation of Nijinska's papers to the Library of Congress; ballets to be discussed at the next session.
Series Statement
Frederic Franklin Oral History Project
Alternative Title
  • Dance Audio Archive.
  • Dance Oral History Project.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Frederic Franklin conducted by Monica Moseley and Mindy Aloff at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City, primarily on May 2, 2000. This interview was recorded for the Frederic Franklin Oral History Project; the Project is a collaboration between the George Balanchine Foundation and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2253 no. 6.
  • The transcripts were prepared by the George Balanchine Foundation. The transcripts are edited versions of the recordings and may include material such as follow-up interviews, in person and by telephone, and explanatory notes, which are not included in the recording.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-2253 no. 6
OCLC
NYPY04-R64
Author
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Frederic Franklin. May 2, 2000 [sound recording].
Imprint
2000.
Series
Frederic Franklin Oral History Project
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2253 no. 6
Archive transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2253 no. 6
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2253 no. 6
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Franklin, F.
Added Author
Moseley, Monica. Interviewer
Aloff, Mindy, 1947- Interviewer
George Balanchine Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-2253 no. 6 sound cassette
*MGZMT 3-2253 no. 6 transcript
*MGZTC 3-2253 no. 6
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