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Music and ballet: Interview with Ted Shawn and Jess Meeker's O, Libertad!

Title
  1. Music and ballet: Interview with Ted Shawn and Jess Meeker's O, Libertad! [sound recording].
Published by
  1. 1938.

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FormatSpoken word recordingAccessSupervised useCall number*MGZTL 4-1, no. 57Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional authors
  1. Deakin, Irving.
  2. Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
  3. Meeker, Jess.
Found in
  1. Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 57
Summary
  1. Music and ballet, no. 57 (ca. 30 min.). Introductory remarks by announcer identified only as Rex Benwehr [spelling uncertain]; Irving Deakin speaks about the prejudice against male dancers; introduces Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers; Shawn speaks about how he first started dancing; developing male dance in the U.S., including the formation of his company of male dancers; Deakin introduces Jess Meeker and speaks about his composition for the Ted Shawn [and Barton Mumaw] work O, libertad!; Meeker plays excerpts from the music for Act I (The past), Act II (The present), and Act III (The future) of this dance. Closing remarks and announcements.
Alternative title
  1. Interview with Ted Shawn and Jess Meeker's O, Libertad!
  2. Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  1. Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
  2. Meeker, Jess
  3. Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers
  4. O, libertad! (Choreographic work : Shawn)
  5. Music and dance
  6. Audiotapes > Deakin, I
  7. Audiotapes > Shawn, T
  8. Audiotapes > Meeker, J
Call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-1, no. 57
Note
  1. Sound quality is very good.
  2. Jess Meeker's O, libertad!, the 57th program in the radio series Music and ballet, with Irving Deakin as host, broadcast on March 10, 1938 by radio station WQXR, New York. Ted Shawn participates as a guest speaker, and Jess Meeker as a pianist, playing his own composition, the music for O, libertad.
Funding (note)
  1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2008-2009 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2008-2009.
Title
  1. Music and ballet: Interview with Ted Shawn and Jess Meeker's O, Libertad! [sound recording].
Imprint
  1. 1938.
Funding
  1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2008-2009 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2008-2009.
Local note
  1. Request *MGZTL 4-1, no. 57.
Added author
  1. Deakin, Irving. Host
  2. Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972. Speaker
  3. Meeker, Jess. Instrumentalist
Added title
  1. Interview with Ted Shawn and Jess Meeker's O, Libertad!
Found in:
  1. Music and ballet (Radio program) [sound recording]: commentary and music, no. 57
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