Roaratorio ; Laughtears ; Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake

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

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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
Genre/Form
  1. Aleatory music.
Contents
  1. Laughtears, Sound recording / Cage, John -- Writing for the second time through Finnegans Wake, Sound recording / Cage, John.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
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.