Research Catalog

Creative act : source recordings

Title
Creative act : source recordings / music by Ivan Tcherepnin.
Author
Tcherepnin, Ivan
Publication
[probably early 1990's?].

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cage, John
  • Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (51 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Field and figures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
Note
  • Contains source recordings used in the music for Merce Cunningham's Field and figures (1989): electronically altered short phrases of text by Marcel Duchamp, spoken in English by John Cage.
  • Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassettes and containers.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette no. 1, side a: "18 minute "Central" tape (stereo) ; of reading + treatment ; Dolby B". Handwritten note on original container no. 1: "Field + Figures ; "the Creative Act" M. Duchamp ; read by John Cage".
  • Handwritten note on original cassette no. 2, side a: "source tape 1 for "Creative Act" ; Dolby B". Handwritten note on original container no. 2: "stereo - Right is sparser ; Creative Act - source tape 1 ; A) 6 min (thin) ; B) 11 min (dense) ; C) 7 min (dense) ; D) 6 min (thin)".
  • Sound quality is fair; the recording volume is low for both streaming files.
  • Donor's inventory numbers: C093, and, C095.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in an unidentified location.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1260
OCLC
906184883
Author
Tcherepnin, Ivan, composer.
Title
Creative act : source recordings / music by Ivan Tcherepnin.
Production
[probably early 1990's?].
Playing Time
001930 003122
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded in an unidentified location.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival originals: (2 audio cassettes (51 minutes total) : analog) in *LTC-A 1260.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from two original analog cassettes by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Cage, John, speaker.
Container of (work): Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968. Works. Selections.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Related to (work) : Field and figures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1260
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