- Additional Authors
- Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
- Driscoll, John, 1947-
- Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
- Pugliese, Michael.
- Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
- Cage, John.
- City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (115 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Breakers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Five stone wind (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Neighbors (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Quartet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Aleatory music.
- Live sound recordings.
- Musique concrète.
- Note
- Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT cassette, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust. Date provided by cataloger based on the DAT recording timecode; some recordings are likely to have been recorded after the initial recording date as the works captured were created several years later.
- Handwritten note on original DAT cassette: "Quartet - CD poss. Rec. by R. Miller". Sticker affixed to original DAT cassette: "Original Master".
- Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's August pace (1989), Neighbors (1991), Breakers (1994), Quartet (1982), and excerpts of the music for Cunningham's Five stone wind (1988).
- Sound quality is mostly good; there is audience applause at the ends of the works and the volume is slightly low overall.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event (note)
- Recorded in performance at unidentified locations.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Contents
- Streaming file 1: [August pace "Peace talks" / Michael Pugliese] (0:00-26:43) -- [Neighbors "Streams" / Takehisa Kosugi] (27:24-51:27) -- [Breakers "Cybermesa" / John Driscoll] (52:28-1:16:39) -- Audience applause; brief recording cut (1:16:35-1:17:44) -- Quartet ["Sextet for seven" / David Tudor] (1:17:45-1:37:39) -- Audience applause (1:37:39-1:39:24) -- Begins abruptly, [Five stone wind "Five stone wind"], excerpt / John Cage and David Tudor] (1:39:25-1:55:05)
- Call Number
- *LTD-A 626
- OCLC
- 911141635
- Title
August pace, Neighbors, Breakers, Quartet, and excerpt of Five stone wind : performances at City Center and other unidentified locations, 1991-03-14.
- Production
[March 14, 1991].
[probably mid-1990s?].
- Playing Time
015505
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded in performance at [City Center], New York, New York, [March 14, 1991].
Recorded in performance at unidentified locations.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (115 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 626.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original digital audio tape 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 19, 2014.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Miller, Rob (Robert E.), recording engineer.
Container of (work): Driscoll, John, 1947- Cybermesa.
Container of (work): Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Streams.
Container of (work): Pugliese, Michael. Peace talks.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Sextet for seven.
Related to (work): Cage, John. Five stone wind.
City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Music for (work) : August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Breakers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Five stone wind (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Neighbors (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Quartet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTD-A 626