- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 4 streaming audio files (197 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title, date and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers.
- Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "Version A, Biped ; Gavin Bryars ; from 4-24-99 ; 48.0KHZ ; 45:30 min ; Entire ensemble ; Kosugi - Improv, O'Rourke - Guit[ar], Bryars - Keys, Bass, Dempster (Loren) - Cello".
- Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 2: "Version B, Biped ; Gavin Bryars ; from 4-24-99 ; 48.0KHZ ; 45:30 min ; Version B ; PB, Cello, Keyboard, Bass".
- Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 3: "Version C, Biped ; Gavin Bryars ; from 4-24-99 ; 48.0KHZ ; 45:30 min ; Version C ; PB, Keyboard, Bass".
- Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 4: "Biped, Version D ; Guitar, Bass, PB ; Guitar - James Woodrow ; Keyboard, Bass - Gavin Bryars ; To be used w/ live violin + cello ; Fade before claps".
- Contains versions of the music for Merce Cunningham's Biped (1999).
- Sound quality is good; there is brief audience applause at the end of streaming file 4.
- Donor's inventory numbers: D238 - D240, and, D273.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event (note)
- Recorded in an unidentified location.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Contents
- Streaming file 1: Biped, Version A / Gavin Bryars (Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster)
- Streaming file 2: Biped, Version B / Gavin Bryars [(Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster)]
- Streaming file 3: Biped, Version C / Gavin Bryars [(Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster)]
- Streaming file 4: Biped, Version D / Gavin Bryars (Gavin Bryars, James Woodrow)
- Call Number
- *LTD-A 799
- OCLC
- 894375326
- Author
Bryars, Gavin, composer.
- Title
Biped : recordings of versions. A-D / music by Gavin Bryars.
- Production
April 24, 1999.
- Playing Time
004951 004952 005015 004655
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Performer
Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, and James Woodrow, musicians.
- Event
Recorded in an unidentified location.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival originals: (4 audio DAT cassettes (197 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 799.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from four original DAT cassettes by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Bryars, Gavin, instrumentalist.
Dempster, Loren, instrumentalist.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
O'Rourke, Jim, 1969- instrumentalist.
Woodrow, James, instrumentalist.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Music for (work) : Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTD-A 799