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Septet, and, Pictures : performance at the Joyce Theater

Title
Septet, and, Pictures : performance at the Joyce Theater, 1988-03-16.
Publication
March 16, 1988.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
  • Kubera, Joseph
  • Pugliese, Michael
  • Vigeland, Nils
  • Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
  • Behrman, David.
  • Satie, Erik, 1866-1925.
  • Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (46 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
  • Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Septet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Aleatory music.
  • Live sound recordings.
  • Modern dance music.
Note
  • Title, date, performers, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette and original performance program.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette, side a: "Septet - E. Satie ; 3/16/88 ; Recorded by R. Miller". Handwritten note on original cassette, side b: "Pictures 3/16/88 ; System only".
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Septet (1953), and, the computer music part for Pictures (1984).
  • Sound quality is mostly good; there is a slight recording hiss in streaming file 1.
  • Donor's inventory number: C184.
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: Septet ["Morceaux en forme de poire"] / Erik Satie [(Joseph Kubera, Nils Vigeland)]
  • Streaming file 2: Pictures ["Interspecies smalltalk" / David Behrman (Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese)]
Call Number
*LTC-A 1281
OCLC
913796384
Title
Septet, and, Pictures : performance at the Joyce Theater, 1988-03-16.
Production
March 16, 1988.
Playing Time
001618 002922
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
[Joseph Kubera, Nils Vigeland, Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese], musicians.
Event
Recorded in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, New York, 1988 March 16.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiocassette (46 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1281.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides: C184a, and, C184b. The sound quality of these files are poor.
Re-transferred from original analog cassette, (due to the poor sound quality), by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on April 24, 2015; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides: myh_ltca1281_v01f01_pm, and, myh_ltca1281_v01f02_pm.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
Kubera, Joseph, instrumentalist.
Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.
Vigeland, Nils, instrumentalist.
Miller, Rob (Robert E.), recording engineer.
Container of (work): Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk.
Container of (work): Satie, Erik, 1866-1925. Morceaux en forme de poire.
Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Septet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1281
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