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RainForest, August pace, and, excerpt of Pictures : performance at City Center

Title
RainForest, August pace, and, excerpt of Pictures : performance at City Center, 1990-03-16.
Publication
March 16, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Behrman, David
  • Pugliese, Michael
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
  • City Center of Music and Drama (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 (84 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
  • August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
  • Aleatory music
  • Electric violin
  • Electronic music
  • Frame drum music
  • Modern dance music
  • Percussion music
  • Vocalises
Genre/Form
  • Live sound recordings.
  • Modern dance music.
Note
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's RainForest (1968), August pace (1989), and, Pictures (1984).
  • Title, date, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette and container, and audition.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette, side a: "Peace Talks ; CC [City Center] 3/16/90 ; Good Rec, Perf - Great ; MP Dub". Handwritten note on original cassette, side b: "1990 Rainforest - City Center ". Handwritten note on original container: "MP + RM approves for CD ; Pictures!".
  • Sound quality is mostly good; the recording of Peace talks ends abruptly which cuts off the end the performance, the recording of Interspecies smalltalk begins abruptly which cuts off the beginning of the performance, and audience applause overlaps the end of the Interspecies smalltalk performance.
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, side a: [August pace] "Peace talks" / [Michael Pugliese] (0:00-47:06) -- Recording silence (47:07-49:40)
  • Streaming file 2, side b: RainForest ["Rainforest no. 1" / David Tudor] (0:00-21:15) -- Audience applause (21:10-21:31) -- Pictures ["Interspecies smalltalk" / David Behrman] (21:32-31:50) -- Audience applause (29:30-31:50) -- Recording silence (31:51-34:08)
Call Number
*LTC-A 1507
OCLC
933581974
Title
RainForest, August pace, and, excerpt of Pictures : performance at City Center, 1990-03-16.
Production
March 16, 1990.
Playing Time
004940 003408
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 City Center, New York, New York, 1990 March 16.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (84 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1507.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015; two preservation files were created based on the cassette sides.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Container of (work): Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk.
Container of (work): Pugliese, Michael. Peace talks.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Rainforest, no. 1.
City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1507
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