Research Catalog

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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 (126 minutes total) : digital, stereo

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Aleatory music.
2. Electronic music.
3. Modern dance music.
4. Piano music.
5. Sound sculpture.

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. Streaming file 1: Inventions [?], performance 1 [Sculptures musicales / Cage]
2. Streaming file 2: Beach Birds, performance 1 [Four³ / John Cage (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor)]
3. Streaming file 3: Trackers [Gravitational sounds / Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (David Tudor)]
4. Streaming file 4: Beach birds, performance 2 [Four³ / 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 673

Language

1. No linguistic content

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: "Rec[orded] by R. Miller ; Program: Zurich 3 + 4th Nights ; 1991 June ; Beach Birds, Trackers, Beach Birds, Inventions - short version ; MP, DT, RM, TK ; Comments: Schroeder 2007: 1) Trackers (?) 2) Beach Birds 3) ?? 4) Beach Birds 5) Inventions".
3. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), Trackers (1991), and, Inventions (1989).
4. Sound quality is fair; the recording volume is low overall and streaming file 2 is nearly inaudible. There is audience applause at the end of streaming files 1, 3-5, and at the beginning of file 5.
5. Donor's inventory number: D026.

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.

Local note

1. Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; five preservation files were created based on content: D026a - D026e.

Playing time

1. 002218 002832 003211 003141 001101

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 [22-23] ; [These performance dates were obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust].

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (126 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 673.

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.