Times past [and] Nearer to Thee

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Title

Times past [and] Nearer to Thee

Collection

Keith Lee Video Archive

Names

Fortune, Sandra (Dancer)
Berry, April (Dancer)
Hinton, Gregory (Dancer)
Cowan, Leroy (Dancer)
Lee, Keith (Choreographer)
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964 (Composer)
Bolcom, William (Arranger)
Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994 (Designer)
Murphy, Gerald, 1888-1964 (Designer)
Capitol Ballet Company (Washington, D.C.) (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1979-11

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS. - Times past. Music: Cole Porter, orchestrated by William Bolcom (Within the quota). Scenery: Oliver Smith, after Gerald Murphy's original 1923 designs for Jean Börlin's Within the quota. Featuring David McNaughton (Shoeshine boy), Kathleen Smith (Vamp), Charles Adams (Man on the make), and Michael Lowe (in Alone after the dance) - Nearer to Thee. Music: Spirituals sung by Paul Robeson and Mahalia Jackson. Includes a trio with Leroy Cowan, April Berry, and Sandra Fortune (Nearer my God to Thee) and solos by Sandra Fortune (Deep river, and Precious Lord), April Berry (Trees), and Gregory Hinton (Ole man river)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7724
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-548 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in November 1979 during a performance at Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D. C.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (43 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY867014513-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12162458
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aa739a00-8122-0135-a595-0b18e31a8b40

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Times past [and] Nearer to Thee" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aa739a00-8122-0135-a595-0b18e31a8b40

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. Times past [and] Nearer to Thee Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aa739a00-8122-0135-a595-0b18e31a8b40

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Times past [and] Nearer to Thee" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aa739a00-8122-0135-a595-0b18e31a8b40

Wikipedia citation

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