Name
Lloyd, Norman, 1909-1980 (Interviewee)
Bowers, Theresa (Interviewer)
Goldner, Nancy (Interviewer)
Lloyd, Ruth (Interviewee)
Title
Oral history interview with Norman and Ruth Lloyd 1979
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Norman and Ruth Lloyd : oral history, 1979
Abstract
Accompanists for dance companies and Louis Horst, 1929-1941: use of music by Martha Graham, Humphrey/Weidman, methods of composing for the dance, competition of companies at Bennington Summer School; impacts of fascism, communism and American Indian culture on dance theater; working conditions at Bennington; touring with Humphrey/Weidman company; impressions of Louis Horst, Martha Graham, Hanya Hol m, Martha Hill, Charles Weidman and others.
Collection Name
Bennington Summer School of the Dance project
Subjects
Composers; Dance music; Modern dance; Lloyd, Norman, 1909-1980; Lloyd, Ruth; Bennington College
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1979
Note (Biographical)
Composer, foundation executive; interviewees married; Norman Lloyd d. 1980.
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit.
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010.
Interviewed by Theresa Bowers and Nancy Goldner on January 23, 1979.
Note (Provenance)
Norman and Ruth Lloyd, Gift 1980
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
7139200
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-1be7-7505
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.