Research Catalog

Title

Ballet 1951 : for Merce Cunningham / [John Cage].

Author

Cage, John.

Publication

1951.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cunningham, Merce.
• Charlip, Remy.
• De Vito, Eleanor.

Description

1 ms. score ([28] leaves); 27 x 36 cm.

Uniform Title

Dances for soloist and company of 3 (Sketches)

Alternative Title

• Dances for soloist and company of 3 (Sketches)
• Sixteen dances for soloist and company of 3.
• 16 dances for soloist and company of 3.

Subjects

• Cage, John > Manuscripts
• Musical sketches
• Ballets > Scores

Note

• Holograph in pencil.
• Written for the dance of the same name choreographed by Merce Cunningham, with costumes and properties by Eleanor De Vito, John Cage, Remy Charlip, and Merce Cunningham. First performed at Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, NY on Jan. 17, 1951.
• Includes titles for each dance that were not used in the final version.
• At end of Solo, no. 1: October 25 [1950]; at end of Blues, no. 10: Dec. 26, [1950]; at end of Basket dance, no. 12: Dec. 22, [1950].
• John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.

Contents

1. Solo -- 2. Trio : 3 girls who had dissolved -- 3. Solo : The mad dog -- 4. Delicate leaves -- 5. Monk's sarabande -- 6. Fleeting images -- 7. Hero's dance : thickening -- 8. Fig for joy -- 9. Odious warrior -- 10. Blues -- 11. Medicine man -- 12. Basket dance -- 13. Solo -- 14. Quartet -- 15. Duet -- 16.

Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 189

OCLC

NYPG96-C204

Author

Cage, John.

Title

Ballet 1951 : for Merce Cunningham / [John Cage].

Imprint

1951.

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Added Author

Cunningham, Merce.

Charlip, Remy.

De Vito, Eleanor.

Research Call Number

JPB 95-3 Folder 189 Public service copy

JPB 94-24 Folder 167 Originals -- Permission required