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Rondo, MinEvent nos. 592, 593, 595, and 596, and, Sounddance : performances at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Title
Rondo, MinEvent nos. 592, 593, 595, and 596, and, Sounddance : performances at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, 1997-07-02/05.
Publication
July 2, 3, and 5, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Behrman, David
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
  • O'Rourke, Jim, 1969-
  • Russ, Andrew
  • Cage, John.
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
4 streaming audio file (274 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
  • Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Rondo (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Sounddance (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, dates, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers, audition, and the performance programs.
  • Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "Pillow ; 7/2/97 ; Rondo ; MinEvent ; Kosugi, Behrman, O'Rourke, Russ". Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 2: "Pillow ; 7/3/97 ; Rondo ; MinEvent ; Kosugi, Behrman, O'Rourke, Russ". Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 3: "Pillow matinee ; 7/5/97 ; Rondo ; MinEvent ; Kosugi, Behrman, O'Rourke, Russ". Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 4: "Pillow ; 7/5/97".
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Rondo (1996), four of Cunningham's MinEvents, and Sounddance (1974).
  • Sound quality is mostly good to fair; overall, streaming files 2-4 were recorded at low volumes.
  • Donor's inventory numbers: D224 - D227.
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
  • Streaming file 1, July 2: Rondo [Four⁶ / John Cage] (David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Andrew Russ) (0:49-30:47) -- MinEvent [no. 592] (David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke) (31:33-1:02:14) -- [Sounddance 'Toneburst' / David Tudor (Takehisa Kosugi)] (1:02:54-1:19:37) -- Recording silence (1:19:38-1:22:40)
  • Streaming file 2, July 3: Rondo [Four⁶ / John Cage] (David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Andrew Russ) (0:00-29:45) -- MinEvent [no. 593] (David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke) (29:52-53:20)
  • Streaming file 3, July 5, matinee: Rondo [Four⁶ / John Cage] (David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Andrew Russ) (0:18-32:50) -- MinEvent [no. 595] (David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke) (33:51-53:56) -- [Sounddance 'Toneburst' / David Tudor (Takehisa Kosugi)] (54:02-1:07:39)
  • Streaming file 4, July 5, evening: [Rondo 'Four⁶' / John Cage (David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Andrew Russ)] (0:00-29:28) -- [MinEvent no. 596 (David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke)] (30:07-1:01:17) -- Recording silence (1:01:18-1:08:04)
Call Number
*LTD-A 792
OCLC
893979709
Title
Rondo, MinEvent nos. 592, 593, 595, and 596, and, Sounddance : performances at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, 1997-07-02/05.
Production
July 2, 3, and 5, 1997.
Playing Time
012240 005410 010845 010804
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
David Behrman, Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, and Andrew Russ, musicians.
Event
Recorded in performance at the [Ted Shawn Theatre] in [Jacob's] Pillow [Dance Festival], Becket, Massachusetts, 1997 July 2, 3, and 5.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (4 audio DAT cassettes (274 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 792.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from four original DAT cassettes by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Behrman, David, instrumentalist.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
O'Rourke, Jim, 1969- instrumentalist.
Russ, Andrew, instrumentalist.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Four⁶.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Toneburst.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Rondo (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Sounddance (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTD-A 792
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