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Czerny: [piano practice tape for West Side waltz]

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Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials

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Title
Czerny: [piano practice tape for West Side waltz]
Additional title: Schule der Geläufigkeit
Names
Czerny, Carl, 1791-1857 (Composer)
Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003 (Attributed name)
Fratti, Laura (Attributed name)
Collection

Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1981
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1393
Topics
Piano
Piano music
Thompson, Ernest, 1949- West Side waltz
Genres
Music
Notes
Content: Title from original audiocassette label.
Content: "Czerny"--From original audiocassette container.
Content: Side 1 only.
Performers: Katharine Hepburn, commentary ; [Unidentified pianist]
Venue: Recording Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, N. Y. 1981.
Acquisition: Separated from; Billy Rose Theatre Division, Katharine Hepburn papers, 1854-1997 (bulk 1928-1994); 2007.
Content: Forms part of: Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials, *L(Special) 08-31.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (4 min., 01 sec.) : analog, mono, Dolby B
Description
This recording is a practice music track (played 6 times) of Carl Czerny's piano study music [Excerpt: "School for Velocity, op. 299, no. 31"] for Act 1, scene 2, cue 2 of the Broadway play "The West Side waltz", for Katharine Hepburn to practice with, and later perform to in the show. It is uncertain if Ms. Hepburn and/or her piano teacher/piano consultant Laura Fratti is actually playing the piano on the recording, so the pianist is currently unidentified.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 903962403
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20535928
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b4373610-b885-0133-41aa-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1791: Creator Born
  • 1857: Creator Died
  • 1981: Created
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Czerny" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7f63f70-b885-0133-6347-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Czerny" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7f63f70-b885-0133-6347-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1981). Czerny Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7f63f70-b885-0133-6347-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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