- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (80 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- Roaratorio (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on audition, handwritten note on original cassette and information obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust.
- Handwritten note on original container: "John Cage - Prom". Handwritten note on original cassette: "John Cage Roaratorio ; Promen[ade] [Alb]ert 19 July 1987".
- Contains music for Merce Cunningham's Roaratorio (1983).
- Sound quality is mostly good; recording on streaming file 1 ends abruptly.
- Donor's inventory number: C385.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Contents
- Streaming file 1, Side a: Recording silence (0:00-2:07) -- Roaratorio ["Circus on", part 1?] / John Cage (2:08-34:40)
- Streaming file 2, Side b: Roaratorio ["Circus on", part 2?] / John Cage (0:22-42:04)
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1203
- OCLC
- 900291181
- Author
Cage, John, composer.
- Title
Roaratorio : performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1987-07-19 / music by John Cage.
- Production
July 19, 1987.
- Playing Time
003604 004339
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded in live performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 1987 July 19.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (80 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1203.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides: C385a, and, C385b.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Royal Albert Hall.
BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Music for (work) : Roaratorio (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1203