- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (98 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file 1, Mar. 11: Humpback whale songs near Keahole Point; ca. 47:25, ends abruptly.
- Streaming file 2, Mar. 23: Spinner dolphin sounds; Humpback whale songs near Honokahau; ca. 47:24, ends abruptly.
- Uniform Title
- Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Nature sounds.
- Note
- Contains a copy of field recordings of Humpback whale songs and Spinner dolphin sounds interspersed with spoken recording information by recordist, John Ford. Probably recorded for use as source material in the music of Merce Cunningham's Ocean (1994).
- Title, locations and dates provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original container and cassette.
- Handwritten note on original container and cassette: "Humpback song J. Ford ; A. 11Mar/91 Humpback song, Keahole PT, Hawaii ; B. -Mar/91 spinner dolphin ; 23Mar/91 -Humpback song 0.5 mi N of Honokohau [Honokahau], Kona ; Recordings © John Ford (copy)".
- Sound quality is mostly good; there is occasional recording "hiss" and recording levels fluctuate.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event (note)
- Copied from unidentified original recordings.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1503
- OCLC
- 914473072
- Author
Ford, John, recording engineer.
- Title
Humpback whale sounds : near Honokahau, Hawaii, 1991-03-11/23 / recorded by John Ford.
- Production
© 1991.
- Playing Time
004929 004756
- Type of Content
sounds
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Copied from unidentified original recordings.
Recorded near, Keahole Point, Hawaii, 1991 March 11.
Recorded near, Honokahau, Hawaii, 1991 March 23.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (98 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1503.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- 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 1503