Beach birds, Inventions, and, Trackers (partial) : performance in Zurich
- Title
- Beach birds, Inventions, and, Trackers (partial) : performance in Zurich, 1991-06.
- Published by
- June [20-25?], 1991.
Details
- Additional authors
- Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018
- Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
- Pugliese, Michael
- Tudor, David, 1926-1996
- Cage, John
- Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo
- Cunningham, Merce
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
- Found in
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (47 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Alternative title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subject
- Modern dance music
- Live sound recordings
- Aleatory music
- Quartets
- Electronic music
- Genre/Form
- Aleatory music.
- Live sound recordings.
- Modern dance music.
- Contents
- Beach birds "Four³" / [John Cage (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor)] (0:00-28:44) -- Audience applause (28:45-30:15) -- [Inventions (short version) "Sculptures musicales" / Cage] (30:16-41:56) -- Audience applause (41:57-43:50) -- [Trackers "Gravitational sounds" / Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (David Tudor)] (43:51-46:48)
- Call number
- *LTC-A 1648
- Note
- Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), Inventions (1989), and, a partial recording of the music for Trackers (1991).
- Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette, audition, and the performance programs.
- Handwritten note on original cassette: "Beach Birds (Four³) ; Recording from Zurich 1991".
- Sound quality is mostly good; there are occasional audience sounds, recording volumes are uneven, and the recording of Trackers ends abruptly.
- 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.
- Title
- Beach birds, Inventions, and, Trackers (partial) : performance in Zurich, 1991-06.
- Production
- June [20-25?], 1991.
- Playing time
- 004648
- Type of content
- performed music
- Type of medium
- audio
- Type of carrier
- audiocassette
- online resource
- Digital file characteristics
- audio file
- Performer
- [Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, and David Tudor], musicians.
- Event
- Recorded in performance in, Zurich, Switzerland, 1991 June [20-25?]; [These performance dates were obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust].
- Restricted access
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original version
- Archival original: (1 audio cassette (47 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1648.
- Linking entry
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local note
- Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015.
- Source
- Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- NYPL Digital Collections
- Added author
- Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, instrumentalist.
- Miller, Rob (Robert E.), instrumentalist.
- Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.
- Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
- Container of (work): Cage, John. Four³.
- Container of (work): Cage, John. Sculptures musicales.
- Container of (work): Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo. Gravitational sounds.
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Beach birds.
- Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Inventions.
- Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Trackers.
- Added title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found in:
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research call number
- *LTC-A 1648
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