Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. La Barbara, Joan, 1947-
2. Cunningham, Merce
3. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
4. Mills College. Center for Contemporary Music
5. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 1 streaming audio file (31 minutes) : digital, stereo

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Electronic music. - [Browse in index]
2. Modern dance music. - [Browse in index]
3. Vocalises. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. [Song 1] (0:00-14:24) -- [Song 2] (14:33-30:32)

Call number

1. *LT-7-A 2440

Language

1. Undetermined

Note

1. Title, date, location and performer provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on the original containers.
2. Handwritten notes on the original container and hub: "Voice with melody-driven electronics (D. Behrman) ; Music for "Rebus" Joan La Barbara, Voice. ; Recorded at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College, Oct. 75. ; 7.5 ips Quarter Track STEREO copy ; HEADS. 1st Band is 14'30". then leader then 2nd band, 15'17 ; Rebus music - use all speakers, tape: Ch 1 spkrs: 1+2, tape: Ch 2 spkrs: 3+4". Handwritten note on the copy reel: "David Behrman - Voice with melody-driven electronics ; 50 c/s copy. 6 1/4 [7 1/2 crossed out] ips, 1/4 tr. stereo. heads out. leader in middle".
3. Contains music for Merce Cunningham's Rebus (1975).
4. Donor's inventory numbers: R121, and, R122 (copy).

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 open tape reel by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on August 4, 2014.
2. Archival original copy: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 6 1/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2440.
3. The archival "50 c/s copy" recording was produced at a non standard speed, 16.66% faster than 7.5 ips, for the purpose of being played in locations where the playback equipment uses a 50 Hz standard in order to compensate for pitch.

Author

1. Behrman, David, composer.

Playing time

1. 003032

Type of content

1. performed music

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audiotape reel
2. online resource

Digital file characteristics

1. audio file

Performer

1. Joan La Barbara, vocalist.

Event

1. Recorded at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College in, Oakland, California, 1975 October.

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (31 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2440.

Source

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. La Barbara, Joan, 1947- singer.
2. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
3. Mills College. Center for Contemporary Music.
4. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
5. Music for (work) : Cunningham, Merce. Rebus.