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Nocturnes: John Cage's rehearsal

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Nocturnes

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Title
Nocturnes: John Cage's rehearsal
Additional title: Nocturnes, piano
Additional title: Nocturnes (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925 (Composer)
Cage, John (Instrumentalist)
Bradley University (Host)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1968-05-04
Table of Contents
Nocturnes [no. 3] (0:00-3:01) -- Nocturnes [no. 5] (3:02-5:12) -- Nocturnes [no. 1] (5:17-8:06) -- Nocturnes [no. 4] (8:07-10:59) -- Nocturnes [no. 2] (11:00-13:54)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2415
Topics
Modern dance music
Piano music
Genres
Music
Notes
Content: Title, date and song titles provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original reel hub and audition.
Content: Handwritten note on original reel hub: "Satie: Nocturnes, Cage Rehearsal ; 4 stereo, 7.5 ips ; 4 May 1968, Peoria, Ill[inois] (Bradley Univ[ersity])". Handwritten note on the spine of original container: "Satie NOCTURNES ; Cage rehearsal". Handwritten note on the back of original container: "Nocturnes, Satie ; V/5/68 ; Cage/Mumma".
Content: Contains music for Merce Cunningham's Nocturnes (1956).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: R001.
Performers: John Cage, piano.
Venue: Recorded in rehearsal at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1968 May 4 ; (There is a date discrepancy between the original reel hub and container thus the cataloger selected the date noted on the reel hub as the recording date).
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (14 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 5 in. rewound onto an archival 7 in. reel
Sound quality is mostly good; there is brief recording distortion in the beginning and very faint background sounds are audible.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 881254059
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20217493
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7bd53cd0-b3fc-0133-5f45-3c07547a230f
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Item timeline of events

  • 1968: Created
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Nocturnes" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1968. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e3892c0-b3fc-0133-f7e7-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Nocturnes" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e3892c0-b3fc-0133-f7e7-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1968). Nocturnes Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e3892c0-b3fc-0133-f7e7-3c07547a230f

Wikipedia Citation

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Nocturnes