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Interview with Jacques D'Amboise, 1977

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Interview with Jacques D'Amboise

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Title
Interview with Jacques D'Amboise, 1977
Additional title: Sound of dance (Radio program)
Names
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Interviewee)
Gruen, John (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1977-01-20 - 1977-01-23
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-365 Side B
Topics
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Balanchine, George
DAmboise, Jacques, 1934-Amboise, Jacques, 1934-
New York City Ballet
Movements for piano and orchestra (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Strikes and lockouts -- Performing arts
Labor unions -- Musicians
Genres
Radio programs
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded for broadcast by WNCN-FM, New York 1977, January 20 and 23 New York (N.Y.)
Funding: The conservation 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.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 3 min.)
Sound quality is good overall.
Description
Interview with Jacques D'Amboise conducted by John Gruen, as host, on January 20 for broadcast on January 23, 1977 by radio station WNCN-FM, New York on its series The sound of dance. Remarks by an unidentified speaker regarding the musicians' strike discussed in the recorded interview both precede and follow the interview. Streaming audio file (approximately one hour and three minutes). [Brief remarks by an unidentified speaker regarding the probable end of the musicians' strike discussed in the recorded interview.] John Gruen, as host, and Jacques D'Amboise speak about the strike by the musicians' union at the New York City Ballet including Gruen's reading aloud an editorial on the topic from The New York Times; male dancers; his children and dance; teaching his son's classmates at the Collegiate Institute; George Balanchine's Movements for piano and orchestra including Suzanne Farrell's last-minute substitution for Diana Adams [a recording of the music by Igor Stravinsky used in this ballet is played]; [commercial announcements]; Gruen and D'Amboise speak about the relationship of the music and the choreography in Movements for piano and orchestra; D'Amboise tells an anecdote about Stravinsky; the effect of the strike on him and the company [a recording of music by George Gershwin used in the ballet Who cares? is played]; Gruen and D'Amboise speak further about the strike; Gruen's closing remarks [brief remarks by an unidentified speaker regarding the probable end of the musicians' strike; commercial announcement, news, and music].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 78189259
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118122
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e4797df0-c257-0135-d408-7ffdc3716bd3
Rights Statement
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  • 1977: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Jacques D'Amboise" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977 - 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4797df0-c257-0135-d408-7ffdc3716bd3

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Jacques D'Amboise" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4797df0-c257-0135-d408-7ffdc3716bd3

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977 - 1977). Interview with Jacques D'Amboise Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4797df0-c257-0135-d408-7ffdc3716bd3

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Jacques D'Amboise