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Beach birds, and, Enter : performance at La Filature, Mulhouse

Title
Beach birds, and, Enter : performance at La Filature, Mulhouse, 1994-12-02.
Publication
December 2, 1994.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Adams, John D. S., 1966-
  • Gray, D'Arcy
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996
  • Wauthy, Denis
  • Cage, John.
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
  • Filature (Mulhouse, France)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (91 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, audition, and performance program.
  • Handwritten note on original DAT container: "MCDC in Mulhouse, France ; Dec 2, 94 ; Recorded on Sony TCD D-10 by Denis Wauthy at Theatre de la Filature ; 1. 1, 2. Enter".
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), and, Enter (1992).
  • Sound quality is mostly good; the sounds of the audience and dancers' feet on the floor are audible throughout Beach birds/Four³.
  • Donor's inventory number: D159.
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: [Beach birds, 'Four³' / John Cage (John D.S. Adams, D'Arcy Gray, Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor)] (0:00-29:46) -- Audience applause (29:47-31:48)
  • Streaming file 2: Enter, ['Neural network plus' / Tudor (David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi)] (0:00-1:00:36) -- Audience applause and recording silence (1:00:37-1:04:53)
Call Number
*LTD-A 739
OCLC
891592673
Title
Beach birds, and, Enter : performance at La Filature, Mulhouse, 1994-12-02.
Production
December 2, 1994.
Playing Time
003148 010453
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 Gray, Takehisa Kosugi, and David Tudor, musicians.
Event
Recorded in performance at La Filature in, Mulhouse, France, 1994 December 2.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (91 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 739.
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: D159a, and, D159b.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Adams, John D. S., 1966- instrumentalist.
Gray, D'Arcy, instrumentalist.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
Wauthy, Denis, recording engineer.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Four³.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Neural network plus.
Filature (Mulhouse, France)
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 739
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