- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (4 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file 1, Mar. [19?]: Frances Mason speaks briefly about the collaboration between John Cage and Merce Cunningham, and the screening of the documentary film Cage/Cunningham.
- Streaming file 2, Mar. 21: Frances Mason speaks about the premiere of Merce Cunningham's Beach birds.
- Uniform Title
- World of dance (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio commentaries.
- Note
- Contains Francis Mason's brief commentaries on the occasion of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performances at City Center, broadcast on the World of dance (Radio program), WQXR radio.
- Title, dates, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten, typed, and printed notes on original containers and cassettes, and audition.
- Typed note on original container and cassette (*LTC-A 1459): "Francis Mason/WQXR 3/92 ; RE: Cage/Cunningham; CityCentre 92". Handwritten note on original cassette (*LTC-A 1459): "Sat 3/[19?]/92".
- Handwritten note on original container and cassette (*LTC-A 1455): "World of dance with Francis Mason 3.21.92". Printed note on original cassette (*LTC-A 1455): "96.3 fm WQXR".
- Sound quality is good.
- 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 1459
- OCLC
- Title
Francis Mason comments on Cage/Cunningham and Merce Cunningham's Beach birds : on the World of dance (Radio program), WQXR, 1992-03-19/21.
- Publisher
March 19 and 21, 1992.
- Playing Time
000142 000138
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Broadcast on WQXR FM, New York, New York, 1992 March [19?] and 21.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (2 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1459.
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (2 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1455.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from two original analog cassettes by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Mason, Francis, 1921-2009, host.
WQXR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), broadcaster.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
World of dance (Radio program)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1459
*LTC-A 1455