Research Catalog

2 Sounds.

Title
2 Sounds. High, and, low / music by La Monte Young.
Author
Young, La Monte
Publication
April, 1960

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Riley, Terry, 1935-
  • Young, La Monte
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (26 minutes total) : digital, mono
Uniform Title
Winterbranch (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, date and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original containers. The labels of the original containers are inconsistent with regards to the numbering of the reels.
  • Handwritten notes on the original container of reel no. 1, front: "I Winter Br." ; back: "LaMonte Young. ; 2 Sounds (April 1960 12'15 ; (Reel 2 of 2) ; Drum stick on gong (composer?) ; (treble @ 5)" ; stamped: "DUB COPY". Handwritten notes on the inside of the original container of reel no. 1: "Tivoli Lisbon L (Low): wide open / B=1 / T =1 ; R (High): #7 / B=0 / T=0 ; Combra L (High)= #6 ; R (Low) = #6 ; (to: mic#4)" ; also there is a hand-drawn electrical diagram on the inside cover. Handwritten label on reel no. 1 hub: "WB HIGH".
  • Handwritten notes on the original container of reel no. 2, front "II Winter Br." ; back: "LaMonte Young. ; 2 Sounds (April 1960 13'05 ; (Reel I of 2) ; Terry Riley & composer ; 2 cans each on window glass" ; stamped: "DUB COPY". Handwritten label on reel no. 2 hub: "WB LOW".
  • Contains the sound elements to be played for performances of Merce Cunningham's Winterbranch (1964). According to David Vaughan's book, Merce Cunningham: 50 Years (Aperture: New York, 1997), the dance begins in silence for some time and then the sound is played. These recordings contain the complete sound element consisting of the pre-recorded high sound reel (no. 1) and pre-recorded low sound reel (no. 2) being played simultaneously.
  • Donor's inventory number: R030.
  • Donor's inventory number: R036.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LT-7-A 2412
OCLC
881293060
Author
Young, La Monte, composer.
Title
2 Sounds. High, and, low / music by La Monte Young.
Production
April, 1960
Playing Time
001224 001317
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recording location unidentified, 1960 April.
Original Version
Archival original: (2 audiotape reels (27 minutes total) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2412.
Performer
Terry Riley, and La Monte Young, performers.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from the original open tape reels by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on March 5, 2014. To create the streaming files, the sound engineers edited out the recording silences in the preservation files, thus the discrepancies in length between the preservation files and the streaming files.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Riley, Terry, 1935- instrumentalist.
Young, La Monte, instrumentalist.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Winterbranch (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2412
View in Legacy Catalog