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Telephones and birds: dial-a-message telephone calls

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Telephones and birds: dial-a-message telephone calls
Additional title: Travelogue (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Cage, John (Associated name)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1975 - 1979 (Questionable)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1671
Topics
Dial-a-message telephone calls
Cage, John. Telephones and birds
Genres
spoken word
Notes
Content: Contains dial-a-message telephone call recordings used as components in John Cage's music for Merce Cunningham's Travelogue (1977). Side 1 of the cassettes are of mostly the same recordings with slight variations. Side 2 of the cassettes are of mostly the same recordings with slight variations.
Content: Title and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten and typed notes on original cassettes and containers, audition, and information provided by the John Cage Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original container no. 1: "Travelogue A". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 1, side 2: "Travelogue A-Paris". Handwritten note on original container no. 2: "Travelogue B". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 2, side 1: "B Travelogue - Normal Speed". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 2, side 2: "Travel. B Paris". Handwritten note on original container no. 3: "Travelogue C". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 3, side 2: "Travelogue C-Paris".
Numbering: Donor's inventory numbers: C238 -- C240.
Venue: Side 1 of the cassettes recorded in unidentified locations.
Venue: Side 2 of the cassettes recorded in, Paris, France, [probably late 1970's?].
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Language: Side 1 of the cassettes are recordings in English; side 2 of the cassettes are recordings in French.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 6 audio cassettes (158 minutes total) : analog
Sound quality is mostly good.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
French
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 914880145
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20751027
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 10ba4a90-b90b-0133-d745-60f81dd2b63c
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Item timeline of events

  • 1975: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Telephones and birds" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1975 - 1979. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/42ce1aa0-b90b-0133-f9ab-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Telephones and birds" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/42ce1aa0-b90b-0133-f9ab-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1975 - 1979). Telephones and birds Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/42ce1aa0-b90b-0133-f9ab-60f81dd2b63c

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Telephones and birds