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John Cage : on Fresh air (Radio program), WHYY

Title
John Cage : on Fresh air (Radio program), WHYY, 1982-06-10.
Author
Cage, John
Publication
June 10, 1982.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Cage, John
  • Gross, Terry
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996
  • Cage, John.
  • WHYY (Radio station : Philadelphia, Pa.), broadcaster.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (29 minutes) : digital, stereo
Summary
Terry Gross introduces the program and speaks about her guest, John Cage; ca. 1:44-4:45, excerpt from Cage's Indeterminacy (1959) with musician David Tudor; John Cage speaks about his interest in the exploration of composition and changes in his career over time; he speaks about why he chose to pursue a career in music instead of painting; he speaks about his composition process and interest in everyday sounds; he speaks about perception and meditation; he recalls a lecture given by [Daisetz Teitaro] Suzuki [his Zen Buddhist teacher] and how he related these concepts to composition, especially in his use of chance operations; he speaks about using indeterminacy with performers of his compositions; he speaks about memory and experience, and quotes Marcel Duchamp, Reńe Char, and Erik Satie; they speak briefly about sense perceptions and encountering art; Cage speaks briefly about hunting for mushrooms; he speaks about ordering the relationship between nature and society, especially the influence of Buckminster Fuller's ideas about this order; he speaks about several Buddhist ideas of "ways of living"; he tells an anecdote about playing chess with "Teeny" [Alexina] Duchamp and speaks more about his friendship with the Duchamps, especially with Marcel; he speaks about Duchamp's secret final work, Étant donnés; Gross concludes the program.
Uniform Title
Fresh air with Terry Gross (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Radio interviews.
  • Musique concrète.
Note
  • Terry Gross speaks with John Cage on Fresh air (Radio program), broadcast on WHYY FM radio.
  • Title, date, and location provided by cataloger based on typed and handwritten notes on original container and cassette, and audition.
  • Typed note on original container: "John Cage, with Terry Gross, FRESH AIR (1982) ; John Cage & Klaus Schoning, re: ROAR (1986)". Handwritten note on original cassette, side a: "John Cage with Terry Gross ; Originally 6/10/82 WHYY-FM, Philadelphia".
  • Contains side a of the archival original cassette.
  • 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 1457
OCLC
917697569
Author
Cage, John, interviewee.
Title
John Cage : on Fresh air (Radio program), WHYY, 1982-06-10.
Publisher
June 10, 1982.
Playing Time
002845
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
David Tudor, musician, and John Cage, speaker.
Event
Broadcast on WHYY FM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1982 June 10.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (59 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1457.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Cage, John, speaker.
Gross, Terry, host.
Gross, Terry, interviewer.
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Indeterminacy. Selections.
WHYY (Radio station : Philadelphia, Pa.), broadcaster.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Fresh air with Terry Gross (Radio program)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1457
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