- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (29 minutes) : digital, mono
- Summary
- Morceaux en forme de poire played by an unidentified pianist in, what sounds like, a rehearsal studio, ends abruptly ca. 15:20; Merce Cunningham speaks about his thoughts on dance, including brief references to ideas by Lou Harrison and Gertrude Stein; his thoughts on everyday physical movements in relation to dancing; briefly, expression and concentration while dancing; ca. 25:25, a new recording that begins abruptly, Merce Cunningham speaks about dance training and the personal qualities required for becoming a professional dancer; ends abruptly.
- Uniform Title
- Septet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Rehearsal.
- Note
- Title and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original container and audition.
- Handwritten note on original container: "Septet audio tape - X/3/81 ; [crossed out - William Dawes, Cry for me (1970) 10 min. 55 sec. ; 7 1/2 ips stereo half-track ; copied 3/7/77]". Handwritten note taped to original reel hub: "Septet 7/77".
- Contains music for Merce Cunningham's Septet (1953).
- Sound quality is good to fair; there is background noise in each of the recordings, especialy wind in the microphone during Cunningham's first speech.
- 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
- *LT-7-A 2436
- OCLC
- 890151233
- Title
Septet, studio recording ; and, excerpts of Merce Cunningham speaking on dance.
- Production
October 3, 1981
- Playing Time
002903
- Type of Content
performed music
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Performer
Pianist is unidentified.
- Event
Recorded in several unidentified locations, on several dates, including, 1981 October 3, (There is a date discrepancy between the original reel hub and container; based on collection context, the cataloger selected the container date as the recording date).
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (29 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2436.
- 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 open tape reel by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on June 27, 2014.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, speaker.
Container of (work): Satie, Erik, 1866-1925. Morceaux en forme de poire.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Music for (work) : Septet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2436