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20th century romantic music : four contemporary suites.

Title
20th century romantic music : four contemporary suites.
Publication
[probably 1980's?].

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Sultan, Grete
  • Cage, John
  • Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.
  • Tucker, Tui St. George, 1924-2004.
  • Weber, Ben, 1916-1979.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (76 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Pool of darkness (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Note
  • Title and performer provided by cataloger based on typed label and note on original cassette and container.
  • Typed label on original cassette, side a: "Grete Sultan, pianist ; 20th century romantic music : 4 contemporary suites ; 1. Five piano pieces, opus 23 by Arnold Schoenberg ; 2. Episodes by Ben Weber". Typed label on original cassette, side b: "Grete Sultan, pianist ; 3. Perilous night by John Cage ; 4. Notes from the blue mountains (Romanza, Moon & Pine sonata, Passacaglia for white Sunday, On a mountain road at summer's end) by Tui St. George Tucker". Typed note on original cassette container: "Grete Sultan, pianist ; A.2. - "Episodes by Ben Weber"; piano reduction of Ben Weber's orchestral work "Ballet" for Merce Cunningham's Pool of darkness."
  • Contains Episodes by Ben Weber, the music for Merce Cunningham's Pool of darkness (1950).
  • Sound quality is mostly good; overall recorded at low volumes.
  • Donor's inventory number: C193.
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: Five piano pieces, opus 23 / Arnold Schoenberg (0:00-13:53) -- Episodes / Ben Weber (14:02-28:45) -- Recording silence (28:46-31:29)
  • Streaming file 2: Perilous night / John Cage (0:00-13:37) -- Notes from the blue mountains / Tui St. George Tucker (13:56-43:30)
Call Number
*LTC-A 1288
OCLC
906061926
Title
20th century romantic music : four contemporary suites.
Production
[probably 1980's?].
Playing Time
003129 004410
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
Grete Sultan, pianist.
Event
Recorded in an unidentified location.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (76 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1288.
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: C193a NEW, and, C193b NEW.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Sultan, Grete, instrumentalist.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Perilous night.
Container of (work): Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Stücke, piano, op. 23.
Container of (work): Tucker, Tui St. George, 1924-2004. Works. Selections.
Container of (work): Weber, Ben, 1916-1979. Episodes.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Pool of darkness (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1288
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