- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 5 streaming audio files (126 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Inventions (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Trackers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container and the performance programs.
- Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Rec[orded] by R. Miller ; Program: Zurich 3 + 4th Nights ; 1991 June ; Beach Birds, Trackers, Beach Birds, Inventions - short version ; MP, DT, RM, TK ; Comments: Schroeder 2007: 1) Trackers (?) 2) Beach Birds 3) ?? 4) Beach Birds 5) Inventions".
- Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), Trackers (1991), and, Inventions (1989).
- Sound quality is fair; the recording volume is low overall and streaming file 2 is nearly inaudible. There is audience applause at the end of streaming files 1, 3-5, and at the beginning of file 5.
- Donor's inventory number: D026.
- 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: Inventions [?], performance 1 [Sculptures musicales / Cage]
- Streaming file 2: Beach Birds, performance 1 [Four³ / John Cage (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor)]
- Streaming file 3: Trackers [Gravitational sounds / Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (David Tudor)]
- Streaming file 4: Beach birds, performance 2 [Four³ / Cage (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor)]
- Streaming file 5: Brief audience applause -- Inventions (short version), performance 2 [Sculptures musicales / Cage]
- Call Number
- *LTD-A 673
- OCLC
- 889340598
- Title
Beach birds, Trackers, and, Inventions : performances in Zurich, 1991-06-22/23.
- Production
June [22 and 23], 1991.
- Playing Time
002218 002832 003211 003141 001101
- 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, and David Tudor, musicians.
- Event
Recorded in performances in, Zurich, Switzerland, 1991 June [22-23] ; [These performance dates were obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust].
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (126 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 673.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; five preservation files were created based on content: D026a - D026e.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
Miller, Rob (Robert E.), instrumentalist.
Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
Miller, Rob (Robert E.), recording engineer.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Four³.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Sculptures musicales.
Container of (work): Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo. Gravitational sounds.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Music for (work) : Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Inventions (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Trackers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTD-A 673