Four⁶: selections from a performance of Rondo

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Title

Four⁶: selections from a performance of Rondo

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Cage, John (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1995 - 1999 (Questionable)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 898

Subjects

Aleatory music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Musique concrète
Vocalises

Genres

Music
Live Sound Recordings

Notes

Content: Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Selections from live performance of "Four⁶" by composer John Cage -Recording of live performance with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company".
Content: Contains selections from the music for Merce Cunningham's Rondo (1996).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: D383.
Venue: Recorded in performance at an unidentified location.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audio DAT cassette (12 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is good.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 897374064
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20490344
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2145b460-b7f1-0133-ac91-3c07547a230f

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Four⁶: selections from a performance of Rondo" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1995 - 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2145b460-b7f1-0133-ac91-3c07547a230f

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1995 - 1999). Four⁶: selections from a performance of Rondo Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2145b460-b7f1-0133-ac91-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Four⁶: selections from a performance of Rondo" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2145b460-b7f1-0133-ac91-3c07547a230f

Wikipedia citation

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