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Music department panel [videorecording] : [on Merce Cunningham and John Cage]

Title: Music department panel [videorecording] : [on Merce Cunningham and John Cage] / [presented by] the Cornish School of the Arts.
Publication: 1996.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIDVD 5-305	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Subjects

Genre/Form

Panel discussions.
Video.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle, Wash., on Apr. 26, 1996.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-305

Title

Music department panel [videorecording] : [on Merce Cunningham and John Cage] / [presented by] the Cornish School of the Arts.

Imprint

1996.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Performer

Panelists: Merce Cunningham, David Vaughan, Matthew Kocmieroski, Laura Kuhn.

Event

Videotaped at the Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle, Wash., on Apr. 26, 1996.

Summary

This panel discussion focusses on John Cage and Merce Cunningham and their connections to the Cornish School. Cunningham speaks about his memories of Nellie Cornish, the school's founder; Cage's compositional lessons and percussion ensemble at the school; the first collaborations between Cunningham's choreography and Cage's music, including Credo in us. The panelists exchange anecdotes about Cage's experiences at the Cornish School and performances of various Cage compositions.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Added Author

Cunningham, Merce.

Vaughan, David, 1924-

Kuhn, Laura Diane.

Kocmieroski, Matthew.

Cornish School of Allied Arts (Seattle, Wash.)

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