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Interview with Merce Cunningham on Radio 101 (Radio program), Zagreb

Title
Interview with Merce Cunningham on Radio 101 (Radio program), Zagreb, 1993-06.
Author
Cunningham, Merce
Publication
June, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Radio 101 (Radio station : Zagreb, Croatia), broadcaster.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (18 minutes) : digital, stereo
Summary
Unidentified host interviews Merce Cunningham over the telephone; topics include: Elliot Caplan's film Cage/Cunningham (1990), John Cage's influence and how they met, Cunningham's first shared performance with Cage in New York, his being a dancer in the Martha Graham Dance Company, his interest in movement exploration and chance operations, he briefly speaks about the changes in funding and resources over the years for his Merce Cunningham Dance Company, some of the differences between Europe and the United States in audience responses to his work, collaborating with Robert Rauschenberg and how they met, briefly his work on a new piece, his interest in the theater as a child.
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
  • Cage, John, composer
  • Cunningham, Merce > Interviews
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  • Cage/Cunningham (Motion picture)
Genre/Form
Radio interviews.
Note
  • Title provided by cataloger based on audition and handwritten notes on original container and cassette.
  • Handwritten notes on original container and cassette: "MC Radio 101 ; Mr. Cunningham for the Radio 101, CRO ; June 1993".
  • Sound quality is mostly good; the speakers are clear but there is a background bass pulse throughout the recording.
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
*LTC-A 1415
OCLC
913890203
Author
Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Merce Cunningham on Radio 101 (Radio program), Zagreb, 1993-06.
Publisher
June, 1993.
Playing Time
001734
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Broadcast in, Zagreb, Croatia, 1993 June.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (18 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1415.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 25, 2015.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Radio 101 (Radio station : Zagreb, Croatia), broadcaster.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1415
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