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Sixteen dances for soloist and company of 3 : Chart of sounds used in this composition

Title: Sixteen dances for soloist and company of 3 : Chart of sounds used in this composition / [John Cage].
Author: Cage, John.
Publication: 1951, Jan. 19.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Notated music	Supervised use	JPB 95-3 Folder 188	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Description

1 ms. score ([4] leaves); 49 cm. +

Uniform Title

Dances for soloist and company of 3 (Sketches)

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Note

Holograph in pencil.
Chart containing instruments and their sounds in the dances.
Written for the dance of the same name choreographed by Merce Cunningham, with costumes and properties by Eleanor De Vito, John Cage, Remy Charlip, and Merce Cunningham. First performed at Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, NY on Jan. 17, 1951.
Title p. contains list of the 16 dances with dates of completion.
Includes titles for each dance that were not used in the final version. Date on t.p.: Jan. 19, 1951.
John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.

Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 188

OCLC

NYPG96-C212

Author

Cage, John.

Title

Sixteen dances for soloist and company of 3 : Chart of sounds used in this composition / [John Cage].

Imprint

1951, Jan. 19.

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Cunningham, Merce.

Charlip, Remy.

De Vito, Eleanor.

Research Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 188 Public service copy

JPB 94-24 Folder 952 Originals -- Permission required