Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Adams, John D. S., 1966-
2. Gray, D'Arcy
3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018
4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996
5. Cage, John
6. Cunningham, Merce
7. White Oak Dance Project
8. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 1 streaming audio file (20 minutes) : digital, stereo

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Aleatory music
2. Electronic music
3. Modern dance music
4. Music rehearsals
5. Musique concrète
6. Violin music

Genre/Form

1. Aleatory music.
2. Modern dance music.
3. Musique concrète.

Call number

1. *LTC-A 1521

Note

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Handwritten note on original cassette: "Signals ; Rehearsal".
4. Sound quality is mostly good; ends abruptly and probably cuts off the end of the music.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.

Indexed in (note)

1. David Tudor WWW site, accessed October 3, 2015

Event (note)

1. Recorded in rehearsal in an unidentified location.

Source (note)

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation

Linking entry (note)

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.

Title

1. Second week of January : rehearsal of music for Signals / music by David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, D'Arcy Gray, and John D.S. Adams.

Production

1. [probably 1994?].

Playing time

1. 001934

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

Indexed in:

1. David Tudor WWW site, accessed October 3, 2015, Works, Second week of January, 1994, http://davidtudor.org/Works/january.html.

Performer

1. [David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, D'Arcy Gray, and John D.S. Adams], musicians.

Event

1. Recorded in rehearsal in an unidentified location.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio cassette (20 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1521.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Source

1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Adams, John D. S., 1966- composer.
2. Gray, D'Arcy, composer.
3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, composer.
4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, composer.
5. Adams, John D. S., 1966- instrumentalist.
6. Gray, D'Arcy, instrumentalist.
7. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, instrumentalist.
8. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
9. Based on (work): Cage, John. First week of June.
10. White Oak Dance Project.
11. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
12. Music for (work) : Cunningham, Merce. Signals.

Added title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *LTC-A 1521