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Ballet 1951 : for Merce Cunningham

Title
Ballet 1951 : for Merce Cunningham / [John Cage].
Author
Cage, John.
Publication
1951.

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Notated musicSupervised use JPB 95-3 Folder 189Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce.
  • Charlip, Remy.
  • De Vito, Eleanor.
Description
1 ms. score ([28] leaves); 27 x 36 cm.
Uniform Title
Dances for soloist and company of 3 (Sketches)
Alternative Title
  • Dances for soloist and company of 3 (Sketches)
  • Sixteen dances for soloist and company of 3.
  • 16 dances for soloist and company of 3.
Subjects
Note
  • Holograph in pencil.
  • 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.
  • Includes titles for each dance that were not used in the final version.
  • At end of Solo, no. 1: October 25 [1950]; at end of Blues, no. 10: Dec. 26, [1950]; at end of Basket dance, no. 12: Dec. 22, [1950].
  • John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.
Contents
1. Solo -- 2. Trio : 3 girls who had dissolved -- 3. Solo : The mad dog -- 4. Delicate leaves -- 5. Monk's sarabande -- 6. Fleeting images -- 7. Hero's dance : thickening -- 8. Fig for joy -- 9. Odious warrior -- 10. Blues -- 11. Medicine man -- 12. Basket dance -- 13. Solo -- 14. Quartet -- 15. Duet -- 16.
Call Number
JPB 95-3 Folder 189
OCLC
NYPG96-C204
Author
Cage, John.
Title
Ballet 1951 : for Merce Cunningham / [John Cage].
Imprint
1951.
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Added Author
Cunningham, Merce.
Charlip, Remy.
De Vito, Eleanor.
Research Call Number
JPB 95-3 Folder 189 Public service copy
JPB 94-24 Folder 167 Originals -- Permission required
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