Title provided by cataloger based on typed notes on the original containers.
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'."
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.
Sound quality is mostly good to fair; reel no. 2 is of lower sound quality.
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
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.
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.