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Creative act : performance of Field and figures at City Center

Title
Creative act : performance of Field and figures at City Center / music by Ivan Tcherepnin.
Author
Tcherepnin, Ivan
Publication
[probably early 1990's?].

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (32 minutes) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Field and figures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Live sound recordings.
  • Modern dance music.
  • Musique concrète.
Note
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Field and figures (1989): electronically altered short phrases of text by Marcel Duchamp, spoken in English by John Cage.
  • Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette and container, and audition.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette and container: "Creative Act - City Center". Handwritten sticker on original container: "MC Symposium" [does not contain this content].
  • Sound quality is mostly good; audience applause overlaps the end of the work.
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 1663
OCLC
933582929
Author
Tcherepnin, Ivan, composer.
Title
Creative act : performance of Field and figures at City Center / music by Ivan Tcherepnin.
Production
[probably early 1990's?].
Playing Time
003204
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded in performance at City Center in, New York, New York, [probably early 1990's?].
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (32 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1663.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Container of (work): Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968. Works. Selections.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Field and figures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1663
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