- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (31 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Alternative Title
- Vertical thoughts, no. 1-5
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Note
- Title, dates, and locations provided by cataloger based on handwritten note taped to the original reel hub, and collection context.
- Handwritten note taped to original reel hub: "Feldman Vertical thoughts ; 11Oct.1963 Town Hall ; 7.5ips [illegible]".
- Contains a dub of recordings from a concert at Town Hall that, based on tape stock and collection context, was likely copied by Gordon Mumma at Brandeis University.
- Sound quality is fair; there is slight recording hiss throughout and background audience noises.
- Donor's inventory number: R110.
- 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
- Vertical thoughts [no. 1] (0:00-7:15) -- Vertical thoughts [no. 2] (7:51-12:52) -- Vertical thoughts [no. 3] (13:23-17:30) -- Vertical thoughts [no. 4] (17:44-20:37) -- Vertical thoughts [no. 5], ends abruptly (20:50-30:26)
- Call Number
- *LT-7-A 2451
- OCLC
- 909424731
- Author
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987, composer.
- Title
Concert at Town Hall : Vertical thoughts. No. 1-5, 1963-10-11 / music by Morton Feldman.
- Production
October 11, 1963.
- Manufacturer
December 30, 1966.
- Playing Time
003026
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded in performance, New York, New York, 1963 October 11.
Dubbed at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts 1966 December 30.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (31 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2451.
- 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 February 25, 2015.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Town Hall (New York, New York)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2451