Roaratorio ; Laughtears ; Writing for the second time through Finnegans wake John Cage.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cage, John (Narrator)
Other Authors: Heaney, Joe, 1919-1984 (Vocalist), Ennis, Seamus (Instrumentalist), Glackin, Paddy (Instrumentalist), Malloy, Matt (Instrumentalist), Mercier, Peadher (Instrumentalist), Mercier, Mell (Instrumentalist), Schöning, Klaus (Narrator), Joyce, James, 1882-1941
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Published: Kew Gardens, NY : Mode Records, p1992.
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Uniform Title:Roaratorio
Description
Item Description:Mode Records : mode 28/29 (on container back : mode 28/9).
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.
Vocal portions of the 1st work performed in English or Gaelic.
Compact discs.
Durations: 60:30; 30:55; 59:39.
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.
Physical Description:2 sound discs (152 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:01:00:30
00:30:55
00:59:39
Participant or Performer: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.