Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Dec. 27, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Zahn, Anita, 1903-1994, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barzin, Leon.

Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927.

Duncan, Isadora.

Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887-1954.

Jones, Robert Edmond.

Seroff, Victor, 1902-1979.

Seroff, Victor.

Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999.

Shaw, Robert.

Vanderbilt, Gloria, 1924-2019.

Vanderbilt, Gloria.

Collegiate Chorale.

Physical Description:

1 audiocassette : analog

1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape

digital ; 4 3/4 in.

15 leaves

1 folder

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 461; Folder 929; Box 52, CD 043.

Place of Publication:

Dec. 27, 1976.

Biography/History:

Modern dancer and teacher.

Summary:

Anita Zahn describes working with Stokowski and Robert Edmond Jones on a Christmas program at New York City Center in the 1940s with the Collegiate Chorale and Robert Shaw. She describes meeting with Stokowski to plan the program, the costumes, and staging; and Stokowski's use of live animals from the Bronx Zoo in the dress rehearsal for the program. She describes teaching Gloria Vanderbilt as a child and then meeting her as Stokowski's wife and discusses Isadora Duncan, Leon Barzin, and Victor Seroff.

Daniel's research notes include a photocopy of 1 item from Stokowski to Zahn, 1945; clippings and programs, folder 461.

Notes:

Recorded on Dec. 27, 1976 in New York, N.Y.

Original copy: cassette tape 36; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 43; service copy: one compact disk CD 043. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.

Transcript in folder 929.