Research Catalog

Truckera

Title
  1. Truckera, 1992-05-25 / music by John Cage; edited by John D.S. Adams.
Published by
  1. May 25, 1992.
Author
  1. Cage, John

Available online

Details

Additional authors
  1. Adams, John D. S., 1966-
  2. McGill University
  3. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
  1. 1 streaming audio file (25 minutes) : digital, stereo
Alternative title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
  1. Musique concrète
  2. Solo cantatas
Genre/Form
  1. Musique concrète.
Call number
  1. *LTD-A 694
Note
  1. Contains Truckera, a found music component of John Cage's Europera 1 and 2, in which Stefan Beyst describes on his WWW site article as, "19 singers performing the song parts from opera fragments, 28 instrumentalists playing isolated parts form the orchestral accompaniment, and by the 'Truckera', a tape with 101 aria's superimposed".
  2. Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT cassette and container.
  3. Handwritten note on original DAT cassette: "Truckera - John Cage". Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Technical information ; -Sampling frequency = 48 kHz ; -Tape is stripped with SMPTE time code (30 ND) ; -Program material starts at 1H00M00S00F (Time Code) OR at 2m00s real time is DAT player without T.C. is used ; -Tape is fully indexed ; Edited by John D.S. Adams May 25, '92 at McGill Recording Studios".
  4. Sound quality is good.
  5. Donor's inventory number: D052.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Stefan Beyst WWW site, accessed June 6, 2015
Source (note)
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Author
  1. Cage, John, composer.
Title
  1. Truckera, 1992-05-25 / music by John Cage; edited by John D.S. Adams.
Production
  1. May 25, 1992.
Playing time
  1. 002509
Type of content
  1. performed music
Type of medium
  1. audio
Type of carrier
  1. audiocassette
  2. online resource
Digital file characteristics
  1. audio file
Indexed in:
  1. Stefan Beyst WWW site, accessed June 6, 2015, On Artists, John Cage's Europeras: a light- and soundscape as musical manifesto, August 2005, http://d-sites.net/english/cage.htm.
Event
  1. Recorded at McGill University, Montréal, Québec, 1992 May 25.
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original version
  1. Archival original: (audio DAT cassette (25 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 694.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
  1. Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Source
  1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Adams, John D. S., 1966- recording engineer.
  2. Related to (work): Cage, John. Europera, no. 2.
  3. McGill University.
  4. 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. *LTD-A 694
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