- Additional Authors
- Moyers, Bill D.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 29 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 29 minutes). [Beeping noises.] Bill Moyers speaks about his guest, Sol Hurok and the upcoming gala performance in honor of his 85th birthday; Sol Hurok speaks with Moyers about his early years including how he first came to the United States and his first few years producing concerts; his views on television as a means for bringing culture to mass audiences; how he feels about government support for the arts; his hopes to bring Chinese artists to the United States; how he defines an impresario; his delight in taking a curtain call; Marian Anderson; his memories of Anna Pavlova and Isadora Duncan [closing remarks; music].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Sound track of the interview with Sol Hurok conducted by Bill Moyers on the program titled Sol Hurok, broadcast in 1973 by television station WNET, New York.
- The sound quality is good.
- The processing 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.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-302
- OCLC
- 36193323
- Author
Hurok, Sol, 1888-1974, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Sol Hurok, 1973.
- Imprint
1973.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for television station WNET, New York October 1973 New York (N.Y.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 29 minutes); polyester, half-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7302_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-302
Former call number: *MGZT 7-302
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-302; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; polyester. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-302; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; poly
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
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- Added Author
Moyers, Bill D., interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-302