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Roaratorio: performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1987-07-19

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Roaratorio: performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1987-07-19
Additional title: Circus on
Additional title: Roaratorio (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Cage, John (Composer)
Royal Albert Hall (Host)
BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts (Associated name)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1987-07-19
Table of Contents
Streaming file 1, Side a: Recording silence (0:00-2:07) -- Roaratorio ["Circus on", part 1?] / John Cage (2:08-34:40) |||| Streaming file 2, Side b: Roaratorio ["Circus on", part 2?] / John Cage (0:22-42:04)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1203
Topics
Aleatory music
Folk dance music -- Ireland
Modern dance music
Vocalises
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Statement of responsibility: music by John Cage.
Content: Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on audition, handwritten note on original cassette and information obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original container: "John Cage - Prom". Handwritten note on original cassette: "John Cage Roaratorio ; Promen[ade] [Alb]ert 19 July 1987".
Content: Contains music for Merce Cunningham's Roaratorio (1983).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: C385.
Venue: Recorded in live performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 1987 July 19.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audio cassette (80 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is mostly good; recording on streaming file 1 ends abruptly.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 900291181
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20516333
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3a61c650-b82d-0133-0409-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1987: Created
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Roaratorio" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3ddffa20-b82d-0133-02d7-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Roaratorio" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 27, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3ddffa20-b82d-0133-02d7-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1987). Roaratorio Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3ddffa20-b82d-0133-02d7-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Roaratorio