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The sound of Broadway Balanchine on stage and screen

Title
The sound of Broadway [videorecording] : Balanchine on stage and screen / [presented by The George Balanchine Foundation].
Publication
c2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Balanchine, George
  • Conyers, Claude.
  • Champion, Marge.
  • Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
  • White, Robert (Singer)
  • Harrop, Christina.
  • Bagwell, Thomas.
  • Wright, Robert, 1914-2005.
  • Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
  • Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988.
  • Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
  • Straus, Oscar, 1870-1954.
  • Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948.
  • George Balanchine Foundation.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Participants discuss The Popular Balanchine dossier, working with George Balanchine and some of his Broadway musicals/operettas including Song of Norway, Boys from Syracuse, What's up, Louisiana Purchase, Chocolate soldier and Merry widow. Includes songs sung by Christina Harrop and Robert White.
Alternative Title
Balanchine on stage and screen
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
  • Dance.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Popular Balanchine dossiers (42 boxes) are located in the Dance Division's manuscript collection, *MGZMD 146.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., on Apr. 24, 2001.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Source (note)
  • Judy Kinberg;
Contents
Strange music (from Song of Norway) / sung by Christina Harrop and Robert White ; piano, Thomas Bagwell -- Boys from Syracuse song / sung by Robert White ; piano, Thomas Bagwell -- Film excerpt from Louisiana Purchase / dancers, Vera Zorina and chorus -- My hero (Chocolate soldier) / sung by Christina Harrop ; piano, Thomas Bagwell -- Maxim's song (Merry widow) / sung by Robert White ; piano, Thomas Bagwell -- Merry widow waltz / sung by Christina Harrop, Robert White, and entire audience ; piano Thomas Bagwell.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-7041
OCLC
798263521
Title
The sound of Broadway [videorecording] : Balanchine on stage and screen / [presented by The George Balanchine Foundation].
Imprint
c2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD.
Event
Videotaped at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., on Apr. 24, 2001.
Performer
Panelists: Claude Conyers (Popular Balanchine project director), Marge Champion, Frederic Franklin, Christina Harrop, Robert White.
Source
Gift; Judy Kinberg; 2008. NN-PD
Local Subject
Opera. Merry widow.
Added Author
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Conyers, Claude. Interviewee
Champion, Marge. Interviewee
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee
White, Robert (Singer) Interviewee
White, Robert (Singer) Performer
Harrop, Christina. Interviewee
Harrop, Christina. Performer
Bagwell, Thomas. Performer
Wright, Robert, 1914-2005. Song of Norway. Selections.
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Boys from Syracuse. Selections.
Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Composer
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Louisiana Purchase. Selections.
Straus, Oscar, 1870-1954. Tapfere Soldat. Komm, Held meiner Träume.
Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Lustige Witwe. Lippen schweigen.
Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Lustige Witwe. Da geh' ich zu Maxim.
George Balanchine Foundation.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Kinberg, Judy. Donor
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-7041
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