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Concert at Town Hall

Title
Concert at Town Hall, 1963-10-11.
Publication
  • October 11, 1963.
  • December 30, 1966.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Brown, Earle, 1926-2002.
  • Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987.
  • Brown, Earle, 1926-2002
  • Lucier, Alvin
  • Weisberg, Arthur
  • Brandeis University. Chamber Chorus, perfomer
  • Town Hall Orchestra, performer
  • Town Hall (New York, New York)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (30 minutes) : digital, stereo
Alternative Title
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
  • For Franz Kline
  • Straits of Magellan
  • Swallows of Salangan
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Aleatory music.
  • Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, dates, locations, performers, and conductors provided by cataloger based on handwritten note taped to the original reel hub, handwritten paper insert, and audition.
  • Handwritten note taped to original reel hub: "Feldman = Straits of Magellan, Franz Kline, Swallows ; Brown = Dec 1952 ; Town Hall Concert 11Oct1963 ; 7.5ips [illegible]".
  • Contains a dub of recordings from a Town Hall Concert copied by Gordon Mumma.
  • Handwritten paper insert: "Oct. 11, 1963 ; Morton Feldman ; The Straits of Magellan, Town Hall Orch, NYC Arthur Weisberg, cond. ; For Franz Kline 8.5' ; Swallows of Salangan 8' Brandeis Chamber Chorus, Alvin Lucier, cond. ; 7.5 ips (2 track stereo?) ; copied on Ampex 351, 30XII1966, Brandeis Univ., by Gordon Mumma ; Earle Brown ; December 1952 6.5' Earle Brown, cond.".
  • Sound quality is mostly good; there are occasional background audience sounds, and applause follows each work.
  • Donor's inventory number: R109.
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
December 1952 / Earle Brown (Town Hall Orchestra, Earle Brown) (0:00-4:53) -- Straits of Magellan / Morton Feldman (Town Hall Orchestra, Arthur Weisberg) (5:32-14:02) -- For Franz Kline / Morton Feldman (Town Hall Orchestra, Arthur Weisberg) (14:38-21:50) -- Swallows of Salangan / Morton Feldman (Brandeis Chamber Chorus, Alvin Lucier) (22:56-29:05)
Call Number
*LT-7-A 2450
OCLC
909424730
Title
Concert at Town Hall, 1963-10-11.
Production
October 11, 1963.
Manufacturer
December 30, 1966.
Playing Time
002947
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
Town Hall Orchestra, performing group, and, Brandeis Chamber Chorus, performing group; Earle Brown, Arthur Weisberg, and Alvin Lucier, conductors.
Event
Recorded in performance in New York, New York, 1963 October 11.
Dubbed at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts 1966 December 30.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (30 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2450.
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 February 25, 2015.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Container of (work): Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Folio, no. 1. December 1952.
Container of (work): Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. For Franz Kline.
Container of (work): Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. Straits of Magellan.
Container of (work): Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. Swallows of Salangan.
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002, conductor.
Lucier, Alvin, conductor.
Weisberg, Arthur, conductor.
Brandeis University. Chamber Chorus, perfomer.
Town Hall Orchestra, performer.
Town Hall (New York, New York)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
For Franz Kline
Straits of Magellan
Swallows of Salangan
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2450
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