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Creative act: source recordings

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Creative act: source recordings
Additional title: Field and figures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Tcherepnin, Ivan (Composer)
Cage, John (Speaker)
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 (Creator)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1990 - 1995 (Questionable)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1260
Topics
Musique concrète
Genres
Music
Notes
Statement of responsibility: music by Ivan Tcherepnin.
Content: Contains source recordings used in the music for Merce Cunningham's Field and figures (1989): electronically altered short phrases of text by Marcel Duchamp, spoken in English by John Cage.
Content: Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassettes and containers.
Content: Handwritten note on original cassette no. 1, side a: "18 minute "Central" tape (stereo) ; of reading + treatment ; Dolby B". Handwritten note on original container no. 1: "Field + Figures ; "the Creative Act" M. Duchamp ; read by John Cage".
Content: Handwritten note on original cassette no. 2, side a: "source tape 1 for "Creative Act" ; Dolby B". Handwritten note on original container no. 2: "stereo - Right is sparser ; Creative Act - source tape 1 ; A) 6 min (thin) ; B) 11 min (dense) ; C) 7 min (dense) ; D) 6 min (thin)".
Numbering: Donor's inventory numbers: C093, and, C095.
Venue: Recorded in an unidentified location.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 2 audio cassettes (51 minutes total) : analog
Sound quality is fair; the recording volume is low for both streaming files.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 906184883
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20592414
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a60b0b70-b8b7-0133-e245-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1990: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Creative act" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990 - 1995. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a998c310-b8b7-0133-262e-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Creative act" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a998c310-b8b7-0133-262e-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1990 - 1995). Creative act Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a998c310-b8b7-0133-262e-60f81dd2b63c

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Creative act