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[The Listeners : collection of material related to the ballet The listeners]
Bib ID 907282
Format BookBook
Description 1991 
1 ms. [xxxvi] leaves, 107 p., 45 leaves in various foliations : ill., music, ports. ; 30 cm. 
Summary

Collection of performance material for the ballet The Listeners. The collection includes papers relating to the productions of The listeners such as reviews, details of costume and set designs and the programs for these productions. Also included are the dance and music scores.

Full contents
  • Papers relating to the first production of The listeners South Australian Ballet Club, Adelaide November 30 1948
  • Papers relating to the 2nd (professional) production of The listeners by the National Theatre Ballet Co.
  • Papers relating to the 3rd production The listeners
  • tDance score for The listeners / choreography Joanna Priest ; music Ernst von Dohnanyi ; set and costumes Kenneth Rowell ; notation Cecil Bates
  • Music score fot the ballet The listeners / choreography Joanna Priest ; music Dohnyani [sic] ; decore and costumes Kenneth Rowell
 
Notes

Mss. (photocopy)

The dance score is in labanotation notation.

Notator: Cecil Bates.

"In 1991 it was reproduced for the students of Miss Priest's school ... This reproduction made it possible to record the work on video and also in dance notaton, which was done by Cecil Bates."--P. [1] of the dance score.

Material collected by Meg Denton.

"Music: Ernst von Dohnanyi: String quartet in D flat Major"--Cover.

The music for the ballet The listeners includes parts for second violin, violoncello and viola.

"Joanna Priest's ballet 'The Listeners' was inspired by Walter de la Mare's poem of the same name ..."--2nd prelim. leaf.

Spiral binding.

Subjects Denton, Margaret Abbie, 1937-2009.  |  Listeners (Choreographic work)  |  Ballet -- Notation.  |  String quartets -- Parts.  |  Dance.  |  Labanotation.
Other authors/contributors De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956  |  Bates, Cecil, 1925-2019  |  Priest, Joanna  |  Dohnanyi, Erno, 1877-1960. Quartets
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500 |aMss. (photocopy)
500 |aThe dance score is in labanotation notation.
500 |aNotator: Cecil Bates.
500 |a"In 1991 it was reproduced for the students of Miss Priest's school ... This reproduction made it possible to record the work on video and also in dance notaton, which was done by Cecil Bates."--P. [1] of the dance score.
500 |aMaterial collected by Meg Denton.
500 |a"Music: Ernst von Dohnanyi: String quartet in D flat Major"--Cover.
500 |aThe music for the ballet The listeners includes parts for second violin, violoncello and viola.
500 |a"Joanna Priest's ballet 'The Listeners' was inspired by Walter de la Mare's poem of the same name ..."--2nd prelim. leaf.
500 |aSpiral binding.
505 0 0 |tPapers relating to the first production of The listeners South Australian Ballet Club, Adelaide November 30 1948 --|tPapers relating to the 2nd (professional) production of The listeners by the National Theatre Ballet Co. --|tPapers relating to the 3rd production The listeners --tDance score for The listeners /|rchoreography Joanna Priest ; music Ernst von Dohnanyi ; set and costumes Kenneth Rowell ; notation Cecil Bates --|tMusic score fot the ballet The listeners /|rchoreography Joanna Priest ; music Dohnyani [sic] ; decore and costumes Kenneth Rowell
520 |aCollection of performance material for the ballet The Listeners. The collection includes papers relating to the productions of The listeners such as reviews, details of costume and set designs and the programs for these productions. Also included are the dance and music scores.
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630 0 0 |aListeners (Choreographic work)
650 0 |aBallet|vNotation.
650 0 |aString quartets|vParts.
650 0 |aDance.
650 0 |aLabanotation.
700 1 |aDe la Mare, Walter,|d1873-1956.
700 1 |aBates, Cecil,|d1925-2019.
700 1 |aPriest, Joanna.
700 1 |aDohnanyi, Erno,|d1877-1960.|tQuartets,|mstrings,|nno. 2, op. 15,|rD-flat major.
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