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The dome, no. 1: commentary
- Title
- The dome, no. 1: commentary [sound recording]
- Author
- Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
- Publication
- [194-?].
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-47, part 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 1 sound disc (ca. 57 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Shawn discusses Isadora Duncan's dancing to symphonic music and his own work at Denishawn with music visualization (correlating choreography to musical structure). During the film he discusses the particular mode of correlating his choreography with Bach's music for each dance, and his "syn-choric" choreography to Mozart's fortieth symphony.
- Donor/Sponsor
- New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Ted Shawn Collection. Oral History Archive.
- Subjects
- Mozart's fortieth symphony (Choreographic work : Shawn)
- Sixth prelude from The well-tempered clavichord (Choreographic work : Shawn)
- Motion pictures > The dome
- Bourree (Choreographic work : Mumaw)
- Toccata and fugue in D minor (Choreographic work : Shawn)
- Three part invention, no 12 (Choreographic work : Shawn)
- Two part invention, no 4 (Choreographic work : Shawn)
- Dome (Choreographic work : Shawn)
- Phonotapes > Shawn, T
- Note
- Sound disc has only one track for two different talks; The Dome is the second talk [ca. 28 min.].
- Introductory commentary, recorded at Jacob's Pillow during a showing of the film, *MGZHB 4-281 The dome, no. 1.
- The Prologue (referred to by Shawn as Arioso) and five of the seven dances choreographed to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach are on the film: Two part invention, no. 4 (Shawn); Sixth prelude from The well tempered clavichord (Shawn); Three part invention, no. 12 (Shawn); Bourée (Mumaw); Toccata and fugue (Shawn).
- With (note)
- With: Shawn, Ted. Religious dances: commentary [part 1]
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-47, part 2
- OCLC
- NYPY737016279-R
- Author
- Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
- Title
- The dome, no. 1: commentary [sound recording]
- Imprint
- [194-?].
- With:
- With: Shawn, Ted. Religious dances: commentary [part 1]
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
- Local Note
- Original copy: *MGZTO 7-47, pt. 2.Preservation copy: *MGZTP 4-47, pt. 2.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-47, pt. 2.
- Local Subject
- Phonotapes -- Shawn, T.Motion pictures. The dome.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-47, part 2