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Interview with Earle Brown, Tape 2; Interview with Irwin Kremen, [1987 April; 1989.]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Interview with Earle Brown, Tape 2; Interview with Irwin Kremen, [1987 April; 1989.]

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Title
Interview with Earle Brown, Tape 2; Interview with Irwin Kremen, [1987 April; 1989.]
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002 (Interviewee)
Kremen, Irwin (Interviewee)
Vaughan, David, 1924- (Interviewer)
Caplan, Elliot (Interviewer)
Caplan, Elliot (Photographer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1987-04
Date Created: 1989
Place: New York City.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 5054
Topics
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002
Kremen, Irwin
Cunningham, Merce
Cage, John
Dance -- History -- United States
Modern dance -- History -- United States
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title provided by cataloger, based on original container label and research.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Video8) (60 min) : sound, color ; 8mm
Description
The first part of this material comes from the 2nd tape of an interview conducted by Merce Cunningham Dance Company archivist David Vaughan and director Elliot Caplan with composer Earle Brown, who worked frequently with both Merce Cunningham and John Cage. He begins by speaking about his personal and artistic connections with the duo. He then discusses going to the movies with the two which shades into a wider anecdote about Cages father and popular media (3:08). Brown then speaks about his interest in Gertrude Stein and her work (6:00). He then considers Cages influence on current culture in America and Europe (7:30). This continues to the end of the interview (14:33) After a brief interlude featuring someone typing on a computer in the Merce Cunningham Dance Companys executive directors office, the material shifts to an already-in-progress interview with artist and psychologist Irwin Kremen, a member of the artistic circle around John Cage and Merce Cunningham. The interview is conducted at the Merce Cunningham Dance Company space at Westbeth in New York City. Kremen begins by talking about the way in which he came to know Cage, Cunningham and David Tudor via connections to the creative programs at Black Mountain College, as well as discussing the milieu, performances and events of these early year (15:30) These anecdotes continue until the end of the material.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 950971568
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20970360
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f4db5500-2d7f-0137-bb43-29f17b274da6
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  • 1987: Created (Approximate)
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Earle Brown, Tape 2; Interview with Irwin Kremen, [1987 April; 1989.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987 - 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db1c5a40-aa15-0133-94a0-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Earle Brown, Tape 2; Interview with Irwin Kremen, [1987 April; 1989.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db1c5a40-aa15-0133-94a0-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1987 - 1989). Interview with Earle Brown, Tape 2; Interview with Irwin Kremen, [1987 April; 1989.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db1c5a40-aa15-0133-94a0-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Earle Brown, Tape 2; Interview with Irwin Kremen, [1987 April; 1989.]