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Entretien avec David Vaughan : Festival d'Automne à Paris

Title
Entretien avec David Vaughan : Festival d'Automne à Paris, 1991-09.
Author
Vaughan, David, 1924-
Publication
September [?], 1991.

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Details

Additional Authors
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (54 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Summary
  • Streaming file 1, side a: Begins abruptly; unidentified interviewer explains, through her translator, her studies and reasons for the interview, especially her interest in chance operations as well as the influences of Marcel Duchamp and the I-Ching [Yi jing] on John Cage's compositions; David Vaughan tells the story about how Christian Wolff gave Cage a copy of the I-Ching while Cage was working on his Music of changes (1951); Vaughan speaks briefly about the ways Zen Buddhism, D.T. Suzuki, and Marcel Duchamp influenced Cage; briefly, the exchange of ideas between Cage and Merce Cunningham, including Cunningham's use of chance methods in choreography; ways that Cage's composition process differs from Cunningham's choreographic process and how these differences translate in performance of the respective material; Vaughan mentions how Cage is tired from his travels in the recent year; he responds to a question about how the [Merce Cunningham Dance Company] dancers memorize the choreography, including a mention of Cunningham's choreographic notes and a description of the computer program [LifeForms software] that Cunningham uses for choreography; Vaughan speaks about how the dancers' performances are not improvised as Cunningham uses chance methods primarily in the choreographic process; he speaks briefly about Duchamp's idea that the work of art is completed by the spectator as this relates to Cage's and Cunningham's works; Cunningham as a performer and the virtuosity of his dancers; the practical decisions that Cunningham makes when choreographing, especially in relation to his group of dancers; the interviewer speaks about the influence of Cunningham on French choreographers; Vaughan responds and mentions early criticisms of Cunningham; he speaks about the Judson Dance Theater's use of Cage's compositional ideas, especially improvisation; ends abruptly.
  • Streaming file 2, side b: Begins abruptly; they speak about French choreographers; the interviewer asks about a quote from Merce Cunningham about dance technique; Vaughan speaks briefly about the videos on the Cunningham technique; they speak about several unnamed articles [which they are presumably viewing]; interview concludes.
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • David Vaughan is interviewed by an unidentified French speaking interviewer and translator on the occasion of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performances at the Festival d'Automne à Paris.
  • Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on audition and handwritten note on original cassette and container.
  • Handwritten notes on original cassette and container: "Entretien avec David Vaughan (Merce Cunningham) ; Sept. 91 ; Festival d'Automne".
  • Sound quality is fair; there is significant background noise and the recording volume is low throughout.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Language (note)
  • The interviewer asks questions in French which are translated into English and responded to in English and French by the interviewee.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1470
OCLC
933596330
Author
Vaughan, David, 1924- interviewee.
Title
Entretien avec David Vaughan : Festival d'Automne à Paris, 1991-09.
Production
September [?], 1991.
Playing Time
004623 000737
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded in, Paris, France, 1991 September [?].
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (54 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1470.
Language
The interviewer asks questions in French which are translated into English and responded to in English and French by the interviewee.
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 cassette sides.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Translated Title
Meeting with David Vaughan : at the Festival d'Automne à Paris, eng
Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1470
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