Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Stern, Lee Edward

Description

1. 1 sound disc (approximately 30 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Lee Edward Stern, host of the radio program Speaking of dance, introduces his guest Agnes de Mille; in response to Stern's questions regarding her book Speak with me, dance with me, De Mille speaks with Stern about loneliness and the female creative artist including as examples Martha Graham as well as herself; her experience working in London [in the 1930s], in particular why it was so rewarding artistically; Marie Rambert, the Mercury Theatre and some of the artists De Mille met there including Alicia Markova, Frederick Ashton, and Antony Tudor; her book [Speak with me, dance with me]; the pedantry of much arts criticism; her work Three virgins and a devil including the circumstances of its creation and the cast; Jerome Robbins as a dancer; Dennis Nahat in the role of the Devil; her touring company Heritage Dance Theatre; her experience with the musical Oklahoma; her work for the musical Nymph errant; Antony Tudor.

Uniform title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Subject

1. De Mille, Agnes > Interviews
2. Three virgins and a devil (Choreographic work : De Mille)
3. Audiotapes > De Mille, A

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2973

Note

1. Interview with Agnes de Mille conducted by Lee Edward Stern on August 28, 1973, at De Mille's apartment in New York City, for the series Speaking of dance on the radio station WNYC-FM, for broadcast on August 4, 1973.
2. Sound quality is very good. Part of the latter third of the recording is marred by extraneous noise.
3. Title supplied by cataloger.

Funding (note)

1. The conservation 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.

Author

1. De Mille, Agnes, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Agnes de Mille. August, 28, 1973, 1973.

Production

1. 1973

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audio disc

Event

1. Recorded by Lee Edward Stern for WNYC-FM, New York 1973, August 28 New York (N.Y.)

Funding

1. The conservation 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.

Original version

1. Original format: one sound reel (approximately 30 minutes); 7 inches; 7.5 ips., mono; half-track originally recorded by Lee Edward Stern for the WNYC-FM radio station in New York City, on August 28, 1973; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.

Local note

1. There is a tape cue sheet regarding the recording included in the container holding the archival original.

Added author

1. Stern, Lee Edward, host.

Added title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2973