Research Catalog
Beach birds, Change of address, and, Loosestrife : performances at the Opéra de Paris Garnier.
- Title
- Beach birds, Change of address, and, Loosestrife : performances at the Opéra de Paris Garnier. 1992.
- Publication
- November 17-19, 1992.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (91 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Change of address (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Loosestrife (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title, location and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT cassette and container.
- Handwritten note on original DAT cassette: "Paris Opera Nov. 17, 18, 19, '92 ; Beach Birds, C of A, Loosestrife". Handwritten note on original container: "Studio: Opéra de Paris Garneir ; Client: MCDC ; Program: Neural Network Plus (ENTER) D. Tudor, T. Kosugi ; Date/Time: Nov. 17, 18, 19 1992 ; Engineer: John D.S. Adams ; Source: LIVE".
- Accompanying paper insert: "lots of ambient noise".
- Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), Change of address (1992), and Loosestrife (1991).
- The music for Change of address, Walter Zimmermann's Selbstvergessen (Self-forgetting), contains spoken short phrases of text by Meister Eckhart in German with some English.
- Sound quality is fair; recording volumes are low at times, there is some background noise including audience sounds and dancers' footsteps, and audience applause follows each of the works.
- 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
- Four³ [Beach birds] / John Cage (John D.S. Adams, Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor) (0:00-30:47) -- Self-forgetting [Change of address] / Walter Zimmerman (John D.S. Adams, Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor) (33:03-59:33) -- Mixed signals [Loosestrife] / Michael Pugliese (Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese) (1:01:37-1:29:52)
- Call Number
- *LTD-A 632
- OCLC
- 882479975
- Title
- Beach birds, Change of address, and, Loosestrife : performances at the Opéra de Paris Garnier. 1992.
- Production
- November 17-19, 1992.
- Playing Time
- 013045
- Type of Content
- performed music
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audiocassetteonline resource
- Digital File Characteristics
- audio file
- Performer
- John D.S. Adams, Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese, and David Tudor, musicians.
- Event
- Recorded in performance at the Opéra de Paris Garnier in, Paris, France 1992 November 17-19.
- Original Version
- Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (91 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 632.
- 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 digital audio tape 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 19, 2014.
- Source
- Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Adams, John D. S., 1966- instrumentalist.Adams, John D. S., 1966- recording engineer.Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.Container of (work): Cage, John. Four³.Container of (work): Eckhart, Meister, -1327. Works. Selections.Container of (work): Pugliese, Michael. Mixed signals.Container of (work): Zimmermann, Walter, 1949- Vom Nutzen des Lassens. Selbstvergessen.Merce Cunningham Dance Company.Opéra de Paris.Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
- Music for (work) : Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)Music for (work) : Change of address (Choreographic work : Cunningham)Music for (work) : Loosestrife (Choreographic work : Cunningham)Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
- *LTD-A 632