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Speech by José Limón at the Juilliard School

Title
  1. Speech by José Limón at the Juilliard School [sound recording].
Published by
  1. 1966.
Author
  1. Limón, José.

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FormatSpoken word recordingAccessSupervised useCall number*MGZTL 4-420Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional authors
  1. Oral history archive.
  2. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010.
  3. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation., 2009-2010
Description
  1. 1 sound disc (ca. 32 min.) : digital; (4 3/4 in.)
Summary
  1. José Limón speaks about the close relationship between music and dance, with examples drawn from the music of Johann Sebastian Bach; the selection and use of music by Doris Humphrey, Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Leonide Massine, Antony Tudor, and Agnes de Mille; an anecdote about his wife [Pauline Lawrence] playing the accompaniment at a dance rehearsal; the difficulty of agreeing with the musicians on the tempo; his experiences with composers and musicians, including Villa-Lobos; Arnold Schoenberg; Paul Hindemith; Simon Sadoff; and Kodály; concluding remarks [ends abruptly].
Subject
  1. Music and dance
  2. Audiotapes > Limón, J
  3. Limón, José
Call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-420
Note
  1. Speech at the Juilliard School given by José Limón, on Oct. 5, 1966, in New York City.
  2. Sound quality is good.
Funding (note)
  1. Preservation funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010.
System details (note)
  1. Transferred from 1 sound tape reel (ca. 32 min.; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in.; half-track, polyester; originally recorded on Oct. 5, 1966) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.
Source (note)
  1. Estate of Benjamin Harkarvy;
Author
  1. Limón, José.
Title
  1. Speech by José Limón at the Juilliard School [sound recording].
Imprint
  1. 1966.
Funding
  1. Preservation funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010.
System details
  1. Transferred from 1 sound tape reel (ca. 32 min.; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in.; half-track, polyester; originally recorded on Oct. 5, 1966) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2010.
Local note
  1. Former call number: *MGZT 5-420
  2. Archive original: *MGZTO 7-420
Source
  1. Gift; Estate of Benjamin Harkarvy; 2003.
Added author
  1. Estate of Benjamin Harkarvy. Donor
  2. Oral history archive.
  3. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 2009-2010.
  4. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation., 2009-2010
Research call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-420
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