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Pictures, and, Cargo X : performances at City Center and at the Kennedy Center

Title
Pictures, and, Cargo X : performances at City Center and at the Kennedy Center, 1989-03/1989-05.
Publication
  • March, 1989.
  • May, 1989.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Behrman, David
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
  • City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
  • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
  • 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
  • Cargo X (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, dates, and locations provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette and insert, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette, side a: "Cargo X Kennedy Center 5/89". Side b: "Pictures 3/89 ; Recorded by BLOB City Center".
  • Handwritten insert on scratch paper: "Pix ; balanced - mix ; more Kosugi ; 30'01" + applause (needs edited [illegible])".
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Pictures (1984), and, Cargo X (1989).
  • Sound quality is fair; both streaming files are very muffled and recorded at low volumes.
  • Donor's inventory number: C186.
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, March: Pictures ["Interspecies smalltalk" / David Behrman] (0:00-31:31)
  • Streaming file 2, May: Cargo X ["Spectra" / Takehisa Kosugi] (0:00-22:14) -- Recording silence (22:15-31:31)
Call Number
*LTC-A 1278
OCLC
904457578
Title
Pictures, and, Cargo X : performances at City Center and at the Kennedy Center, 1989-03/1989-05.
Production
March, 1989.
May, 1989.
Playing Time
003131 003131
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded in performance at the City Center, New York, New York, 1989 March.
Recorded in performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in, Washington, District of Columbia, 1989 May.
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 1278.
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: C186a, and, C186b.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Container of (work): Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk.
Container of (work): Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Spectra.
City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Cargo X (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1278
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