Improvisation III: sets of cassette recordings used in the music for Duets
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Title
Improvisation III: sets of cassette recordings used in the music for Duets
Collection
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials
Improvisation III: sets of cassette recordings used in the music for Duets
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Cage, John (Composer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1980
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1245
Subjects
Aleatory music
Bodhrán
Folk dance music -- Ireland
Modern dance music
Musique concrète
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: music by John Cage.
Content: Contains sets of cassette recordings of traditional Irish bodhran music which are components of the music for Merce Cunningham's Duets (1980).
Content: Title provided by cataloger based on typed notes on original cassettes and information provided by the John Cage Trust.
Venue: Recorded in unidentified locations.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Extent: 6 audiocassettes (23 minutes total) : analog
Sound quality is good.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 913794867
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20730792
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): edf52ee0-b8cb-0133-a6c5-60f81dd2b63c
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Improvisation III: sets of cassette recordings used in the music for Duets" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/edf52ee0-b8cb-0133-a6c5-60f81dd2b63c
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1980). Improvisation III: sets of cassette recordings used in the music for Duets Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/edf52ee0-b8cb-0133-a6c5-60f81dd2b63c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Improvisation III: sets of cassette recordings used in the music for Duets" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/edf52ee0-b8cb-0133-a6c5-60f81dd2b63c
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