Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container and the performance programs.
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".
Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), Trackers (1991), and, Inventions (1989).
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.
Donor's inventory number: D026.
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.
Title
Beach birds, Trackers, and, Inventions : performances in Zurich, 1991-06-22/23.
Production
June [22 and 23], 1991.
Playing time
002218 002832 003211 003141 001101
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, and David Tudor, musicians.
Event
Recorded in performances in, Zurich, Switzerland, 1991 June [22-23] ; [These performance dates were obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust].
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (126 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 673.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; five preservation files were created based on content: D026a - D026e.