- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (26 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Each sound element consists of the pre-recorded low sound track and the pre-recorded high sound track being played simultaneously.
- 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 note on original container.
- Handwritten notes on original container and reel: "right track: drum stick on gong 12'15" ; left track: 4 cans on window glass 13'05" ; 1. Half-track Stereo 2. Quarter-track Stereo ; La Monte Young & Terry Riley, performers ; right channel: low sound ; left channel: high sound".
- 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 several minutes and then the sound element is played.
- Donor's inventory number: R127.
- 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.
- Contents
- [Sound element 1] (0:00-13:04) -- [Sound element 2] (13:13-26:24)
- Call Number
- *LT-7-A 2400
- OCLC
- 890141765
- Author
Young, La Monte, composer.
- Title
2 Sounds / music by La Monte Young.
- Production
April, 1960
- Playing Time
002624
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Performer
Terry Riley, La Monte Young, performers.
- Event
Recorded in an unidentified location, 1960 April.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (26 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track and quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2400.
- 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:
- 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 2400