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Merce Cunningham at 75 with comments by Kimberly Bartosik: on NPR's Weekend edition (Radio program), 1994

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Merce Cunningham at 75 with comments by Kimberly Bartosik: on NPR's Weekend edition (Radio program), 1994
Additional title: Weekend edition Sunday (Radio program)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Bartosik, Kimberly (Commentator)
Cunningham, Merce (Interviewee)
Hansen, Liane (Host)
Michel, Karen (Reporter)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 (Composer)
National Public Radio (U.S.) (Broadcaster)
WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.) (Broadcaster)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1994-04-17
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1419
Topics
Cage, John
Cunningham, Merce
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Choreography
Songs (High voice) with piano
Genres
Music
spoken word
Radio programs
Notes
Statement of responsibility: hosted by Liane Hansen and reported by Karen Michel.
Content: Contains a segment on Merce Cunningham for the Weekend Edition (Radio program) broadcast on NPR.
Content: Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten note affixed to original container and audition.
Content: Handwritten note affixed to original container: "NPR - side B".
Venue: Broadcast on WNYC FM, New York, NY, [1994 April 17].
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Citation/reference: Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (15 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is good.
Description
Side a: Begins abruptly, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's At the ball [Spred' shumnogo bala], performed by an unidentified singer as part of Concerts at the Frick Collection, ca. 0:00-3:01; program host "Manya" gives program credits, ca. 3:02-3:55; [recording break, ca. 4:03]; Try again tomorrow, ca. 4:11-6:45. Side b: Program host [Liane Hansen] introduces Merce Cunningham; Karen Michel reports on Cunningham's career, as a dancer and choreographer; includes interview excerpts of Cunningham as well as of Kimberly Bartosik, a dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; other topics include: John Cage, Cunningham's collaborator and life partner, the independence of music and choreography in his works, Cunningham's Ocean (1994), movement characteristics in Cunningham's choreography, his use of [LifeForms] computer software to choreograph, briefly, the 75th birthday tributes to Cunningham at the Museum of Modern Art and Lincoln Center; ends abruptly.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 913892294
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20732307
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2b28bd50-b8f4-0133-1b11-60f81dd2b63c
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Merce Cunningham at 75 with comments by Kimberly Bartosik" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2f679990-b8f4-0133-21c0-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Merce Cunningham at 75 with comments by Kimberly Bartosik" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2f679990-b8f4-0133-21c0-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1994). Merce Cunningham at 75 with comments by Kimberly Bartosik Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2f679990-b8f4-0133-21c0-60f81dd2b63c

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Merce Cunningham at 75 with comments by Kimberly Bartosik