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Soundshape Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Title
Soundshape [videorecording] : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / a co-production between BBC Scotland and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; music by Tan Dun.
Publication
1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Tan, Dun, 1957-
  • Naess, Ragnar
  • Anthony, David.
  • Bellantese, Regina.
  • Botti, Susan.
  • Gremo, Bruce.
  • Vazquez, Roland.
  • Guerguerian, Paul.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (28 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Excerpts from the composition Soundshapes are interspersed with comments from the creator Tan Dun, who discusses how the work draws on traditional Chinese peasant music and ritual. Dun confers with potter Ragnar Naess, who collaborated on creating instruments for the work, and demonstrates various instruments. Dun speaks about his experiences living in the countryside during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 031
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Music.
  • Video.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 21 and 22, 1990.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1031
OCLC
NYPG06-F687
Title
Soundshape [videorecording] : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / a co-production between BBC Scotland and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; music by Tan Dun.
Imprint
1990.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 031
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Panelists: Tan Dun and Ragnar Naess. Music performed by Tan Dun, David Anthony, Regina Bellantese, Susan Botti, Bruce Gremo, Paul Guerguerian, Roland Vazquez.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 21 and 22, 1990.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Added Author
Tan, Dun, 1957- Composer
Tan, Dun, 1957- panelist.
Tan, Dun, 1957- Instrumentalist
Naess, Ragnar, panelist.
Anthony, David. Instrumentalist
Bellantese, Regina. Instrumentalist
Botti, Susan. Instrumentalist
Gremo, Bruce. Instrumentalist
Vazquez, Roland. Instrumentalist
Guerguerian, Paul. Instrumentalist
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1031
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