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News report on "Celebrate Cage" : the Merce Cunningham Dance Company benefit, on Morning edition, National Public Radio.

Title
News report on "Celebrate Cage" : the Merce Cunningham Dance Company benefit, on Morning edition, National Public Radio. No. 890526, 1989-05-26.
Publication
May 26, 1989.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Edwards, Bob, 1947-
  • Hillel, Lars
  • Lucier, Alvin
  • Pugliese, Michael
  • Summers, Andy
  • National Public Radio (U.S.), radio producer.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (8 minutes) : digital, stereo
Summary
Program host, Bob Edwards, introduces Merce Cunningham and John Cage, including the previous night's "Celebrate Cage" benefit for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; Lars Hillel reports on Cage's tape loops for his Rozart mix (1965); Alvin Lucier briefly describes the splicing process; Michael Pugliese reads Cage's original instruction for Rozart mix and speaks about using chance procedure to create his own tape loop for the benefit performance; Hillel reports on the benefit, its attendees and the performance; Andy Summers speaks about his own tape loop; Cunningham briefly speaks about Cage's compositional process and their collaboration; Edwards makes program credit announcements.
Uniform Title
Morning edition.
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Special events radio coverage.
Note
  • Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on typed note on original cassette and container, audition, and original benefit program.
  • Typed note on original container and cassette: "NPR- Morning Edition: Merce Cunningham, John Cage ; #890526 ; ℗ 1989 ; National Public Radio".
  • Sound quality is good.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Event (note)
  • Recorded for broadcast on NPR in an unidentified location.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1416
OCLC
913890541
Title
News report on "Celebrate Cage" : the Merce Cunningham Dance Company benefit, on Morning edition, National Public Radio. No. 890526, 1989-05-26.
Publisher
May 26, 1989.
Playing Time
000757
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded for broadcast on NPR in an unidentified location.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (8 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1416.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 25, 2015.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
Edwards, Bob, 1947- host.
Hillel, Lars, radio reporter.
Lucier, Alvin, commentator.
Pugliese, Michael, commentator.
Summers, Andy, commentator.
National Public Radio (U.S.), radio producer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Morning edition.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1416
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