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Cheap Imitation : performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Title
Cheap Imitation : performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 1970 / music by John Cage.
Author
Cage, John
Publication
November 5, 1970.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cage, John
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (34 minutes) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Second hand (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original container and audition.
  • Handwritten note on original case and reel hub: "Cage Cheap Imitation ; SECOND HAND ; Rehearsal Tape for Merce Cunningham ; from performances of 5 November 1970, Brooklyn ; 3.75 ips Qtrtr STEREO".
  • Contains music for Merce Cunningham's Second hand (1970).
  • Sound quality is good; there is audible audience applause at the end of 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
*LT-7-A 2404
OCLC
881253853
Author
Cage, John, composer.
Title
Cheap Imitation : performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 1970 / music by John Cage.
Production
November 5, 1970.
Playing Time
003340
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
Probably performed by John Cage, piano.
Event
Recorded in performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in, Brooklyn, New York 1970 November 5.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (34 minutes) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 5 in. rewound onto an archival 7 in. reel) in *LT-7-A 2404.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original open tape reel by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on February 12, 2014.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Cage, John, instrumentalist.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Second hand (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2404
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