Research Catalog

Details

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. Cunningham, Merce
7. White Oak Dance Project
8. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 1 streaming audio file (64 minutes) : digital, stereo

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Aleatory music.
2. Electric violin.
3. Electronic music.
4. Modern dance music.
5. Violin music.
6. Vocalises.

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. Second week of January, Set A / David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, D'Arcy Gray, John D.S. Adams (2:05-32:29) -- Second week of January, Set B / David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, D'Arcy Gray, John D.S. Adams (32:53-1:03:02)

Call number

1. *LTD-A 795

Language

1. Undetermined

Note

1. Contains master tapes of pre-recorded music to be used for the White Oak Dance Project's performances of Merce Cunningham's Signals (1970). Second week of January was commissioned by the White Oak Dance Project, and the pre-recorded tapes of each composer were meant to be mixed in real-time for the performances by "the White Oak audio engineer...using the source material provided by the Cunningham musicians". The Second week of January is based on the initial concept by John Cage for Signals, titled the First week of June, a collaboration with composers Gordon Mumma and David Tudor.
2. Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container; further information obtained online from the David Tudor Pages, http://davidtudor.org/Works/january.html, accessed on September 3, 2014.
3. Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Studio: Cunningham Productions ; Client: CDF ; Program: Stereo mix of Signals -A-B ; David Tudor, T. Kosugi, D'Arcy Gray, John D.S. Adams ; Date/Time: Feb. 2 '94 ; Engineer: John D.S. Adams ; Second week of January". Handwritten note on original DAT: "SIgnals - stereo mixes 1. Set A, cue 1 2. Set B, cue 2".
4. Sound quality is good; there is recording silence at the beginning and end of the streaming file.
5. Donor's inventory number: D155.

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.

Local note

1. Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Playing time

1. 010425

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

Event

1. Recorded at the Cunningham Production Studio in, New York, New York, 1994 February 2.

Original version

1. Archival originals: (1 audio DAT cassette (72 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 795.

Source

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Adams, John D. S., 1966- composer.
2. Gray, D'Arcy, composer.
3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, composer.
4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, composer.
5. Adams, John D. S., 1966- instrumentalist.
6. Gray, D'Arcy, instrumentalist.
7. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, instrumentalist.
8. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
9. Adams, John D. S., 1966- recording engineer.
10. Based on (work): Cage, John. First week of June.
11. White Oak Dance Project.
12. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
13. Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Signals.