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Roaratorio Laughtears ; Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake

Title
  1. Roaratorio [sound recording] ; Laughtears ; Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake / John Cage.
Published by
  1. Kew Gardens, NY : Mode Records, p1992.
Author
  1. Cage, John

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FormatAudioAccessUse in libraryCall number*LDC 5664 (F)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Additional authors
  1. Heaney, Joe, 1919-1984.
  2. Ennis, Seamus
  3. Glackin, Paddy
  4. Malloy, Matt
  5. Mercier, Peadher
  6. Mercier, Mel
  7. Schöning, Klaus
  8. Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
Description
  1. 2 sound discs (152 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform title
  1. Roaratorio
Alternative title
  1. Roaratorio
  2. Roaratorio.
  3. Laughtears.
  4. Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake.
  5. Finnegans wake.
Subject
  1. Cage, John > Interviews
  2. Schöning, Klaus > Interviews
  3. Radio plays with music
  4. Aleatory music
  5. Electronic music
Call number
  1. *LDC 5664 (F)
Note
  1. Mode Records: mode 28/29 (on container back: mode 28/9).
  2. Roaratorio (for speaker, Irish musicians and 62-track tape) is a radio play made up of selected lines from Joyce's Finnegans wake, and electronically manipulated recorded sounds mentioned in the novel. Laughtears is a conversation on Roaratorio; Writing for the second time... is a reading of the text of Roaratorio.
  3. Vocal portions of the 1st work performed in English or Gaelic.
  4. Compact discs.
  5. Durations: 60:30; 30:55; 59:39.
  6. Program notes and text of Laughtears, all in English with, in part, French and German translations ([76] p. : ill.), and text of Roaratorio/Writing ([40] p. : ill.) included.
Event (note)
  1. Roaratorio originally broadcast Oct. 22, 1979, WDR3-Hörspielstudio; Laughtears originally recorded in Paris, Aug. 13-15, 1979.
Author
  1. Cage, John.
Title
  1. Roaratorio [sound recording] ; Laughtears ; Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake / John Cage.
Imprint
  1. Kew Gardens, NY : Mode Records, p1992.
Playing time
  1. 010030 003055 005939
Performer
  1. In Roaratorio: John Cage, speaker ; Joe Heaney, singer ; Seamus Ennis, uillean pipes ; Paddy Glackin, fiddle ; Matt Malloy, flute ; Peadher Mercier, Mell Mercier, bodhran. In Laughtears: John Cage, Klaus Schöning, speakers. In Writing...: John Cage, speaker.
Event
  1. Roaratorio originally broadcast Oct. 22, 1979, WDR3-Hörspielstudio; Laughtears originally recorded in Paris, Aug. 13-15, 1979.
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Added author
  1. Cage, John, narrator.
  2. Heaney, Joe, 1919-1984. Performer
  3. Ennis, Seamus. Performer
  4. Glackin, Paddy. Performer
  5. Malloy, Matt. Performer
  6. Mercier, Peadher. Performer
  7. Mercier, Mel. Performer
  8. Schöning, Klaus. Narrator
  9. Cage, John. Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake.
  10. Cage, John. Laughtears.
  11. Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Finnegans wake.
Added title
  1. Roaratorio.
  2. Laughtears.
  3. Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake.
  4. Finnegans wake.
Publisher no.
  1. Mode mode 28/29
  2. Mode 28/29
  3. Mode mode 28/9
  4. Mode 28/9
Research call number
  1. *LDC 5664 (F) Program notes and texts on file.
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