Research Catalog

Beach birds, Inventions, and, Trackers : performances in Zurich

Title
  1. Beach birds, Inventions, and, Trackers : performances in Zurich, 1991-06-20/25.
Published by
  1. June [20-25], 1991.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018
  2. Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
  3. Pugliese, Michael
  4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996
  5. Cage, John
  6. Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo
  7. Cunningham, Merce
  8. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  9. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
  1. 5 streaming audio files (125 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Alternative title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
  1. Live sound recordings
  2. Sound sculpture
  3. Piano music
  4. Modern dance music
  5. Electronic music
  6. Aleatory music
Genre/Form
  1. Live sound recordings.
Contents
  1. Streaming file 1: Beach birds, performance 1 [Four³ / John Cage (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor)]
  2. Streaming file 2: Inventions (short version), performance 1 [Sculptures musicales / Cage]
  3. Streaming file 3: Brief audience applause -- Trackers [Gravitational sounds / Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (David Tudor)]
  4. Streaming file 4: Brief audience applause -- Beach birds, performance 2 [Four³ / John Cage (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor)]
  5. Streaming file 5: Brief audience applause -- Inventions (short version), performance 2 [Sculptures musicales / Cage]
Call number
  1. *LTD-A 674
Note
  1. Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container and the performance programs.
  2. Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Zurich ; 1991 ; Beach Birds, Inventions - short takes, Trackers, Beach Birds**, Inventions - short ; RM, DT, MP, TK".
  3. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), Inventions (1989), and Trackers (1991).
  4. Sound quality is mostly good; volume levels are low for both recordings of Beach birds, there is audience applause at the end of streaming files 1-4, and at the start of files 3-5.
  5. Donor's inventory number: D027.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Title
  1. Beach birds, Inventions, and, Trackers : performances in Zurich, 1991-06-20/25.
Production
  1. June [20-25], 1991.
Playing time
  1. 003123 001254 003412 003150 001515
Type of content
  1. performed music
Type of medium
  1. audio
Type of carrier
  1. audiocassette
  2. online resource
Digital file characteristics
  1. audio file
Performer
  1. Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, and David Tudor, musicians.
Event
  1. Recorded in performances in, Zurich, Switzerland, 1991 June [20-25]; [These performance dates were obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust].
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original version
  1. Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (125 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 674.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
  1. Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; two preservation files were created based on content: D027a - D027d.
Source
  1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, instrumentalist.
  2. Miller, Rob (Robert E.), instrumentalist.
  3. Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.
  4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
  5. Miller, Rob (Robert E.), recording engineer.
  6. Container of (work): Cage, John. Four³.
  7. Container of (work): Cage, John. Sculptures musicales.
  8. Container of (work): Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo. Gravitational sounds.
  9. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  10. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
  11. Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Beach birds.
  12. Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Inventions.
  13. Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Trackers.
Added title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research call number
  1. *LTD-A 674
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