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John Cage reads text from the Taiping yulan and Taiping guangji

Title
John Cage reads text from the Taiping yulan and Taiping guangji, 1986-03-14.
Publication
March 14, 1986.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cage, John
  • Tone, Yasunao.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
8 streaming audio files (19 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Summary
  • Streaming file 1: John Cage reads an "Introduction".
  • Streaming file 2: John Cage reads "Yumin People".
  • Streaming file 3: John Cage reads "Yumin People".
  • Streaming file 4: John Cage reads "Ruo-Tou People".
  • Streaming file 5: John Cage reads "Ocean Men".
  • Streaming file 6: John Cage reads "Country of Shaman".
  • Streaming file 7: John Cage reads "Country of [Jian] Fu".
  • Streaming file 8: John Cage reads "Land of White People".
Uniform Title
  • Taiping guangji. Selections.
  • Taiping yulan. Selections.
  • Roadrunners (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
Note
  • Contains John Cage reading texts from the Taiping yulan [Chinese encyclopedia, ca. 983 A.D.], and Taiping guangji [compilation of Chinese stories, ca. 978 A.D.], as components intended for use in Yasunao Tone's Geography and music, the music for Merce Cunningham's Roadrunners (1979).
  • Title, date and speaker provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassettes, and audition.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette no. 1: "Introduction ; RR [Roadrunners] ; JC [John Cage] ; 3/14/86". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 2: "Yumin ; RR [Roadrunners] ; JC [John Cage] ; 3/14/86". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 3: "Yumin". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 4: "Ruo-Tou People ; RR [Roadrunners] ; JC [John Cage] ; 3/14/86". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 5: "Ocean Men ; RR [Roadrunners] ; JC [John Cage] ; 3/14/86". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 6: "Country of Shaman ; RR [Roadrunners] ; JC [John Cage] ; 3/14/86". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 7: "Country of Chian [Jian] Fu ; RR [Roadrunners] ; JC [John Cage] ; 3/14/86". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 8: "Land of White People ; RR [Roadrunners] ; JC [John Cage] ; 3/14/86".
  • Sound quality is good.
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.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1499
OCLC
914898481
Title
John Cage reads text from the Taiping yulan and Taiping guangji, 1986-03-14.
Production
March 14, 1986.
Playing Time
000142 000204 000214 000226 000253 000224 000228 000152
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival originals: (8 audio cassettes (19 minutes total) : analog) in *LTC-A 1499.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from eight original analog cassettes by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Cage, John, narrator.
Related to (work): Tone, Yasunao. Geography and music.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Container of (work) : Taiping guangji. Selections.
Container of (work) : Taiping yulan. Selections.
Related to (work) : Roadrunners (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1499
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