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Underwater winter and summer sounds : source material for [Soundings: ocean diary?].

Title
Underwater winter and summer sounds : source material for [Soundings: ocean diary?].
Publication
[probably 1990's?].

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (70 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Genre/Form
Nature sounds.
Note
  • Probably contains source material recorded for use in the music of Merce Cunningham's Ocean (1994).
  • Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette and container.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette and container: "Ambient Winter, Ambient Summer ; A. Underwater noise recorded under fast ice cover off Thule in winter ; B. Recorded close to small iceberg in open water summer". Sticker with handwritten note affixed to original container: "Listen".
  • Sound quality is good; streaming file 1 ends abruptly.
  • Donor's inventory number: C288.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Event (note)
  • Recorded underwater "off Thule" [container].
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1696
OCLC
913834252
Title
Underwater winter and summer sounds : source material for [Soundings: ocean diary?].
Production
[probably 1990's?].
Playing Time
004722 002256
Type of Content
sounds
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded underwater "off Thule" [container].
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (70 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1696.
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: c288a, and, c288b.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Related to (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Soundings: ocean diary.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Related to (work) : Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1696
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