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RainForest, and, August pace : performance in New Delhi

Title
RainForest, and, August pace : performance in New Delhi, 1990-11-3.
Publication
November 3, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Pugliese, Michael
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (55 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
  • August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, date, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container and audit.
  • Handwritten note on original DAT cassette and container: "Rainforest ; New Delhi Nov 3/90 ; 2nd perf[ormance] ; BEST ever".
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's RainForest (1968) and August pace (1989).
  • Sound quality is mostly good; the recording volume is slightly low overall and there is audience applause following each work.
  • Donor's inventory number: D016.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Contents
  • Streaming file 1: Introduction to the performance by unidentified speaker (0:00-1:20) -- RainForest [Rainforest no. 1 / Tudor] (1:30-21:44) -- Audience applause and intermission announcement (21:44-22:46) -- Brief commentary by same unidentified speaker on interpreting Merce Cunningham's choreography, and its relationship to the music (22:47-24:07) -- Introduction to August pace (24:10-24:51) -- August pace, incomplete [Peace talks / Michael Pugliese] (25:05-26:05)
  • Streaming file 2: Same commentary and introduction of August pace as at the end of streaming file 1 (0:00-2:01) -- August pace [Peace talks / Michael Pugliese] (2:20-29:21)
Call Number
*LTD-A 664
OCLC
884522137
Title
RainForest, and, August pace : performance in New Delhi, 1990-11-3.
Production
November 3, 1990.
Playing Time
002605 002921
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded in performance in, New Delhi, India, 1990 November 3.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (55 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 664.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; two preservation files were created based on content: D016a, and, D016b.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Container of (work): Pugliese, Michael. Peace talks.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Rainforest, no. 1.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTD-A 664
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