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Interview with Frederic Franklin.

Title
Interview with Frederic Franklin. June 7 and 13, 2000 [sound recording].
Author
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
Publication
2000.

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AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2253 no. 19-20 pt. 1 transcriptPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2253 no. 19-20 pt. 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2253 no. 19 sound cassettePerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2253 no. 20 sound cassettePerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Moseley, Monica.
  • Aloff, Mindy, 1947-
  • Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
  • George Balanchine Foundation.
Description
2 sound cassettes (ca. 133 min.) +
Summary
  • Cassette 19, side A, 06/07/00 (ca. 23 min.). Frederic Franklin comments on photographs of George Balanchine's ballet Serenade shown to him at the interview; speaks about the reason Leonide Massine did not require him to use a Russian stage-name; ballets to be discussed at the next interview; the musical comedy Song of Norway.
  • Cassette 19, side B, 06/13/00 (ca. 38 min.). The interview begins approximately 3 min. into the recording. Franklin speaks about Massine's ballet Seventh symphony; including Massine's working method; Franklin's learning his role, the Spirit of creation; other characters in the ballet, including Adam and Eve, the snake, and rocks; his costume; the ballet's story; Massine's unhappiness with the choreography set to the fourth movement; performing the ballet on tour; becoming sick from the make-up applied to his body; his friendship with the accompanist Rachel Chapman; reason he enjoyed dancing in Seventh symphony; more on the fourth movement; the engaging of Nini Theilade to dance in Seventh symphony; comments on photographs of the ballet. [Ends abruptly.]
  • Cassette 20, side A, 06/13/00 (ca. 38 min.). Franklin speaks about Bronislava Nijinska's ballet Sleeping beauty [after Marius Petipa; referred to as Aurora's wedding in the interview], including first seeing it in Liverpool in 1929; the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's performance of the ballet, in Chicago; comments on drawings of costume designs for the ballet and photographs of the dancers; speaks about Nijinska's ballet Snow maiden, including the cast and the choreography; comments on photographs of Snow maiden; Michel Fokine's ballet Spectre de la rose, including his first seeing it, as staged by Anton Dolin; tells anecdotes about an accompanist Dolin employed [a woman, known as Turner]; begins to comment on photographs. [Ends abruptly.]
  • Cassette 20, side B, 06/13/00 (ca. 34 min.). Franklin continues to comment on photographs; speaks about the attempted murder of Paul Petroff; the musical comedy Song of Norway, including the recruiting of dancers from the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; how George Balanchine came to be hired as the choreographer; Balanchine's innovation of ending the show with a ballet; Alexandra Danilova's enjoyment of her speaking role in Song of Norway; similarities between the choreography of Song of Norway and Danses concertantes; comments on photographs of Song of Norway; ballets to be discussed at the next interview.
Series Statement
Frederic Franklin Oral History Project
Alternative Title
Dance Oral History Project.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview with Frederic Franklin conducted by Mindy Aloff, Monica Moseley, and Nancy Reynolds, at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on June 7 and 13, 2000. These interviews were 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.19-20.
  • The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise.
  • 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 nos. 19-20
OCLC
NYPY05-R0
Author
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Frederic Franklin. June 7 and 13, 2000 [sound recording].
Imprint
2000.
Series
Frederic Franklin Oral History Project
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2253 nos. 19-20
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2253 nos. 19-20
Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2253 no. 19-20
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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Local Subject
Musical comedies. Song of Norway.
Audiotapes -- Franklin, F.
Added Author
Moseley, Monica. Interviewer
Aloff, Mindy, 1947- Interviewer
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- Interviewer
George Balanchine Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-2253 nos. 19-20 sound cassettes
*MGZMT 3-2253 no. 19-20 transcript
*MGZTC 3-2253 nos. 19-20
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