Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Curtis, Charlotte, 1928-1987
2. Carlos, Wendy
3. Javits, Marion
4. Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving)

Found in

1. Arthur Bell collection of recorded interviews, 1970-1980.

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (approximately 87 min) : digital, stereo.

Summary

1. CD 1, tracks 1-5. Phone calls from unidentified persons that were recorded on Arthur Bell's answering machine.
2. CD 1, track 6. Excerpt from the interview with Charlotte Curtis, a journalist, columnist and editor at the New York Times. She talks about Mollie Parnis, the fashion designer.
3. CD 1, and CD 2, tracks 1-3, 5-10. American composer and electronic musician Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos; November 14, 1939) discusses her life and career as a composer, and shares her experience writing music for various film productions such as the "A clockwork orange" (1971) and "The shining" (1980), produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. She talks about her long-term collaboration with another performing artist Rachel Elkind. She also recounts the details of her transsexual process, her reassignment surgery (May 1972), after surgery hormonal treatments and sexual life.
4. CD 2, track 4. Brief phone conversation with unidentified woman, probably [Marion Javits].

Alternative title

1. Arthur Bell collection of recorded interviews.

Subject

1. Women composers > United States > Interviews
2. Javits, Marion > Interviews
3. Electronic music
4. Parnis, Mollie
5. Interviews (Sound recordings)
6. Curtis, Charlotte, 1928-1987 > Interviews
7. Elkind, Rachel
8. Women journalists > United States > Interviews
9. Journalists > United States > Interviews
10. Composers > United States > Interviews
11. Transsexuals > United States > Interviews
12. Carlos, Wendy > Interviews
13. Gender transition

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LDC 52809

Note

1. Interview by Arthur Bell, most probably conducted for his popular column "Bell tells" in the Village Voice.
2. Title supplied by cataloger from information on original cassette.
3. Streaming files were created in two parts; track IDs have been inserted every five minutes on service compact disc for reference purposes.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming audio file online only onsite at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Access to original items restricted.

Additional formats (note)

1. Service compact discs (2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original, available in *LDC 52809.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Arthur Bell collection of recorded interviews, 1970-1980, *L (Special) 90-32.

Title

1. Arthur Bell interviews Charlotte Curtis.

Production

1. [1980?].

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. computer
2. audio

Type of carrier

1. online resource
2. audio disc

Event

1. Recorded [1980?] [New York, N.Y.]

Access

1. Patrons can access streaming audio file online only onsite at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Access to original items restricted.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Arthur Bell collection of recorded interviews, 1970-1980, *L (Special) 90-32.

Additional formats

1. Service compact discs (2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original, available in *LDC 52809.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Curtis, Charlotte, 1928-1987, interviewee.
2. Carlos, Wendy, interviewee.
3. Javits, Marion, interviewee.
4. Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving), interviewer.
5. Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving), donor.

Added title

1. Arthur Bell collection of recorded interviews.

Found in:

1. Arthur Bell collection of recorded interviews, 1970-1980.

Research call number

1. *LDC 52809
2. *LTC 4514