- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (12 minutes) : digital, binaural
- Summary
- This recording contains the complete sound element consisting of the pre-recorded low sound track and pre-recorded high sound track being played simultaneously.
- Uniform Title
- Winterbranch (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title, date and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original container.
- Handwritten note on original container and reel: "Winterbranch : La Monte Young ; special 60/50 Hz 7.5 ips ; QTRTRK Stereo".
- Contains the sound element to be played for performances of Merce Cunningham's Winterbranch (1964). According to David Vaughan's book, Merce Cunningham: 50 Years (Aperture: New York, 1997), the dance begins in silence for several minutes and then the sound element is played.
- Sound quality is mostly good; recording ends abruptly.
- Donor's inventory number: R080.
- 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 2413
- OCLC
- 902688396
- Author
Young, La Monte, composer.
- Title
2 Sounds : music for Winterbranch / music by La Monte Young.
- Production
[probably 1960?]
- Playing Time
001206
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded in an unidentified location, [1960].
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (12 minutes) : analog, 6 1/4 ips, quarter track, binaural ; 5 in. rewound onto an archival 7 in. reel) in *LT-7-A 2413.
- 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 August 5, 2014.
The archival original recording was produced at a non standard speed, 16.66% faster than 7.5 ips, for the purpose of being played in locations where the playback equipment uses a 50 Hz standard in order to compensate for pitch.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Music for (work) : Winterbranch (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2413