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Singing through John Cage : Joan La Barbara performs at Central Park Summerstage

Title
Singing through John Cage : Joan La Barbara performs at Central Park Summerstage, 1992-07-23.
Publication
  • July 23, 1992.
  • September 6, 1992

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Details

Additional Authors
  • La Barbara, Joan, 1947-
  • Stein, Leonard
  • Winant, William
  • Cage, John.
  • Satie, Erik, 1866-1925.
  • WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), radio producer.
  • WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), broadcaster.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (61 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
  • Songs, Unaccompanied
  • Songs with piano
  • Songs with percussion
  • Radio programs, Musical
  • Vocalises
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Contains a radio broadcast of a live performance on July 23, 1992 by Joan La Barbara at Central Park Summerstage on WNYC FM. The WNYC introduction to the radio broadcast is not included on the recording.
  • Title, date, performers, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette and container, audition, and information provided by unidentified WNYC FM radio announcer.
  • Handwritten note on original container and cassette: "John Cage: Summerstage". Handwritten note on original container: "6 September 1992 ; WNYC ; Joan La Barbara ; Summerstage concert".
  • Sound quality is mostly good; there are occasional recording gaps in the first ca. 3 mins. of side a, and recording volumes are uneven.
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.
Contents
  • Streaming file 1, side a: [Event introduction by unidentified speaker and Joan La Barbara announces the program] (0:00-2:41) -- [Mirakus2 / John Cage (Joan La Barbara)] (2:44-11:34) -- [A flower / Cage (La Barbara, William Winant)] (11:48-15:28) -- [Unidentified Cage composition] (15:44-26:23) -- [Wonderful widow of eighteen springs / Cage (La Barbara, Winant)] (26:50-29:42) -- [Nowth upon nacht / Cage (La Barbara, Winant)] (29:45-30:41) -- Recording silence (30:42-33:21)
  • Streaming file 2, side b: [Forever and sunsmell / John Cage (Joan La Barbara, William Winant, Leonard Stein)] (0:00-6:00) -- [Sonnakus with Erik Satie songs / Cage and Satie (La Barbara, Leonard Stein)] (6:19-21:05) -- [Eight whiskus / Cage (La Barbara)] (21:32-26:15) -- Audience applause (26:16-27:09) -- Unidentified WNYC radio announcer gives production credits (27:10-28:00)
Call Number
*LTC-A 1664
OCLC
  • 933583042
  • 933583042
Title
Singing through John Cage : Joan La Barbara performs at Central Park Summerstage, 1992-07-23.
Production
July 23, 1992.
Distributor
September 6, 1992
Playing Time
003321 002800
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Performer
[Joan La Barbara, vocalist; Leonard Stein, piano and percussion; William Winant, closed piano and percussion].
Event
Recorded in performance at Central Park Summerstage, New York, New York, [1992 July 23].
Broadcast by WNYC radio in, New York, New York, 1992 September 6.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (61 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1664.
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; two preservation files were created based on the cassette sides.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
La Barbara, Joan, 1947- singer.
Stein, Leonard, instrumentalist.
Winant, William, instrumentalist.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Flower.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Forever and sunsmell.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Eight whiskus.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Mirakus2.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Nowth upon nacht.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Sonnekus2.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Wonderful widow of eighteen springs.
Container of (work): Satie, Erik, 1866-1925. Songs. Selections.
WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), radio producer.
WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), 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 1664
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