Research Catalog

Beach birds, Inventions, and, Trackers (partial) : performance in Zurich

Title
  1. Beach birds, Inventions, and, Trackers (partial) : performance in Zurich, 1991-06.
Published by
  1. June [20-25?], 1991.

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Details

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