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Virtual focus, Peace talks, and, Interspecies smalltalk : performances of Polarity, August pace, and, Pictures by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Title
Virtual focus, Peace talks, and, Interspecies smalltalk : performances of Polarity, August pace, and, Pictures by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 1990.
Publication
[probably 1990?].

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Behrman, David
  • Pugliese, Michael
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (88 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
  • August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Polarity (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 Polarity (1990), August pace (1989), and, Pictures (1984).
  • Title and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original container, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
  • Handwritten note on original container: "MCDC - Polarity - Tudor ; Peace Talks - Pugliese 1st half cont on B ; P. Talks - cont ; Pictures - Behrman".
  • Sound quality is mostly good; the recording of Peace talks is split between the end of side a and the beginning of side b.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in performance 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, side a: Polarity ["Virtual focus" / David] Tudor (0:00-26:28) -- Recording silence (26:29-29:47) -- [August pace] "Peace talks" / [Michael] Pugliese (29:48-46:08)
  • Streaming file 2, side b: [August pace] "Peace talks" continued / [Michael] Pugliese (0:00-9:59) -- Pictures ["Interspecies smalltalk" / David Behrman] (10:31-41:32)
Call Number
*LTC-A 1523
OCLC
933581977
Title
Virtual focus, Peace talks, and, Interspecies smalltalk : performances of Polarity, August pace, and, Pictures by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 1990.
Production
[probably 1990?].
Playing Time
004608 004132
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded in performance 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 (88 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1523.
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.
Connect to:
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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. Virtual focus.
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) : Polarity (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1523
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