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Tango ; and, vocal rehearsal clip

Title
Tango ; and, vocal rehearsal clip / music by John Cage.
Author
Cage, John
Publication
[probably 1978?]

Available Online

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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
2 streaming audio files (4 minutes total) : digital, mono
Summary
  • Part 1 contains Letter to Erik Satie as a two-channel mix of the four-track original reel. The preservation sound engineer made the mix decisions for this file as follows: "With a soundfield described as being 180° -- 0° being the center, -90° being left, and +90° being right -- this access copy was mixed down from the original as follows: Track 1: panned -90° ; Track 2: panned -22° ; Track 3: panned +90° ; Track 4: panned +22°."
  • Part 2 contains a brief rehearsal of a solo voice component of Letter to Erik Satie.
Uniform Title
Tango (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Note
  • Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original container.
  • Handwritten note on original container: "TANGO ; Cage Solo II ; 4 TK, 4 Channel ; start at 0:22".
  • The original reel labeled Cage solo I, was found to be blank during preservation reformatting. Other copies of Cage solo I, were not found in the donated collection.
  • Contains the music used for Merce Cunningham's Tango (1978).
  • Donor's inventory number: R045.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Event (note)
  • Date and recording location unidentified.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LT-7-A 2418
OCLC
881254002
Author
Cage, John, composer.
Title
Tango ; and, vocal rehearsal clip / music by John Cage.
Production
[probably 1978?]
Playing Time
000337 000046
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
John Cage, vocalist.
Event
Date and recording location unidentified.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (4 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 4 track, mono ; 5 in. rewound onto an archival 7 in. reel) in *LT-7-A 2427.
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 March 18, 2014.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Cage, John, singer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Tango (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2418
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