2 streaming audio files (approximately 59 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 30 minutes). [Ambient noise, testing of equipment.] Introductory remarks by Lydia Joel; speech by Phillip Coombs; further remarks by Joel; remarks by Doris Hering including about Merce Cunningham as a dancer in Martha Graham's work and his use of chance in his choreography.
Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 29 minutes). Rudolf Orthwine presents Merce Cunningham with his award; Cunningham accepts the award with a few remarks; Doris Hering speaks about Maria Tallchief; Orthwine presents Tallchief with her award; Tallchief makes a brief acceptance speech; Hering speaks about Igorʹ Moiseev; Orthwine presents Moiseev with his award; Moiseev makes an acceptance speech (in Russian, with English-language interpretation); Lydia Joel introduces Sol Hurok; remarks by Hurok.
Ceremony for the awarding of the 1960 Dance Magazine awards, recorded on April 28, 1961 at the New York Athletic Club, in New York (N.Y.). Speakers include Lydia Joel, Phillip H. Coombs, Doris Hering, Rudolf Orthwine and Sol Hurok as well as award recipients Merce Cunningham, Maria Tallchief, and Igorʹ Moiseev.
For transcript of ceremony, see: Dance magazine, June 1961, p. 30-35, 59-61.
The sound quality is good overall.
The processing 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.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Author
Joel, Lydia, moderator.
Title
Dance magazine awards, 1960 : Merce Cunningham, Maria Tallchief and Igorʹ Moiseev.
Imprint
1961.
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded for Dance magazine April 28, 1961 New York (N.Y.)
Restricted access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Original version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 59 minutes); polyester, half-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7524_v01f01_sc and myd_mgzto7524_v01f02_sc.
Local note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-524
Former call number: *MGZT 7-524
Local note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-524; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-524; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.