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Second week of January : rehearsal of music for Signals

Title
Second week of January : rehearsal of music for Signals / music by David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, D'Arcy Gray, and John D.S. Adams.
Publication
[probably 1994?].

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Adams, John D. S., 1966-
  • Gray, D'Arcy
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996
  • Cage, John.
  • White Oak Dance Project.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (20 minutes) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Aleatory music.
  • Modern dance music.
  • Musique concrète.
Note
  • Contains a rehearsal of music to be used for the White Oak Dance Project's performances of Merce Cunningham's Signals (1970). Second week of January was commissioned by the White Oak Dance Project, and the pre-recorded tapes of each composer were meant to be mixed in real-time for the performances by "the White Oak audio engineer...using the source material provided by the Cunningham musicians". The Second week of January is based on the initial concept by John Cage for Signals, titled the First week of June, a collaboration with composers Gordon Mumma and David Tudor.
  • Title, performers and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette, audition, collection context, and information provided on David Tudor's WWW site.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette: "Signals ; Rehearsal".
  • Sound quality is mostly good; ends abruptly and probably cuts off the end of the music.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Indexed In (note)
  • David Tudor WWW site, accessed October 3, 2015,
Event (note)
  • Recorded in rehearsal in an unidentified location.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation,
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1521
OCLC
  • 952486509
  • 952486509
Title
Second week of January : rehearsal of music for Signals / music by David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, D'Arcy Gray, and John D.S. Adams.
Production
[probably 1994?].
Playing Time
001934
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Indexed In:
David Tudor WWW site, accessed October 3, 2015, Works, Second week of January, 1994, http://davidtudor.org/Works/january.html.
Performer
[David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, D'Arcy Gray, and John D.S. Adams], musicians.
Event
Recorded in rehearsal in an unidentified location.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (20 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1521.
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:
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Added Author
Adams, John D. S., 1966- composer.
Gray, D'Arcy, composer.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- composer.
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, composer.
Adams, John D. S., 1966- instrumentalist.
Gray, D'Arcy, instrumentalist.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
Based on (work): Cage, John. First week of June.
White Oak Dance Project.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1521
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