3 streaming files (approximately 1 hour and 4 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 30 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Edward Hauser introduces Michel Pavloff; Michel Pavloff speaks about his early training as an opera singer; anecdotes about Isadora Duncan; the circumstances as to how he became a dancer and joined Serge Diaghilev's company [Ballets russes]; his time with the Ballets russes, from 1916 to 1929, including his impressions of Igor Stravinsky [a recording of an excerpt from Igor Stravinsky's Pulcinella suite is played; ends abruptly, but the interview continues on streaming audio file 2].
Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 30 minutes ). Michel Pavloff speaks with Edward Hauser about [Olga] Khokhlova and Pablo Picasso; his impressions of Serge Diaghilev; Vaslaw Nijinsky; more on Serge Diaghilev including anecdotes [short musical excerpt and announcements]; Pavloff speaks with Hauser about Anna Pavlova including a performance anecdote about her and Mikhail Mordkin; his admiration for Mikhail Baryshnikov [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 3].
Streaming audio file 3 (approximately 4 minutes ). Michel Pavloff continues to speak with Edward Hauser about Baryshnikov; other dancers he admires: Natalia Makarova, Gelsey Kirkland, and Suzanne Farrell; George Balanchine; closing remarks.
Interview with Michel Pavloff conducted by Edward Hauser for broadcast on September 26, 1978 by radio station WBAI-FM, New York.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Sound quality is excellent overall.
Funding (note)
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.
Local note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-514
Author
Pavloff, Michel, 1891-1981, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Michel Pavloff, 1978
Imprint
1978.
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded for radio station WBAI-FM, New York (N.Y.) 1978, September 26 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.
Original version
Original format: 2 sound cassettes (approximately 1 hour and 4 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3514_v01f01_sc, myd_mgztco3514_v01f02_sc, and myd_mgztco3514_v02f01_sc.