Oral history interview with Norman and Ruth Lloyd 1979

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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.