- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (10 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Begins abruptly; unidentified program host interviews David Vaughan; topics include: Vaughan's dance background in general and with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, his appointment and role as Company archivist, Merce Cunningham's interest in choreographing for the camera, the repertoire performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, [recording gap, 4:42-4:50], the music for Pictures (1984), Interspecies smalltalk, by David Behrman, Cunningham as an older dancer and performer, other dance companies that are performing Cunningham's works, Cunningham's long time collaborator and company musical advisor, John Cage, a performance of Roaratorio (1983) at the BBC Proms, more on Cunningham and his Company; works mentioned: Points in space (1986), Pictures (1984), Duets (1980), Jour ou deux (1973), Arcade (1985), Fielding sixes (1980), Septet (1953), and Roaratorio (1983); ends abruptly.
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio interviews.
- Note
- Contains a radio interview of David Vaughan on an unidentified program likely broadcast on BBC Radio; correlating to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performances at Sadler's Wells Theatre.
- Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on typed notes on original container and cassette, and audition.
- Typed notes on original container and cassette: "David Vaughan 22.7.87".
- Sound quality is fair; the speakers are clear but the recording was taken at a high volume which distorts the voices.
- 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
- *LTC-A 1439
- OCLC
- 913900158
- Author
Vaughan, David, 1924- interviewee.
- Title
Interview with David Vaughan on [BBC Radio?], 1987-07-22.
- Publisher
July 22, 1987.
- Playing Time
000939
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Broadcast in, London, England, 1987 July 22.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (10 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1439.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 25, 2015.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
BBC Radio, broadcaster.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1439