- Additional Authors
- Grossman, Kory
- Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
- Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
- Pugliese, Michael
- Tudor, David, 1926-1996
- Behrman, David
- Pugliese, Michael
- Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- Harbourfront Centre
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 4 streaming audio files (110 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Polarity (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT container and the performance program.
- Handwritten note on original DAT cassette: "Toronto 4th perf[ormance]". Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Toronto #4 JAN ; Polar[ity] ; Aug[ust Pace] ; Pix [Pictures] ; NG for CD". Handwritten note on paper insert: "Polarity; Aug Pace ; Toronto ; [3rd - crossed out] + 4th perf[ormance]".
- Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Polarity (1990), August Pace (1989), and, Pictures (1984).
- Sound quality is mostly good; the volume level is low in streaming file 1, there is audience applause at the end of streaming files 2 and 4, and streaming file 3 ends abruptly.
- Donor's inventory number: D017.
- 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: Polarity [Virtual focus / Tudor (David Tudor)] (0:00-30:47)
- Streaming file 2: August pace, performance 1 [Peace talks / Michael Pugliese (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, Kory Grossman)]
- Streaming file 3: Pictures [Interspecies smalltalk / David Behrman (Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese)]
- Streaming file 4: August pace, performance 2 [Peace talks / Michael Pugliese (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, Kory Grossman)]
- Call Number
- *LTD-A 665
- OCLC
- 884522412
- Title
Polarity, August pace, and, Pictures : performance in Toronto, 1990-12-8.
- Production
[December 8, 1990?].
- Playing Time
002543 002604 003104 002709
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Performer
Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, Kory Grossman, and David Tudor, musicians.
- Event
Recorded in performance at the Premiere Dance Theatre in, Toronto, Ontario, 1990 [December 8]; [This performance date was obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust; the handwritten note on the DAT container gives the date as January, however based on evidence in the performance programs, this is likely an error].
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (110 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 665.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; four preservation files were created based on content: D017a - D017d.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Grossman, Kory, instrumentalist.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
Miller, Rob (Robert E.), instrumentalist.
Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
Container of (work): Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk.
Container of (work): Pugliese, Michael. Peace talks.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Virtual focus.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Harbourfront Centre.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Music for (work) : August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Polarity (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTD-A 665