Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Pippin, Donald
2. Herman, Jerry, 1931-2019
3. Snow, Leida

Found in

1. Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (approximately 84 minutes) : digital, stereo.

Summary

1. Part 1 (00-29:38 minutes). Leida Snow interviews on phone Don [Donald] Pippin, musical director and vocal arranger of the upcoming 1993 Broadway production of the musical "The red shoes" with a book by Marsha Norman, lyrics by Norman and Bob Merrill (credited as Paul Stryker) and music by Jule Styne, during the fall preparation for the show. (It opened on Broadway, December 1993). Based on Powell and Pressburger's film, it tells the tale of a young ballerina who performs in an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story. Pippin talks about the changes in the cast of the show. He also speaks about his career as a conductor and songwriter; and about his personal and professional relationships with his friend and colleague Jerry Herman, American composer and lyricist.
2. Part 1 (29:40-43:45 minutes). Snow interviews on phone Jerry Herman, who talks about his professional collaboration with Donald Pippin.
3. Part 1 (43:48-62:45 minutes) and Part 2. Snow continues her interview with Donald Pippin at the Gershwin Theatre during rehearsal of the musical "The red shoes." Pippin discusses his experience working with Jule Styne, the composer of the musical, and sings excerpts from the songs of the show with piano self-accompaniment.

Alternative title

1. Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.

Subject

1. Pippin, Donald -- Interviews
2. Herman, Jerry, 1931-2019 -- Interviews
3. Styne, Jule, 1905-1994
4. Conductors (Music) -- United States -- Interviews
5. Arrangers (Musicians) -- United States -- Interviews
6. Composers -- United States -- Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. *LTC-A 1860

Note

1. Title provided by cataloger.
2. Streaming files transferred from original audiocassette.

Access (note)

1. Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.

Additional formats (note)

1. Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) in *LTC-A 1860.

Source (note)

1. Leida Snow

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts, *L(Special) 09-02.

Title

1. Leida Snow interviews Donald Pippin and Jerry Herman.

Production

1. [1993]

Type of content

1. spoken word
2. performed music

Type of medium

1. audio
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Performer

1. Leida Snow, interviewer ; Donald Pippin, Jerry Herman, interviewees.

Event

1. Part 1 (00-43:45 minutes) Recorded during telephone conversation [1993 October 18] New York, N.Y.
2. Part 1 (43:48-62:45 minutes) and Part 2 Recorded during rehearsal [1993 October 21] Gershwin Theatre, New York, N.Y.

Access

1. Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.

Additional formats

1. Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) in *LTC-A 1860.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts, *L(Special) 09-02.

Source

1. Gift; Leida Snow, 2009.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Pippin, Donald, interviewee.
2. Herman, Jerry, 1931-2019, interviewee.
3. Snow, Leida, interviewer.
4. Snow, Leida, donor.

Added title

1. Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.

Found in:

1. Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.

Research call number

1. *LTC-A 1860