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Additional authors

1. Kurtág, György
2. Bryn-Julson, Phyllis
3. Melançon, Violaine
4. Demény, János
5. Sherry, Fred
6. Cronson, Mary Sharp
7. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (92 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program includes the American premiere performance of Kafka fragments, György Kurtág's piece for soprano and violin, set to passages from Kafka's letters and diaries. Preceding the performance, the panelists discuss the Hungarian composer's influences, including Bartok, Beethoven, and Werben, his multilingual fluency, the individuality of his music, and its difficulty for performers.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 108.

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Composers > Hungary > 20th century
2. Music
3. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 > Musical settings
4. Kurtág, György > Kafka-Fragmente
5. Video

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1109

Credits (note)

1. Music: György Kurtág. Text: Franz Kafka.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 8 and 9, 1998. (Viewer copy is Nov. 9, 1998.)

Funding (note)

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Title

1. Kafka fragments [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 1998.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 108.
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

1. Music: György Kurtág. Text: Franz Kafka.

Performer

1. Musical piece performed by Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano) and Violaine Melançon (violin). Panelist: Janós Demény. Interviewer: Fred Sherry.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 8 and 9, 1998. (Viewer copy is Nov. 9, 1998.)

Funding

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Added author

1. Kurtág, György. Kafka-Fragmente.
2. Bryn-Julson, Phyllis. voc
3. Melançon, Violaine. Instrumentalist
4. Demény, János. Interviewee
5. Sherry, Fred. Moderator
6. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
7. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1109