- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 8 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 8 minutes). La Meri, in her opening speech at a dance festival (unidentified) being held on Cape Cod, Mass., speaks about the significance to twentieth century dance of the very recently deceased choreographer Charles Weidman; the program, of Charles Weidman's dances, to be performed by the Charles Weidman Theater Dance Company [the final approximate 1:20 minutes of the recording consists of piano accompaniment].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- La Meri introduces a performance by Charles Weidman's company, held on July 18, 1975, on Cape Cod, Mass., two days after Weidman's death.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair. La Meri's voice is easily intelligible, but the recording is marred by continuous "tape hiss."
- 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.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-851
- OCLC
- 84121994
- Author
La Meri, 1898-1988, speaker.
- Title
Charles Weidman dance concert, introductory speech/ La Meri, 1975
- Production
1975
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded by Walter Terry? July 18, 1975 Cape Cod (Mass.)
- 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: one sound cassette (approximately 8 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3851_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-851
- Source
Gift Walter Terry
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Audiotapes -- La Meri, 1898-1988.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-851