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Fads and fancies in the academy : music for a dance
- Title
- Fads and fancies in the academy : music for a dance / composed by Marian Van Tuyl ; John Cage.
- Author
- Cage, John.
- Publication
- 1940 July.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 52 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Van Tuyl, Marian, 1906 or 1907-1987.
- Description
- 1 ms. score (36 p.); 32 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Holograph in ink, signed.
- For 5 players (the 5th player is the dancer who recites speech only in the section Pessimist).
- On t.p.: Mills College, July 1940.
- Instrumentation from verso of t.p.: player 1 (snare drum, hand-clap); player 2 (2 tom toms, hand-clap, wash-tub, brake drum, string piano); player 3 (piano, hand-clap); player 4 (metronome, metal waste-basket); player 5 (speech).
- John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.
- Contents
- Axioms: a. The pupil is eager to learn -- b. The pupil is constitutionally lazy -- c. We deal with the total child -- A short historical sketch: a. Reactionaries -- b. Revolutionaries & pitched battle -- Vistas of the future: a. Pessimist -- b. Optimist.
- Call Number
- JPB 95-3 Folder 52
- OCLC
- NYPG94-C6744
- Author
- Cage, John.
- Title
- Fads and fancies in the academy : music for a dance / composed by Marian Van Tuyl ; John Cage.
- Imprint
- 1940 July.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Van Tuyl, Marian, 1906 or 1907-1987.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 95-3 Folder 52 Public service copyJPB 94-24 Folder 49 Originals -- Permission required