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Excerpts from Vespers and Rainforest.

Title
Excerpts from Vespers and Rainforest.
Publication
[probably 197-?]

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Lucier, Alvin.
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (10 minutes) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
  • Objects (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original reel and audition.
  • Contains an excerpt from Alvin Lucier's Vespers that is music for Merce Cunningham's Objects (1970); and an excerpt from David Tudor's Rainforest that is music for Merce Cunningham's RainForest (1968).
  • Donor's inventory number: R119.
  • The Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. sticker on the original case contains a handwritten note that includes title and recording information, in addition to: " ATTN: CHARLIE ZIFF".
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Event (note)
  • Date and recording location unidentified.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Contents
Vespers / Alvin Lucier (0:00-05:00) -- Rainforest / David Tudor (05:08-09:49)
Call Number
*LT-7-A 2396
OCLC
882495245
Title
Excerpts from Vespers and Rainforest.
Production
[probably 197-?]
Playing Time
000949
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Date and recording location unidentified.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (10 minutes total) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1/4 track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2396.
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 original open tape reel by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Container of (work): Lucier, Alvin. Vespers. selections.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Rainforest, no. 1. selections.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Objects (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2396
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