First act: [brief piano practice and script reading for West Side waltz]
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Title
First act: [brief piano practice and script reading for West Side waltz]
Collection
Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials
Names
Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003 (Contributor)
Fratti, Laura (Contributor)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1981
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1394
Subjects
Waltzes
Piano music, Arranged
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Fledermaus. Du und Du. Selections; arranged
Genres
Notes
Content: Title from original audiocassette label.
Content: "First act"--From original audiocassette container.
Content: Side 1 only.
Performers: [Unidentified pianist and commentator (Laura Fratti (?))] ; Katharine Hepburn, commentator.
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
Extent: 1 audiocassette (2 min., 55 sec.) : analog, mono, Dolby B
Abstract
This recording is a very brief piano practice/script reading session for Act 1 of the Broadway play "The West Side waltz", featuring three short piano exercises and Johann Strauss II's "Du und Du" (excerpts, one full sequence for play). It is uncertain if Ms. Hepburn and/or her piano teacher/piano consultant Laura Fratti is acutally playing the piano on the recording, so the pianist is currently unidentified.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 903962930
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20535929
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c54d7a30-b885-0133-5a1c-60f81dd2b63c
Rights
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MLA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "First act: [brief piano practice and script reading for West Side waltz]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c54d7a30-b885-0133-5a1c-60f81dd2b63c
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1981). First act: [brief piano practice and script reading for West Side waltz] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c54d7a30-b885-0133-5a1c-60f81dd2b63c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "First act: [brief piano practice and script reading for West Side waltz]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed August 3, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c54d7a30-b885-0133-5a1c-60f81dd2b63c
Wikipedia citation
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