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Cheap Imitation : premiere performance of Second Hand.

Title
Cheap Imitation : premiere performance of Second Hand. 1970 / music by John Cage.
Author
Cage, John
Publication
January 8, 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 (31 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 notes on original container and audition.
  • Handwritten note on original reel hub: "Cage CHEAP IMITATION ; BAM 8I70 3M203 ; UHER 4400-SONY 230 ; 1 GEN COPY 14I70". Handwritten note on original case spine: "John Cage: CHEAP IMITATION ; BAM 8I70 ; 3 3/4 IPS STEREO, 1gen COPY ; SECOND HAND Rehearsal Tape".
  • Contains the premiere performance of music for Merce Cunningham's Second hand (1970).
  • Sound quality is good, there is a faint "tape hiss" throughout; occasional audience sounds are faint but audible in the background.
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 2405
OCLC
881253915
Author
Cage, John, composer.
Title
Cheap Imitation : premiere performance of Second Hand. 1970 / music by John Cage.
Production
January 8, 1970.
Playing Time
003042
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
John Cage, piano.
Event
Recorded in performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in, Brooklyn, New York 1970 January 8.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (31 minutes) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 5 in. rewound onto an archival 7 in. reel) in *LT-7-A 2405.
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 14, 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 2405
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