Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Malina, Judith, 1926-2015
2. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
3. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (92 minutes total) : digital, stereo

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Spoken word poetry

Genre/Form

1. Poetry readings (Sound recordings)

Call number

1. *LTC-A 1431

Note

1. Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on printed note on original container and cassette, and audition.
2. Contains a live recording of Julian Beck and Judith Malina reading selections from their poems for the "Poets on Tape" series [see program note by Carlo Altomara]. Possibly donated to be used in a performance of John Cage's Rozart mix at the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's "Celebrate Cage" benefit on May 25, 1989 in New York, New York.
3. Printed label on original container: "Julian Beck / Judith Malina ̃ Poems ; Presented by Artists Present Artists ; Recorded live by Kush/Cloud House Recording ; November 13, 1983 ; Photo by Ira Cohen ; Edited by John Graff / Graphics by VIncent". Label affixed to original container: "For Cage Salute".
4. Accompanying printed label [interior] contains a program note paragraph written by Carlo Altomara.
5. Sound quality is mostly good; there is a slight recording hum throughout both streaming files.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.

Source (note)

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Author

1. Beck, Julian, 1925-1985, author.

Title

1. Julian Beck / Judith Malina : Poems, recorded live, 1983-11-13 / written and narrated by Julian Beck and Judith Malina.

Production

1. November 13, 1983.

Playing time

1. 004513 004642

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audiocassette
2. online resource

Digital file characteristics

1. audio file

Event

1. Recorded live in, New York, New York, 1983 November 13.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio cassette (92 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1431.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Local note

1. Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 25, 2015; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides.

Source

1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Malina, Judith, 1926-2015, author.
2. Beck, Julian, 1925-1985, performer.
3. Malina, Judith, 1926-2015, performer.
4. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
5. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.

Added title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *LTC-A 1431