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Voice with melody-driven electronics : music for Rebus recorded at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College

Title
Voice with melody-driven electronics : music for Rebus recorded at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College, 1975-10 / music by David Behrman.
Author
Behrman, David
Publication
October, 1975.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • La Barbara, Joan, 1947-
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Mills College. Center for Contemporary Music.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (31 minutes) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Rebus (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, date, location and performer provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on the original containers.
  • Handwritten notes on the original container and hub: "Voice with melody-driven electronics (D. Behrman) ; Music for "Rebus" Joan La Barbara, Voice. ; Recorded at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College, Oct. 75. ; 7.5 ips Quarter Track STEREO copy ; HEADS. 1st Band is 14'30". then leader then 2nd band, 15'17 ; Rebus music - use all speakers, tape: Ch 1 spkrs: 1+2, tape: Ch 2 spkrs: 3+4". Handwritten note on the copy reel: "David Behrman - Voice with melody-driven electronics ; 50 c/s copy. 6 1/4 [7 1/2 crossed out] ips, 1/4 tr. stereo. heads out. leader in middle".
  • Contains music for Merce Cunningham's Rebus (1975).
  • Donor's inventory numbers: R121, and, R122 (copy).
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
[Song 1] (0:00-14:24) -- [Song 2] (14:33-30:32)
Call Number
*LT-7-A 2440
OCLC
902688613
Author
Behrman, David, composer.
Title
Voice with melody-driven electronics : music for Rebus recorded at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College, 1975-10 / music by David Behrman.
Production
October, 1975.
Playing Time
003032
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
Joan La Barbara, vocalist.
Event
Recorded at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College in, Oakland, California, 1975 October.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (31 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2440.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original open tape reel by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on August 4, 2014.
Archival original copy: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 6 1/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2440.
The archival "50 c/s copy" recording was produced at a non standard speed, 16.66% faster than 7.5 ips, for the purpose of being played in locations where the playback equipment uses a 50 Hz standard in order to compensate for pitch.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
La Barbara, Joan, 1947- singer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Mills College. Center for Contemporary Music.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Rebus (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2440
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