Research Catalog

Remainder : music for Torse

Title
  1. Remainder : music for Torse / music by Maryanne Amacher.
Published by
  1. [probably 1976?]
Author
  1. Amacher, Maryanne

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Cunningham, Merce
  2. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  3. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
  1. 2 streaming audio files (53 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Alternative title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
  1. Live sound recordings
  2. Sound installations (Art)
  3. Modern dance music
  4. Electronic music
  5. Aleatory music
Genre/Form
  1. Live sound recordings.
Call number
  1. *LT-7-A 2442
Note
  1. Title provided by cataloger based on typed notes on the original containers.
  2. Typed note on original container no. 1: "Maryanne Amacher ; 25 minutes, 60 c/s, 1/2 track stereo ; REMAINDER. "18. ] R [ ] D [ = An afterimage. (Also used as a classifier of seeds.)* ; Band #1. O vu reference tone to establish playback level of Band #2 at -20 and -15 vu maximum. ; Band #2. 'Remainder', 25 minutes, 7 1/2 ips 60 c/s, 1/2 track stereo. -20, -15 vu should be maximum playback level. ; *Hollis Frampton, 'A Stipulation of Terms from Maternal Hopi'." Typed note on original container no. 2: "Maryanne Amacher ; 25 minutes, 50 c/s, 1/4 track stereo ; REMAINDER. "18. ] R [ ] D [ = An afterimage. (Also used as a classifier of seeds.)* ; Band #1. O vu reference tone to establish playback level of Band #2 at -20 and -15 vu maximum. ; Band #2. 'Remainder', 25 minutes, 7 1/2 ips 50 c/s, 1/4 track stereo. -20, -15 vu should be maximum playback level. ; *Hollis Frampton, 'A Stipulation of Terms from Maternal Hopi'."
  3. Contains sound recordings used in the music for Merce Cunningham's Torse (1976); reel no. 2 is a low resolution copy of reel no. 1.
  4. Sound quality is mostly good to fair; reel no. 2 is of lower sound quality.
  5. Donor's inventory numbers: R100 (no. 1), and, R098 (no. 2).
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Event (note)
  1. Recorded in an unidentified location for use in performances of Torse.
Source (note)
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Author
  1. Amacher, Maryanne, composer.
Title
  1. Remainder : music for Torse / music by Maryanne Amacher.
Production
  1. [probably 1976?]
Playing time
  1. 002611 002638
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
Event
  1. Recorded in an unidentified location for use in performances of Torse.
Original version
  1. Archival original, reel no. 1: (1 audiotape reel (26 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, two track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2442.
  2. Archival original, reel no. 2: (1 audiotape reel (27 minutes) : analog, 6 1/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2442.
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
  1. Transferred from two original open tape reels by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on October 2, 2014.
  2. The archival original reel no. 2 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.
Source
  1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  2. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
  3. Music for (work) : Cunningham, Merce. Torse.
Added title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research call number
  1. *LT-7-A 2442
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