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Interview with Martin Levy and Sanae Kawaguchi

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Interview with Martin Levy and Sanae Kawaguchi

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Title
Interview with Martin Levy and Sanae Kawaguchi
Additional title: Today in ballet (Radio program)
Names
Kawaguchi, Sanae (Interviewee)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1957-04-06
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-20
Topics
Levy, Martin
Kawaguchi, Sanae
Sotoba Komachi (Choreographic work : Kawaguchi)
Nō
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Funding: 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.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded for broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its program series, Today in ballet April 6, 1957 New York (N.Y.)
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 27 min.) : full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.
The sound quality is excellent.
Description
Interview with Martin Levy and Sanae Kawaguchi conducted by James Lyon as host. Recorded on April 6, 1957 and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series, Today in ballet. Streaming audio file (approximately 27 minutes). [Announcements and introduction of guests by James Lyons.] Martin Levy speaks about the music for his opera Sotoba Komachi; James Lyons speaks about Levy's background and career; Lyons introduces Sanae Kawaguchi, the opera's choreographer; Kawaguchi speaks about the choreography of Sotoba Komachi; Lyons speaks about Kawaguchi's background and achievements; Lyons, Levy, and Kawaguchi speak about Noh including its history, and the plot, cast, dancers, staging, and orchestration of Sotoba Komachi; the use of masks in Noh; the fact that Sotoba Komachi is inspired by Noh but is not a Noh drama. [At approximately 19:59 minutes, excerpts from a working tape of Sotoba Komachi are played followed by Lyons' closing remarks and announcements].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 35890294
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12117282
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 67235e40-4c82-0136-8cf0-051d46610a5d
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1957: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Martin Levy and Sanae Kawaguchi" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1957. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7db3270-3ba4-0134-63cb-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Martin Levy and Sanae Kawaguchi" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7db3270-3ba4-0134-63cb-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1957). Interview with Martin Levy and Sanae Kawaguchi Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7db3270-3ba4-0134-63cb-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Martin Levy and Sanae Kawaguchi