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Biped : performance at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris

Title
Biped : performance at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, 1999-11-16 / music by Gavin Bryars.
Author
Bryars, Gavin
Publication
November 16, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Dempster, Loren
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
  • Woodrow, James
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Théâtre de la ville (Paris, France)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming audio file (52 minutes) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Live sound recordings.
  • Modern dance music.
Note
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Biped (1999).
  • Title, date and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DA8, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
  • Handwritten note on original DA8: "Biped - Paris Recording ; 11-16-99 ; Bryars, Woodrow, Dempster, Kosugi".
  • Sound quality is good.
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.
Call Number
*LTD-A 936
OCLC
932891809
Author
Bryars, Gavin, composer.
Title
Biped : performance at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, 1999-11-16 / music by Gavin Bryars.
Production
November 16, 1999.
Playing Time
005130
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
Gavin Bryars, James Woodrow , Loren Dempster, and Takehisa Kosugi, musicians.
Event
Recorded in performance at [Théâtre de la Ville] in, Paris, France, 1999 November 16.
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.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio DA8 cassette (52 minutes) : digital, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, eight track, mono) in *LTD-A 936.
Local Note
Transferred from original DA8 cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015.
Original DA8 cassette contains 8 recording streams. The New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts created a composite audio file consisting of all 8 streams based on the GP Records production of Biped © 2001.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Bryars, Gavin, instrumentalist.
Dempster, Loren, instrumentalist.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
Woodrow, James, instrumentalist.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Théâtre de la ville (Paris, France)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTD-A 936
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