Chance and circumstance : (Record no. 1078)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780810125131
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency AE-ShPAA
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number GV1785.B755
Item number B76 2007
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 792.802/80922
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Brown, Carolyn,
Dates associated with a name 1927-
9 (RLIN) 18536
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Chance and circumstance :
Remainder of title twenty years with Cage and Cunningham /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Carolyn Brown.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Alfred A. Knopf,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2007.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent vi, 645 p., [40] p. of plates :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
501 ## - WITH NOTE
With note P.B
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 612) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Beginnings -- Black mountain -- New York: autumn 1952 -- New York: winter/spring 1953 -- Black mountain II -- New York: autumn 1953 -- On the move: 1954-1955 -- The first touring years -- The lean years -- The VW years -- The end of the beginning -- Connecticut: summer 1958 -- Europe, at last! -- "Success is dust!" -- Moving into the sixties -- Connecticut: summer 1960 -- Europe again: Venice 1960 -- Europe, continued: 1960 -- Troubling times: 1960-1961 -- Connecticut: summer 1961 -- Moving ahead -- Ups and downs -- Some ventures afield -- World tour / part I -- World tour / part II -- World tour / part III -- World tour / part IV -- World tour / part V -- Another beginning -- Full steam ahead -- Where from here? -- A professional company -- Some subsidy at last -- Mixed signals -- The beginning of the end -- Last chapter -- New York: spring 2004.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This long-awaited memoir is an intimate chronicle of a crucial era in modern dance: the story of Brown's own remarkable career, of the formative years of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and of the two brilliant, iconoclastic, and forward-thinking artists at its center--Merce Cunningham and John Cage. From its inception in the 1950s until her departure in the 1970s, Brown was a major dancer in the company and part of the vibrant artistic community of downtown New York. She describes the exhilaration--and dire financial straits--of the company's early days, when composer Cage was musical director and Robert Rauschenberg designed lighting, sets and costumes; and the struggle for acceptance of their controversial, avant-garde dance. She explores Cunningham's technique, choreography, and experimentation with compositional procedures influenced by Cage. And she probes the personalities of these two men: the reticent, moody, often secretive Cunningham, and the effusive, fun-loving, enthusiastic Cage.--From publisher description.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Brown, Carolyn,
Dates associated with a name 1927-
9 (RLIN) 18537
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cage, John.
9 (RLIN) 18538
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cunningham, Merce.
9 (RLIN) 18539
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Dancers
Geographic subdivision United States
Form subdivision Biography.
9 (RLIN) 14755
910 ## - USER-OPTION DATA (OCLC)
User-option data 1531
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Books
999 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (KOHA)
Koha biblionumber 1078
Koha biblioitemnumber 1078
Holdings
Date last seen Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Withdrawn status Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired
03/10/2025   GV1785.B755 B76 2007 0001803 02/02/2022 Books   Library of Congress Classification   Available for loans On Shelves   SPAA Library SPAA Library General Collection 02/02/2022