Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Fortune, Sandra
2. Berry, April
3. Hinton, Gregory
4. Cowan, Leroy
5. Lee, Keith
6. Porter, Cole, 1891-1964.
7. Bolcom, William.
8. Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
9. Murphy, Gerald, 1888-1964.
10. Capitol Ballet Company (Washington, D.C.)

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (43 min.) : sd., b&w.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Keith Lee.

Uniform title

1. Times past (Choreographic work : Lee)
2. Nearer to Thee (Choreographic work : Lee)

Contents

1. CONTENTS. - Times past. Music: Cole Porter, orchestrated by William Bolcom (Within the quota). Scenery: Oliver Smith, after Gerald Murphy's original 1923 designs for Jean Börlin's Within the quota. Featuring David McNaughton (Shoeshine boy), Kathleen Smith (Vamp), Charles Adams (Man on the make), and Michael Lowe (in Alone after the dance) - Nearer to Thee. Music: Spirituals sung by Paul Robeson and Mahalia Jackson. Includes a trio with Leroy Cowan, April Berry, and Sandra Fortune (Nearer my God to Thee) and solos by Sandra Fortune (Deep river, and Precious Lord), April Berry (Trees), and Gregory Hinton (Ole man river)

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 7724

Note

1. Videotaped in November 1979 during a performance at Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D. C.
2. Choreography: Keith Lee. Performed by members of the Capitol Ballet Company.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Title

1. Times past [and] Nearer to Thee [electronic resource]

Imprint

1. [1979]

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-548.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Television. Times past.
2. Ballet in television. Nearer to Thee.

Added author

1. Fortune, Sandra, dancer.
2. Berry, April, dancer.
3. Hinton, Gregory, dancer.
4. Cowan, Leroy, dancer.
5. Lee, Keith, choreographer.
6. Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Composer
7. Bolcom, William. Arranger
8. Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994. Designer
9. Murphy, Gerald, 1888-1964. Designer
10. Capitol Ballet Company (Washington, D.C.)

Added title

1. Times past (Choreographic work : Lee)
2. Nearer to Thee (Choreographic work : Lee)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 7724
2. *MGZIC 9-548 (former)