- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (10 minutes) : digital, mono
- Summary
- Klaus Wildenhahn introduces John Cage and describes Cage's text based composition for How to pass, kick, fall and run; reads a short excerpt from the text; lists the appearances for the [Merce Cunningham Dance Company] European tour; a brief description of Cage and Merce Cunningham's creative process; reads a quote from Cage about the relationship between sound and dance in How to pass, kick, fall and run; mentions company musicians Gordon Mumma and David Tudor; briefly, the art dealer Monsieur [Aimé] Maeght and the artists he works with; a brief history of the Fondation Maeght, and the Company's performance in its Nights of Fondation Maeght Festival; the misplacement of the Company's luggage; more on Gordon Mumma, including his expenses and work as a musician for the Company; briefly, a problem with electricity in the stage area; quotes Cage in a short anecdote about an evening while on the tour; brief description of the stage floor; describes an audience member's relationship to Cage's work; Cage's reply to the audience member; the sale of paintings by artist friends, in this case Joan Miró, to help fund the transportation costs for the Company's tours; financial hardships faced by the Company while on the tour, including Cage's proposed solution for a monetary advance from the sale of Miró's painting; briefly, the art market value of Miró's paintings; the Company in relation to the art market.
- Uniform Title
- John Cage (Motion picture)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Film soundtracks.
- Note
- Title provided by cataloger based on audition and handwritten note on original container.
- Contains an English version audio track of the voice-over for the original German documentary film, John Cage (1966). Klaus Wildenhahn describes the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's European tour, especially in relation to the performances at the Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France in August, 1966.
- Label affixed to original container: "Cage commentary original ; 7.5 ips, half track, mono".
- 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
- *LT-7-A 2353
- OCLC
- 880586732
- Author
Wildenhahn, Klaus, 1930- author.
- Title
John Cage (Motion picture) : voice-over audio track, English version / by Klaus Wildenhahn.
- Production
1966.
- Playing Time
001027
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded in an unidentified location, 1966.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (10 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2353.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original open tape reel by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on January 17, 2014.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Wildenhahn, Klaus, 1930- narrator.
Fondation Maeght.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
John Cage (Motion picture)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2353