1 streaming audio file (approximately 34 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 34 minutes).
Streaming audio file (approximately 34 minutes). Fernando Alonso speaks with Marian Horosko about ballet in Cuba including ballet schools in Cuba; the audition process for prospective students; the training program; touring; government support; audiences; lecture-demonstrations; Fidel Castro and his support of ballet; his background and political views; his vision for the future of ballet in Cuba.
Interview with Fernando Alonso conducted by Marian Horosko in Havana, Cuba, in 1972.
Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by "tape hiss," but the speakers' voices are clear and easily intelligible.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
Access only on site at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Funding (note)
The processing 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.
Source (note)
Gift of Marian Horosko
Author
Alonso, Fernando, 1914-2013, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Fernando Alonso, 1972
Imprint
1972.
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Restricted access
Access only on site at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Original version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 34 minutes); polyester; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; and one additional sound reel (approximately 34 minutes); polyester; half-track; 3.75 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzt71114_v01f01_sc and myd_mgzto51114_v01f01_sc, respectively.
Event
Recorded by Marian Horosko 1972 Havana (Cuba)
Funding
The processing 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.