- Additional Authors
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 6 streaming audio files (23 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- Duets (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Aleatory music.
- Modern dance music.
- Note
- Contains sets of cassette recordings of traditional Irish bodhran music which are components of the music for Merce Cunningham's Duets (1980).
- Title provided by cataloger based on typed notes on original cassettes and information provided by the John Cage Trust.
- Typed note on original cassette no. 1: "Duets cassette 1e". Typed note on original cassette no. 2: "Duets cassette 2e". Typed note on original cassette no. 3: "Duets cassette 3e". Typed note on original cassette no. 4: "Duets cassette 4e". Typed note on original cassette no. 5: "Duets cassette 5e". Typed note on original cassette no. 6: "Duets cassette 6e".
- John Cage's Improvisation III is composed "for one or more musicians with stereo cassette recordings" (John Cage Trust website, accessed March 11, 2015). In total there are 7 sets of cassettes for the purposes of live performance playback by musicians. The cataloger selected Duets 1e - 6e as the archival original and representative set of cassettes based on best sound quality and the completeness of digital files. There are 4 additional sets of cassettes, identical to the archival original set, labeled Duets 1b - 6b, Duets 1c - 6c, and, Duets 1d - 6d. The set labeled Duets 1a - 6a is mislabeled in terms of numbering and matching content with the other sets of cassettes. The 2 sets labeled Duets A2 - F2, and, Duets A3 - F3 were likely recorded and prepared separately from the other sets of cassettes and contain identical content.
- Recorded in unidentified locations.
- Sound quality is good.
- Donor's inventory numbers: C066 - C071 (*LTC-A 1245 no. 1-6); C054 - C059 (*LTC-A 1243 no. 1-6); C060 - C065 (*LTC-A 1244 no. 1-6); C105 - C110 (*LTC-A 1246 no. 1-6); C111 - C116 (*LTC-A 1247 no. 1-6); C117 - C128 (*LTC-A 1248 no. 1-12).
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Indexed In (note)
- John Cage Trust website, accessed March 11, 2015
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1243 -- 1248
- OCLC
- 913794867
- Author
Cage, John, composer.
- Title
Improvisation III : sets of cassette recordings used in the music for Duets / music by John Cage.
- Production
[probably 1980?].
- Playing Time
000422 000259 000633 000302 000225 000310
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Indexed In:
John Cage Trust website, accessed March 11, 2015, Database of works: Improvisation III, http://johncage.org/pp/John-Cage-Work-Detail.cfm?work_ID=283
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival originals : (6 audio cassettes (23 minutes total) : analog) in *LTC-A 1245 no. 1-6, *L (Recap box) 505.
Additional archival originals : (6 audio cassettes : analog) in *LTC-A 1243 no. 1-6, *L (Recap box) 505.
Additional archival originals : (6 audio cassettes : analog) in *LTC-A 1244 no. 1-6, *L (Recap box) 505.
Additional archival originals : (6 audio cassettes : analog) in *LTC-A 1246 no. 1-6, *L (Recap box) 505.
Additional archival originals : (6 audio cassettes : analog) in *LTC-A 1247 no. 1-6, *L (Recap box) 505.
Additional archival originals : (12 audio cassettes : analog) in *LTC-A 1248 no. 1-12, *L (Recap box) 506.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from six original analog cassettes by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Related to (work) : Duets (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1243 -- 1248