A collection of video, audio, and text resources on or related to Charlotte Moorman’s work.
Moorman performance videos
- McWilliams, Jim (sometimes credited to Jean Dupuy), C. Moorman in Drag, sometimes only described as performing in a Pablo Casals mask http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/chronology-a-brief-history-of-a-legendary-new-york-art-building/?_r=0
- TV Cello (2’) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9lnbIGHzUM
- TV Bra for Living Sculpture and Variations on a theme by Saint-Saëns excerpts http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3227of
- Variations on a theme by Saint-Saëns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gwUXLcRxHs
- Performing Cut Piece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X7xd16GQHM
- Sky Kiss with interview https://vimeo.com/17038894
- Sky Kiss other performance with news anchor comment at 5:11 https://vimeo.com/18890911
- 26’1.1499” (Cage) excerpt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq0a317mk30
- Rehearsal of 26’1.1499” with Paik at 12:00, TV Bra at 19:00 http://ubu.com/film/paik_edited.html
- Stockhausen, Originale http://ubu.com/film/stockhausen_originale.html
Moorman performance audio
- Cage, 26’1.1499” https://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_01_261.499.mp3 and short version http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_18_261.1499_Abbreviated.mp3
- Brown, Synergy (World Premiere) (Tape and Cello) http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_02_Synergy.mp3
- Giuseppe Chiari, Per Arco (American Premiere) (for tape and reactions of a cellist) http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_03_Per-Arco.mp3
- Stockhausen, Plus-Minus (realized by Paik) http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_04_Plus-Minus.mp3
- Terry Jennings, Piece for Cello and Saxophone (the composer plays saxophone) http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_05_Piece-For-Cello.mp3
- Tosh Ishiyanagi, Duet II (American Premiere) http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_06_Duett-II.mp3
- Ishiyanagi, Duet II rehearsal with Paik on piano http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_10_Duet.mp3
- Interviewed at BBC New York Studios, NYC October 1969, part 1 http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_07_Moorman-Interview_Pt-1.mp3
- Interviewed at BBC New York Studios, NYC October 1969, part 2 http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_08_Moorman-Interview_Pt-2.mp3
- TV Cello part 1 http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_11_TV_Cello_Pt-1.mp3
- TV Cello part 2 http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_12_TV_Cello_Pt-2.mp3
- Concert for TV Cello and Videotapes part 1 http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_13_Tv-Cello-And-Videotapes_Pt-1.mp3
- Concert for TV Cello and Videotapes part 2 http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_14_Tv-Cello-And-Videotapes_Pt-2.mp3
- Concert for TV Cello and Videotapes part 3 http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_15_Tv-Cello-And-Videotapes_Pt-3.mp3
- Jackson Mac Low, Long Hot Summer http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_16_The-Long-Hot-Summer.mp3
- Waiting for Commercial (with David Behrman) http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_17_Waiting-For-Commercial.mp3
- Variations on a Theme by Saint-Saëns http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_19_Saint-Saens.mp3
- So langweilig wie möglich concert with Paik July 25, 1966
- Part 1 http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_20_So-Langweilig-Wei-Moglich_Pt-1.mp3
- Part 2 http://ubusound.memoryoftheworld.org/moorman_charlotte/Moorman-Charlotte_21_So-Langweilig-Wei-Moglich_Pt-2.mp3
- Program
- Composition 1960 #5, La Monte Young
- Electronic Moon, Nam June Paik/Jud Yalkut
- Sensitivo #7, Sylvano Bussotti
- December ’52, Earle Brown
- Ave Maria Di Schubert, Giuseppe Chiari
- 4’1.1499″ For a String Player, John Cage
- Simple, Nam June Paik
- Me, Bazon Brock
- World Premiere Cello Sonata Opus 69 “Opera Sextronique”, Nam June Paik
- Cello Sonata, Dick Higgins (Glauben Sie Dass Charlotte Moorman in Diesem Kasten Ist?)
- Duett II, Toshi Ichiyanagi
- Johann Sebastian Bussottii, Nam June Paik
- Synomy, Emmett Williams
- Cinema Metaphysic, Nam June Paik/Jud Yalkut
- p+AIK, Jud Yalkut
- Symphony #4, George Brech
- Charlotte Moorman and David Tudor play a number of pieces by LaMonte Young, Morton Feldman, Ornette Coleman, Earle Brown, Philip Corner, & John Cage. The Corner piece consists largely of detailed performance notes that are followed exactly, much to the amusement of the audience. 73 min., KPFA http://www.archive.org/download/AM_1970_11_26/AM_1970_11_26_ed_16_vbr.mp3
Brief documentary: http://ubu.com/film/paik_cellist.html
Moorman interviews
- “Interview 2” https://vimeo.com/37502422
- Interview on Stockhausen, “Originale” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiEJdOlgcDE
- “Interview 3” On “Opera Sextronique” https://vimeo.com/37502729
- “Interview 4” On “Chamber Music” https://vimeo.com/37502593
Other materials
- Moorman, Cello Anthology
- Joan Rothfuss speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nTMetr-cSI
- Battcock, Art of Performance, see pp. 147–151 http://www.ubu.com/historical/battcock/Battcock_The-Art-of-Performance_1984.pdf
- Paik documentary http://ubu.com/film/paik_edited.html
Related performances by others:
- “Charlotte’s Groove” Theresa Wong; bowing and fingering screens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRJh58xTtEs
- “Channeling Charlotte” Audrey Chen; iPhone bra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDOJfpwp2yA