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Additional authors

1. Mercer, Margaret.

Description

1. 1 sound disc (ca. 24 min.) : digital; 4 3/4in.

Summary

1. [Begins abruptly.] Jerome Robbins discusses his selection process for the ballets included in his upcoming retrospective, a Festival of Jerome Robbins Ballets; his choreography and how it is perceived; the opening night of Fancy free (1944) and the ensuing public reaction to it. Robbins discusses the creation of several ballets featured in the festival, including Concerto in G (1975), later titled In G major; The cage (1951); Ives, songs (1988); Glass pieces (1983); Brahms/Handel (1984), choreographed with Twyla Tharp; Gershwin concerto (1982) and The Goldberg variations (1971). Robbins discusses the works with particular emphasis on his response to the music and his work with the various scores [ends abruptly].

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative title

1. Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

1. Ives, songs (Choreographic work : Robbins)
2. Cage (Choreographic work : Robbins)
3. In G major (Choreographic work : Robbins)
4. Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)
5. Audiotapes > Robbins, J
6. Robbins, Jerome > Interviews
7. Glass pieces (Choreographic work : Robbins)
8. Goldberg variations (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-3098 JRC

Note

1. Interview conducted by Margaret Mercer for radio station WQXR, New York, N.Y., on May 19, 1990.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Source (note)

1. WNET/13

Author

1. Robbins, Jerome, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Jerome Robbins. May 19, 1990 [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1990.

Series

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Funding

1. Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Local note

1. For transcript see *MGZMT 3-3098 JRC. The transcript was created by WNET/13 in connection with the documentary: Jerome Robbins: Something to dance about.
2. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-3098 JRC
3. Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3098 JRC
4. Preservation master: *MGZTP 10-3098 JRC
5. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3098 JRC

Source

1. Transcript Gift; WNET/13, 2008. NN-PD

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1. Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.

Added author

1. Mercer, Margaret. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-3098 JRC