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Creative act: new version (for David Tudor), tape 1, 1989-03-03

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Creative act: new version (for David Tudor), tape 1, 1989-03-03
Additional title: Field and figures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Tcherepnin, Ivan (Composer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1989-03-03
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1191
Topics
Modern dance music
Musique concrète
Genres
Music
spoken word
Notes
Statement of responsibility: music by Ivan Tcherepnin.
Content: Contains a component of the music for Merce Cunningham's Field and figures (1989): electronically manipulated short phrases of text, originally by Marcel Duchamp, spoken in English by John Cage.
Content: Title and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette container and audition.
Content: Handwritten note on original container: "Tape 1 (for David Tudor) new version 3/3/89 ; Creative Act ; start at first sound - all timing approx. ; Part 1 0:00 to 6:00 (silence), Part 2 6:40 to 17:40, Part 3 17:40 to 24:45, Part 4 24:50 to 30:20 ; start at first sound together with first sound of Tape 2" . Handwritten note on original cassette: "Tape 1 Dolby B stereo, for David". Tape 2 mentioned in the container note, to be played simultaneous with Tape 1, was not found in the original donation.
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: C364.
Venue: Recorded in an unidentified location.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audio cassette (32 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is good; recording volume is slightly low.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 900292724
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20516339
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d7646200-b82d-0133-ff88-60f81dd2b63c
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Item timeline of events

  • 1989: Created
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Creative act" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db8b54f0-b82d-0133-9030-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Creative act" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db8b54f0-b82d-0133-9030-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1989). Creative act Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db8b54f0-b82d-0133-9030-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Creative act