Streaming file 1: Septet [Trois morceaux en forme de poire / Erik Satie]
Streaming file 2: Two unidentified jazz songs (0:00-11:01) -- violin solo excerpt, begins abruptly (11:02-13:41) -- violin solo and orchestra excerpt, begins and ends abruptly (13:42-15:42)
Call number
*LT-7-A 2379
Note
Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original container and audition.
Handwritten note on original container: "Septet - (from Helsinki '64)".
The original tape reel contains two channels of separate musical recordings; the relation between the recordings, if any, is unidentified.
The left channel track recording contains Trois morceaux en forme de poire, piano music for four hands, that accompanies Merce Cunningham's Septet (1953). The right channel track contains what sounds to be commercial recordings of two unidentified jazz songs, and excerpts of violin and orchestral pieces.
Sound quality of streaming file 1 is fair, with a recording "hiss" throughout and audience applause; sound quality of streaming file 2 is mostly good with a slight recording "hiss" throughout.
Donor's inventory number: R021.
Access (note)
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Event (note)
Right channel track recorded in an unidentified location and date.
Source (note)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Title
Septet performance in Helsinki, 1964 ; and, two unidentified jazz songs.
Production
Helsinki, 1964
Playing time
001543 001542
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Left channel track recorded in performance in Helsinki, Finland 1964 September.
Right channel track recorded in an unidentified location and date.