Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997
2. National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
3. New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008.
4. Oral history archive.

Description

1. 1 sound disc (ca. 60 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Interview with Edward Villella (tracks 1 - 6; ca. 30 min.). Introduction to program and music; Rudolph Bing introduces Edward Villella [commercial for an upcoming performance by Maurizio Pollini]; Villella speaks about the growth and development of ballet in the U.S.; audience response to the New York City Ballet in London; (briefly) George Balanchine's ballet Apollo [excerpt from the score is broadcast]; rehearsal time for Apollo and other New York City Ballet productions; the National Council on the Arts [brief excerpt from score to Balanchine's ballet The prodigal son is broadcast; Villella briefly explains the movements he performs during this part of the score; injuries; the book he is writing, tentatively titled Mostly for the love of it; dancing in opera productions;

Subject

1. WQXR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
2. Audiotapes > Villella, E
3. Artists can also talk (Radio program)
4. Villella, Edward, 1936-
5. New York City Ballet

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-627

Note

1. Interview with Edward Villella conducted by Rudolf Bing as host and broadcast on Feb. 1, 1976 by the radio station WQXR (New York) on its series Artists can also talk. The interview was recorded off the air.
2. Tracks 7 - 12 contain an interview with Alicia Alonso conducted by Dick Cavett on the Dick Cavett show.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.

System details (note)

1. Transferred from side A of one sound cassette (originally broadcast on Feb. 1, 1976) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2008.

Author

1. Villella, Edward, 1936- Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Edward Villella [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1976.

System details

1. Transferred from side A of one sound cassette (originally broadcast on Feb. 1, 1976) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2008.

Funding

1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZTC 3-627 Side A
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-627
3. Archive original: *MGZTCO 3 -627, side A..

Local subject

1. Artists can also talk (Radio program)

Added author

1. Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997, interviewer.
2. National Endowment for the Arts, 2007-2008.
3. New York State Council on the Arts, 2007-2008.
4. Oral history archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-627