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Interview with Frederic Franklin.

Title
Interview with Frederic Franklin. Oct. 11, 2000 [sound recording].
Author
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
Publication
2000.

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AudioSupervised use *MGZMT 3-2253 no. 36 transcriptPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-2253 no. 36 sound cassettePerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Aloff, Mindy, 1947-
  • Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
  • Moseley, Monica.
Description
1 sound cassette (ca. 97 min.) +
Summary
  • Cassette 36, side A (ca. 47 min.). [Begins abruptly.] The recording includes Frederic Franklin's comments made in reference to selections from the correspondence files of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Franklin speaks about the period after he rejoined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1956; Sergei Denham and the company's decline; AGMA [American Guild of Musical Artists] and the company; more on Denham and his management of the company; reminisces about the dancer and teacher Aubrey Hitchens; the company's financial problems; Denham's perception of Ballet Theatre [later American Ballet Theatre] as the company's main rival; Ballet Theatre's sources of financial support; reminisces about various people whose names appear in the correspondence files including Mona Inglesby, the choreographer Aida Broadbent, and Hugh Pickett; anecdotes regarding Alicia Markova as well as Serge Lifar and Alexandra Danilova; Rudolph Bing [ends abruptly].
  • Cassette 36, side B (ca. 50 min.). Franklin speaks briefly about the dancer Jean Babilee; briefly about Denham and Jerome Robbins; performing in Cincinnati on the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor; Mia Slavenska as a choreographer; the dancer Mary Ellen Moylan; relates an anecdote about the company's South American tour; the dancer Leila Crabtree; Sol Hurok's assistant Mae Frohman; Serge Diaghilev's pursuit of money as a means to present new ballets; his thoughts on George Zoritch's memoir [Ballet mystique: behind the glamour of the Ballet Russe: a memoir]; anecdotes about Zoritch; Ida Rubenstein and Bronislava Nijinska's work Bolero; reminisces about Josephine Baker; Leonide Massine's disapproval of ballet dancers' appearing in movies; Massine's failure to preserve much of his work.
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 Oct. 11, 2000. The 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. 36.
  • 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.
  • The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-2253 no. 36
OCLC
NYPY05-R10002
Author
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Frederic Franklin. Oct. 11, 2000 [sound recording].
Imprint
2000.
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2253 no. 36
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2253 no. 36, nos. 1-2
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Franklin, F.
Added Author
Aloff, Mindy, 1947- Interviewer
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- Interviewer
Moseley, Monica. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-2253 no. 36 sound cassette
*MGZMT 3-2253 no. 36 transcript
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