Research Catalog

Shards, and, Pictures : performance at the Joyce Theater

Title
Shards, and, Pictures : performance at the Joyce Theater, 1988-03.
Publication
March [12 or 13?], 1988.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
  • Pugliese, Michael
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996
  • Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
  • Behrman, David
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
  • Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (62 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
  • Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Shards (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, date, performers, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette and insert, performance program, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette, side a: "David Tudor - SHARDS ; 3/88 ; Rec. by R. Miller". Side b: "Pictures 3/88 Full mix ; matinee".
  • Handwritten insert on scratch pad paper from Hilton Hotel, Glendale: "Full mix 3/88 matinee ; Kosugi mix better. ; no silence 15'12 pt. II, 29'45" ; at. 21-22 mdw. pitches ; at. 27" scratchy sound".
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Shards (1987), and, Pictures (1984).
  • Sound quality is mostly good; streaming file 2 begins abruptly and there is a low hum throughout the recording.
  • Donor's inventory number: C179.
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: Shards ["Webwork" / David Tudor (Tudor)] (0:00-25:50) -- Begins abruptly, Pictures ["Interspecies smalltalk" / David Behrman (Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese)] (25:52-29:47)
  • Streaming file 2: Begins abruptly, Pictures ["Interspecies smalltalk" / David Behrman (Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese)]
Call Number
*LTC-A 1284
OCLC
904257845
Title
Shards, and, Pictures : performance at the Joyce Theater, 1988-03.
Production
March [12 or 13?], 1988.
Playing Time
003038 003057
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese, and David Tudor, musicians.
Event
Recorded in a matinee performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, New York, 1988 March [12 or 13?].
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiocassette (62 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1284.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides: C179a NEW and, C179b NEW.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
Miller, Rob (Robert E.), recording engineer.
Container of (work): Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Webwork.
Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Shards (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1284
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