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Event no. 695, and, no. 696 : performances at the [Théâtre du Palais-Royale] in Paris

Title
Event no. 695, and, no. 696 : performances at the [Théâtre du Palais-Royale] in Paris, 2002-08-13/14.
Publication
August 13 and 14, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cage, John
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Vaughan, David, 1924-
  • Théâtre du Palais-Royal (Paris, France)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (165 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, dates, location and speakers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT cassettes, audition and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
  • Handwritten note on original DAT cassette no. 1: "Paris Event ; 8-13-02". Handwritten note on original DAT cassette no. 2: "Paris Event ; 8-13-02".
  • Contains the music and accompaniment for two of Merce Cunningham's Events; includes John Cage, Merce Cunningham and David Vaughan reading selections from John Cage's Silence: lectures and writings (Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press, 1961), and A year from Monday: new lectures and writings (Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press, 1967). These readings are the original accompaniment for Merce Cunningham's How to pass, kick, fall and run (1965).
  • Sound quality is good.
  • Donor's inventory numbers: D402, and, D343.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Language (note)
  • Speakers read aloud mostly in English, with some of the readings in French.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Contents
  • Streaming file 1, Aug. 13: Event [no. 695] (0:00-1:20:21) -- [Readings to accompany excerpt from How to pass, kick, fall and run] (57:21-1:20:21) -- Recording silence (1:20:22-1:22:37)
  • Streaming file 2, Aug. 14: Event [no. 696] (0:00-1:22:18) -- [Readings to accompany excerpt from How to pass, kick, fall and run] (59:08-1:22:18)
Call Number
*LTD-A 883
OCLC
897514133
Title
Event no. 695, and, no. 696 : performances at the [Théâtre du Palais-Royale] in Paris, 2002-08-13/14.
Production
August 13 and 14, 2002.
Playing Time
012237 012218
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
[John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and David Vaughan], speakers.
Event
Recorded in performances at the [Théâtre du Palais-Royale] in, Paris, France, 2002 August 13 and 14.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (2 audio DAT cassettes (165 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 883.
Language
Speakers read aloud mostly in English, with some of the readings in French.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from two original DAT cassettes by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Cage, John, author.
Cage, John, speaker.
Cunningham, Merce, speaker.
Vaughan, David, 1924- speaker.
Théâtre du Palais-Royal (Paris, France)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTD-A 883
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