Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Adams, John D. S., 1966-
2. Gray, D'Arcy
3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018
4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996
5. Cage, John
6. Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
7. Cunningham, Merce
8. Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
9. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
10. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (92 minutes total) : digital, stereo

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Live sound recordings
2. Piano music
3. Modern dance music
4. Electronic music
5. Aleatory music

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. Streaming file 1: Recording silence and audience sounds (0:00-2:24) -- Beach birds, 'Four³' / John Cage (John D.S. Adams, D'Arcy Philip Gray, Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor) (2:25-28:40) -- Audience applause (28:41-30:44)
2. Streaming file 2: Enter, 'Neural network plus' / [Tudor] (Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor)

Call number

1. *LTD-A 719

Note

1. Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container.
2. Handwritten note on original container: "Studio: Berlin Staatsoper ; Client: MCDC ; Program: Four³ (Beach Birds) J. Cage, Musicians - D.T., T.K., JA, DG, Neural Network Plus (Enter) D. Tudor, Mus. - D.T., T.K. ; Date/Time: Aug. 25, '93 ; Engineer: JDSA ; Source: LIVE".
3. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), and, Enter (1992).
4. Sound quality is fair to mostly good; the recording volume for Beach birds/Four³ is low overall with audible audience sounds and the dancers' feet on the floor. There is audience applause at the end of each recording.
5. Donor's inventory number: D097.

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, and, Enter : performance at Staatsoper Berlin, 1993-08-25.

Production

1. August 25, 1993.

Playing time

1. 003044 010058

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. John D.S. Adams, D'Arcy Philip Gray, Takehisa Kosugi, and David Tudor, musicians.

Event

1. Recorded in performance at [Deutsche] Staatsoper Berlin in, Berlin, Germany, 1993 August 25.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (92 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 719.

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: D097a Beach Birds, and, D097b Enter.

Source

1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Adams, John D. S., 1966- recording engineer.
2. Adams, John D. S., 1966- instrumentalist.
3. Gray, D'Arcy, instrumentalist.
4. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, instrumentalist.
5. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
6. Container of (work): Cage, John. Four³.
7. Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Neural network plus.
8. Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin.
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. Enter.

Added title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *LTD-A 719