Research Catalog

Title

Music for Merce : 1952-2009.

Publication

New York : New World Records, [2010], ℗2010.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Cunningham, Merce.
• Wolff, Christian, 1934-
• Cage, John.
• Brown, Earle, 1926-2002.
• Nilsson, Bo.
• Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987.
• Mumma, Gordon, 1935-
• Ichiyanagi, Toshi, 1933-2022.
• Behrman, David.
• Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016.
• Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
• Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018.
• Amacher, Maryanne.
• Gibson, Jon.
• Tone, Yasunao.
• King, John, 1953 November 28-
• Pugliese, Michael.
• Dempster, Stuart.
• Lockwood, Annea, 1939-

Description

10 audio discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects

• Instrumental ensembles
• Piano music (Pianos (2))
• Ballets
• Electronic music

Note

• Compact discs.
• Works written for Merce Cunningham dances over a period of 57 years; titles and dates of specific choreographic works given in accompanying booklet.
• 10 discs in 5 cases with accompanying booklet (118 p. : ill., ports.) in box.
• Program notes and biographical references in English (118 p. : ports.) laid in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded 1954-2009.

Contents

• Disc 1: For magnetic tape (pt. 1 of 4) (5:24) ; For piano I (5:19) / Christian Wolff -- Music for piano 1-20 / John Cage (16:13) -- Indices (excerpts) / Earle Brown (20:51) -- Quantitäten / Bo Nilsson (12:31) --
• Disc 2: Ixion / Morton Feldman (20:21) -- Variations V (excerpt) / John Cage (13:41) -- Mesa / Gordon Mumma (19:38) -- Activities for orchestra / Toshi Ichiyanagi (24:09) --
• Disc 3: --for nearly an hour-- (excerpt) / David Behrman (3:23) -- In memoriam : Nikola Tesla, cosmic engineer (excerpt) / Pauline Oliveros (9:44) -- For 1, 2, or 3 people (excerpt) / Christian Wolff (12:07) -- 52/3 (excerpt) / John Cage, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor (16:39) -- Telepos / Gordon Mumma (18:27) --
• Disc 4: Toneburst / David Tudor (17:45) -- S.E. Wave/E. W. Song (excerpt) / Takehisa Kosugi (13:03) -- Remainder (excerpt) / Maryanne Amacher (14:55) -- Equal distribution (excerpt) / Jon Gibson (12:14) -- Inlets (excerpt) / John Cage (10:17) --
• Disc 5: Weatherings (excerpt) / David Tudor (14:54) -- Geography and music (excerpt) / Yasunao Tone (21:18) -- Phonemes (excerpt) (14:00) ; Sextet for seven (18:15) / David Tudor --
• Disc 6: Spacings / Takehisa Kosugi (23:52) -- gliss in sighs / John King (16:19) -- Voiceless essay (excerpt) / John Cage (10:58) -- Webwork (excerpt) / David Tudor (10:46) -- Peace talks (excerpts) / Michael Pugliese (11:44) --
• Disc 7: Spectra / Takehisa Kosugi (20:29) -- Sculptures musicales (excerpt) / John Cage (12:14) -- Virtual focus (excerpt) / David Tudor (15:15) -- Four^3 (excerpt) / John Cage (15:24) -- Neural network plus (excerpt) / David Tudor (13:28) --
• Disc 8: Blues \u002799 (excerpt) / John King (19:10) -- Underground overlays (excerpt) / Stuart Dempster (15:22) -- Four^6 (excerpt) / John Cage (11:17) -- Wave code A-Z (excerpt) / Takehisa Kosugi (14:42) -- Or 4 people (excerpt) / Christian Wolff (6:16) --
• Disc 9: 108 and one^8 (excerpt) / John Cage (14:18) -- longtermparking (excerpt) / John King (15:31) -- Long throw (excerpt) / David Behrman (18:25) -- Jitterbug (excerpt) / Annea Lockwood (20:19) --
• Disc 10: Events. February 16, 1993, Red Wing, Minnesota (5:58) ; September 14, 1996, Annemasse, France (5:53) ; June 5, 1997, Frankfurt (7:30) ; September 12, 1998, Minneapolis (5:22) ; September 29, 2002, Oslo (4:12) ; October 30, 2002, Munich (6:51) ; December 14, 2004, New York City (3:54) ; December 18, 2004, New York City (6:35) ; June 14, 2005, London (5:21) ; June 17, 2005, London (8:44) ; June 23, 2007, New Caanan, Connecticut (3:09) ; February 22, 2009, Beacon, New York (5:17).

LCCN

093228071228

OCLC

• ocn703155986
• 703155986
• SCSB-5565221

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries