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Second week of January : recordings of music for Signals.

Title
Second week of January : recordings of music for Signals. 2A, 2B / music by Takehisa Kosugi and John D.S. Adams.
Publication
February 2, 1994.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Adams, John D. S., 1966-
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
  • Cage, John
  • White Oak Dance Project
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (72 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
  • Aleatory music
  • Electric violin
  • Electronic music
  • Modern dance music
  • Violin music
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Contains master tapes of pre-recorded music to be used for the White Oak Dance Project's performances of Merce Cunningham's Signals (1970). Second week of January was commissioned by the White Oak Dance Project, and the pre-recorded tapes of each composer were meant to be mixed in real-time for the performances by "the White Oak audio engineer...using the source material provided by the Cunningham musicians". The Second week of January is based on the initial concept by John Cage for Signals, titled the First week of June, a collaboration with composers Gordon Mumma and David Tudor.
  • Title, date, location, and performer provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers; further information obtained online from the David Tudor Pages, http://davidtudor.org/Works/january.html, accessed on September 3, 2014.
  • Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "Studio: Cunningham Production Studio ; Client: Cunningham Dance Foundation ; Program: "Second week of January, II" A ; Music for Signals ; Composers: Left - Takehisa Kosugi, Right - John D.S. Adams ; Date/Time: Feb. 2 '94 ; Engineer: John D.S. Adams ; Source: DAT. Cassette sticker: Original Master ". Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 2: "Studio: Cunningham Production Studio ; Client: Cunningham Dance Foundation ; Program: "Second week of January, II" B ; Music for Signals ; Composers: Left - Takehisa Kosugi, Right - John D.S. Adams ; Date/Time: Feb. 2 '94 ; Engineer: John D.S. Adams ; Source: DAT. Cassette sticker: Original Master ".
  • Sound quality is good; there is recording silence at the beginning and end of both streaming files.
  • Donor's inventory numbers: D153, and, D154.
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: Second week of January, 2A / Takehisa Kosugi, left, and, John D.S. Adams, right (2:00-32:25)
  • Streaming file 2: Second week of January, 2B / Takehisa Kosugi, left, and, John D.S. Adams, right (2:02-32:34)
Call Number
*LTD-A 737
OCLC
897514869
Title
Second week of January : recordings of music for Signals. 2A, 2B / music by Takehisa Kosugi and John D.S. Adams.
Production
February 2, 1994.
Playing Time
003836 003307
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
Takehisa Kosugi, and John D.S. Adams, musicians.
Event
Recorded at the Cunningham Production Studio in, New York, New York, 1994 February 2.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival originals: (2 audio DAT cassettes (72 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 737.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from 2 original DAT cassettes by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Adams, John D. S., 1966- recording engineer.
Adams, John D. S., 1966- composer.
Adams, John D. S., 1966- instrumentalist.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- composer.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
Based on (work): Cage, John. First week of June.
White Oak Dance Project.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTD-A 737
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