1 streaming audio file (approximately 29 minutes) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 29 minutes). [Ambient noise.] The program host [Florence Becker Lennnon], reads aloud excerpts of poems by Walt Whitman and introduces the program and her guests, Helen Tamiris and Daniel Nagrin; Helen Tamiris and Daniel Nagrin discuss the significance of Walt Whitman's poetry for them and the dances they have created set to his poetry including Helen Tamiris' Walt Whitman suite and Daniel Nagrin's Faces; they also each read aloud from Walt Whitman's poetry including poems used in their respective dances. The program closes with Florence Becker Lennon reading aloud of an excerpt of a Walt Whitman poem.
Helen Tamiris and Daniel Nagrin speak with Florence Becker Lennon, host of the series Enjoyment of poetry, on radio station WEVD (New York, N.Y.), about the significance of Walt Whitman's poetry for them. The date is not identified but may be in the 1960s.
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.
Local note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-612
Former call number: *MGZT 7-612
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-612; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; polyester, full track.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-612; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Author
Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966.
Title
Walt Whitman and the dance.
Imprint
[196-?]
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded for WEVD (New York, N.Y.) 196u? 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); full-track, 3.75 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7612_v01f01_sc.