Research Catalog

Crises

Title
Crises / music by Conlon Nancarrow.
Author
Nancarrow, Conlon, 1912-1997
Publication
[probably 1960s?]

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (21 minutes) : digital, mono
Uniform Title
Crises (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Note
  • Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note inside the original container and audition. Additional notes about the studies, including their numbers, provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
  • Handwritten note on the spine of the original container and the reel hub: "Nancarrow: Crises Music 20:50; 7.5 IPS 2 tr MONO, HEADS OUT ; 354-354 3M 201 Allison filtered".
  • Contains music for Merce Cunningham's Crises (1960). The original study nos. 3 and 4 were never commercially recorded; study no. 7 was edited in a variety of ways for Crises.
  • Sound quality is good.
  • Donor's inventory number: R031.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Event (note)
  • Date and recording location unidentified.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Contents
Study [no. 1] (0:00-2:39) -- Study [no. 2] (2:45-5:12) -- Study [no. 4, original version] (5:18-10:29) -- Study [no. 5] (10:39-13:02) -- Study [no. 7, beginning 3:42 removed] (13:13-17:17) -- Study [no. 6] (17:26-20:49)
Call Number
*LT-7-A 2410
OCLC
881254019
Author
Nancarrow, Conlon, 1912-1997, composer.
Title
Crises / music by Conlon Nancarrow.
Production
[probably 1960s?]
Playing Time
002049
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Date and recording location unidentified.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (21 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2410.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original open tape reel by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on February 21, 2014.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Crises (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2410
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