Rozart mix source tapes: donated to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the "Celebrate Cage" benefit, 1989-05-25
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Title
Rozart mix source tapes: donated to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the "Celebrate Cage" benefit, 1989-05-25
Collection
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Byrne, David, 1952- (Recording engineer)
Reed, Lou (Recording engineer)
Rundgren, Todd (Recording engineer)
Severin, Steven (Recording engineer)
Short, Bobby (Recording engineer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1989-05-25
Table Of Contents
Streaming file 1: Tape loop for ["Rozart mix"] / Lou Reed |||| Streaming file 2: [Tape for] "Rozart mix" / Steven Severin |||| Streaming file 3: Tape loop [for "Rozart mix"] / Bobby Short |||| Streaming file 4: [1 Khz tone for "Rozart mix"] / Unidentified |||| Streaming file 5: Little league recording for ["Rozart mix"] / Todd Rundgren |||| Streaming file 6: L.A. Oil Pumps loop [for "Rozart mix"] / David Byrne
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1426
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1427
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1428
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1429
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1430
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1655
Subjects
Musique concrète
Cage, John. Rozart mix
Genres
Notes
Content: Contains source tapes used in a performance of John Cage's Rozart mix at the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's "Celebrate Cage" benefit on May 25, 1989 in New York, New York.
Content: Title, location and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten and typed notes on original containers and cassettes, audition, and benefit performance program.
Content: Handwritten note on original container and cassette, *LTC-A 1426: "Lou Reed tape loop for John Cage Celebration". Handwritten note on original cassette, *LTC-A 1427: "Celebrate Cage ; "Rozart Mix" - Steven Severin". Typed note on original container and cassette, *LTC-A 1428: "Bobby Short - tape loop ; for Cage Salute". Typed note on original cassette, *LTC-A 1429: "1 KHZ c ; for Cage Salute". Handwritten note on original container and cassette, *LTC-A 1430: "Todd Rundgren "Little League" ; for Cage Salute". Handwritten note on original container and cassette, *LTC-A 1655: "Loop of L.A. Oil Pumps ; David Byrne for Cage, John".
Venue: Recorded and dubbed in unidentified locations.
Venue: Played live in performance, New York, New York, 1989 May 25.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Extent: 6 audiocassette (12 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is good.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 908694005
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20617911
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 441a0a50-b8c0-0133-dc03-60f81dd2b63c
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Rozart mix source tapes: donated to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the "Celebrate Cage" benefit, 1989-05-25" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/441a0a50-b8c0-0133-dc03-60f81dd2b63c
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1989). Rozart mix source tapes: donated to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the "Celebrate Cage" benefit, 1989-05-25 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/441a0a50-b8c0-0133-dc03-60f81dd2b63c
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Rozart mix source tapes: donated to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the "Celebrate Cage" benefit, 1989-05-25" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/441a0a50-b8c0-0133-dc03-60f81dd2b63c
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