- Additional Authors
- Adams, John D. S., 1966-
- Gray, D'Arcy
- Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
- Tudor, David, 1926-1996
- Cage, John.
- Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin.
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (92 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Enter (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container.
- Handwritten note on original container: "Studio: Berlin Staatsoper ; Client: MCDC ; Program: Four³ (Beach Birds) J. Cage, Musicians - D.T., T.K., JA, DG, Neural Network Plus (Enter) D. Tudor, Mus. - D.T., T.K. ; Date/Time: Aug. 25, '93 ; Engineer: JDSA ; Source: LIVE".
- Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), and, Enter (1992).
- Sound quality is fair to mostly good; the recording volume for Beach birds/Four³ is low overall with audible audience sounds and the dancers' feet on the floor. There is audience applause at the end of each recording.
- Donor's inventory number: D097.
- 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: Recording silence and audience sounds (0:00-2:24) -- Beach birds, 'Four³' / John Cage (John D.S. Adams, D'Arcy Philip Gray, Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor) (2:25-28:40) -- Audience applause (28:41-30:44)
- Streaming file 2: Enter, 'Neural network plus' / [Tudor] (Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor)
- Call Number
- *LTD-A 719
- OCLC
- 890321563
- Title
Beach birds, and, Enter : performance at Staatsoper Berlin, 1993-08-25.
- Production
August 25, 1993.
- Playing Time
003044 010058
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Performer
John D.S. Adams, D'Arcy Philip Gray, Takehisa Kosugi, and David Tudor, musicians.
- Event
Recorded in performance at [Deutsche] Staatsoper Berlin in, Berlin, Germany, 1993 August 25.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (92 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 719.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; two preservation files were created based on content: D097a Beach Birds, and, D097b Enter.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Adams, John D. S., 1966- recording engineer.
Adams, John D. S., 1966- instrumentalist.
Gray, D'Arcy, instrumentalist.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Four³.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Neural network plus.
Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Music for (work) : Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Enter (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTD-A 719