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Four³: rehearsal

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Four³

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Title
Four³: rehearsal
Additional title: Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Cage, John (Composer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991 (Questionable)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1233
Topics
Aleatory music
Piano music
Modern dance music
Genres
Music
Notes
Content: Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette and container, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original cassette and container: "Four³ - John Cage ; Beach birds".
Content: Contains a rehearsal of the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: C033.
Venue: Recorded in an unidentified location, probably in a dance studio.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (18 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is fair; there is a low recording hum throughout and the volume of the piano is very low from ca. 12 minutes into the recording.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 902651012
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20522345
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9f60e370-b839-0133-792c-60f81dd2b63c
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  • 1991: Created
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Four³" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a378a1c0-b839-0133-be78-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Four³" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a378a1c0-b839-0133-be78-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1991). Four³ Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a378a1c0-b839-0133-be78-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Four³