Research Catalog

Title

Roaratorio [sound recording] ; Laughtears ; Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake / John Cage.

Author

Cage, John

Publication

Kew Gardens, NY : Mode Records, p1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Heaney, Joe, 1919-1984.
• Ennis, Seamus
• Glackin, Paddy
• Malloy, Matt
• Mercier, Peadher
• Mercier, Mel
• Schöning, Klaus
• Joyce, James, 1882-1941.

Description

2 sound discs (152 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Roaratorio

Alternative Title

• Roaratorio
• Roaratorio.
• Laughtears.
• Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake.
• Finnegans wake.

Subjects

• Cage, John > Interviews
• Schöning, Klaus > Interviews
• Electronic music
• Radio plays with music
• Aleatory music

Note

• Mode Records: mode 28/29 (on container back: mode 28/9).
• Roaratorio (for speaker, Irish musicians and 62-track tape) is a radio play made up of selected lines from Joyce's Finnegans wake, and electronically manipulated recorded sounds mentioned in the novel. Laughtears is a conversation on Roaratorio; Writing for the second time... is a reading of the text of Roaratorio.
• Vocal portions of the 1st work performed in English or Gaelic.
• Compact discs.
• Durations: 60:30; 30:55; 59:39.
• Program notes and text of Laughtears, all in English with, in part, French and German translations ([76] p. : ill.), and text of Roaratorio/Writing ([40] p. : ill.) included.

Event (note)

• Roaratorio originally broadcast Oct. 22, 1979, WDR3-Hörspielstudio; Laughtears originally recorded in Paris, Aug. 13-15, 1979.

Call Number

*LDC 5664 (F)

OCLC

• 27715457
• NYPG94-R1211

Author

Cage, John.

Title

Roaratorio [sound recording] ; Laughtears ; Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake / John Cage.

Imprint

Kew Gardens, NY : Mode Records, p1992.

Playing Time

010030 003055 005939

Performer

In Roaratorio: John Cage, speaker ; Joe Heaney, singer ; Seamus Ennis, uillean pipes ; Paddy Glackin, fiddle ; Matt Malloy, flute ; Peadher Mercier, Mell Mercier, bodhran. In Laughtears: John Cage, Klaus Schöning, speakers. In Writing...: John Cage, speaker.

Event

Roaratorio originally broadcast Oct. 22, 1979, WDR3-Hörspielstudio; Laughtears originally recorded in Paris, Aug. 13-15, 1979.

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Added Author

Cage, John, narrator.

Heaney, Joe, 1919-1984. Performer

Ennis, Seamus. Performer

Glackin, Paddy. Performer

Malloy, Matt. Performer

Mercier, Peadher. Performer

Mercier, Mel. Performer

Schöning, Klaus. Narrator

Cage, John. Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake.

Cage, John. Laughtears.

Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Finnegans wake.

Added Title

Roaratorio.

Laughtears.

Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake.

Finnegans wake.

Publisher No.

Mode mode 28/29

Mode 28/29

Mode mode 28/9

Mode 28/9

Research Call Number

*LDC 5664 (F) Program notes and texts on file.