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Letter to Erik Satie : dub set of voice recordings used in the music for Tango

Title
Letter to Erik Satie : dub set of voice recordings used in the music for Tango, 1983-08.
Publication
August, 1983.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cage, John.
  • Cage, John
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
6 streaming audio files (22 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Tango (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Note
  • Contains cassette recordings of vocals to be played as components of John Cage's music for Merce Cunningham's Tango (1978).
  • Title and vocalist provided by cataloger based on typed notes on original cassettes and containers, audition, and information provided by the John Cage Trust.
  • Typed note on original cassette and container no. 1: "Letter to E. S.... ; start 3:27 ; Tango 1- dub set one 8/83". Typed note on original cassette and container no. 2: "Letter to E. S.... ; start at 3:32 ; Tango 2- dub set one 8/83". Typed note on original cassette and container no. 3: "Letter to E. S.... ; start 0:45 ; Tango 3- dub set one 8/83". Typed note on original cassette and container no. 4: "Letter to E. S.... ; start 2:49 ; Tango 4- dub set one 8/83". Typed note on original cassette and container no. 5: "Letter to E. S.... ; start 0:22 ; Tango 5a- dub set one 8/83". Typed note on original cassette and container no. 6: "Letter to E. S.... ; start 0:22 ; Tango 5b- dub set one 8/83".
  • Sound quality is mostly good.
  • Donor's inventory numbers: C217 -- C222.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Indexed In (note)
  • John Cage Trust website, accessed July 15, 2015
Event (note)
  • Dubbed from unidentified original recordings.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1667
OCLC
913834539
Title
Letter to Erik Satie : dub set of voice recordings used in the music for Tango, 1983-08.
Production
August, 1983.
Playing Time
000113 000132 000602 000240 000354 000544
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 July 15, 2015, Database of works: Letter to Erik Satie, http://johncage.org/pp/John-Cage-Work-Detail.cfm?work_ID=280
Performer
[John Cage, vocalist].
Event
Dubbed from unidentified original recordings.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival originals : (6 audio cassettes (22 minutes total) : analog) in *LTC-A 1667.
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.
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Added Author
Related to (work): Cage, John. Letter to Erik Satie.
Cage, John, singer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Related to (work) : Tango (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1667
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