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Telephones and birds : birdsong and mechanical recordings

Title
Telephones and birds : birdsong and mechanical recordings, 1979.
Publication
1979.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cage, John.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
3 streaming audio files (41 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Travelogue (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Nature sounds.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Contains birdsong and mechanical recordings used as components of John Cage's music for Merce Cunningham's Travelogue (1977); includes the verbal introductions for the bird calls by an unidentified speaker.
  • Title and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten and typed notes on original cassettes and containers, audition, and information provided by the John Cage Trust.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette no. 1, side a: "Birds & Teles Reel I ; 126". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 1, side b: "West Point 7/4/79 dby". Typed note on original container no. 1: ""Birds and Telephones" reel 1: music for Travelogue by John Cage". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 2: "153 Birds & Tele's Reel 2". Typed note on original container no. 2: "Music for Travelogue by John Cage". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 3: "Technics Reel 3 ; L CH only ; Birds & Telephones". Handwritten note on original container no. 3: "Music for Travelogue by John Cage".
  • Sound quality is mostly good; the speaker is occasionally slightly muffled.
  • Donor's inventory numbers: C237, C236, and, C235.
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 reels.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1669
OCLC
913834727
Title
Telephones and birds : birdsong and mechanical recordings, 1979.
Production
1979.
Playing Time
000754 002208 001027
Type of Content
sounds
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: Telephones and birds, http://johncage.org/pp/John-Cage-Work-Detail.cfm?work_ID=198
Event
Dubbed from unidentified original reels.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival originals : (3 audio cassettes (41 minutes total) : analog) in *LTC-A 1669.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from three original analog cassettes by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Cassette no. 1, side b contains sounds of military exercises conducted at West Point [United States Military Academy] on July 4, 1979, that were recorded for unidentified purposes. The Merce Cunningham Dance Company did not make a digital transfer of this recording.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Related to (work): Cage, John. Telephones and birds.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Related to (work) : Travelogue (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1669
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