Research Catalog

Event no. 495 : performance at Lincoln Center, Out of Doors Festival

Title
Event no. 495 : performance at Lincoln Center, Out of Doors Festival, 1990-08-18.
Publication
August 18, 1990.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Dinkins, David N.
  • Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
  • Pugliese, Michael
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996
  • Williams, Jan, 1939-
  • Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (94 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Uniform Title
Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Aleatory music.
  • Modern dance music.
  • Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, performers, location, and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
  • Handwritten note on original cassette: "Lincoln Center; 8/18/90 ; RM, DT, MP, Jan Williams".
  • Contains the music for one of Merce Cunningham's Events.
  • Sound quality is mostly good; the recording volume is uneven as the performance was recorded outside.
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, side a: Performance introduction, including a welcome message from Mayor David N. Dinkins (0:00-2:43) -- Event [no. 495] (3:00-46:20)
  • Streaming file 2, side b: Event [no. 495], continued (0:00-44:01) -- Audience applause (44:02-46:39)
Call Number
*LTC-A 1479
OCLC
914480807
Title
Event no. 495 : performance at Lincoln Center, Out of Doors Festival, 1990-08-18.
Production
August 18, 1990.
Playing Time
004620 004639
Type of Content
performed music
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
David Tudor, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, and Jan Williams, musicians.
Event
Recorded in performance at Lincoln Center, as part of the Out of Doors festival, in New York, New York, 1990 August 18.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (94 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1479.
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:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Dinkins, David N., speaker.
Miller, Rob (Robert E.), instrumentalist.
Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
Williams, Jan, 1939- instrumentalist.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Music for (work) : Event (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1479
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