- Additional Authors
- 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:
- 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