- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (69 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- Inlets 2 (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Shards (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Live sound recordings.
- Modern dance music.
- Musique concrète.
- Note
- Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Inlets 2 (1983), and, Shards (1987).
- Title, dates, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette and container, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
- Handwritten note on original container: "MCDC Saratoga 8/88 ; A. Inlets ; B. Shards. Handwritten note on original cassette, side a: "Inlets #3 #4 ; Saratoga Springs 1988". Handwritten note on original cassette, side b: "Shards ; Saratoga Springs #4 1988 ; Rec. REM [Rob E. Miller]".
- Sound quality is mostly good; the dancers' footsteps are audible throughout the recordings and audience applause overlaps the ends of the performances.
- 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: Program announcement (0:00-00:30) -- Inlets 2 [Aug. 25] "Inlets" / [John Cage] (0:45-21:08) -- Audience applause (20:11-20:55) -- [Inlets 2, Aug. 26] "Inlets" / [John Cage] (21:10-42:08) -- Audience applause (41:00-41:48)
- Streaming file 2, side b: Shards [Aug. 26] ["Webwork" / David Tudor] (0:00-25:26) -- Audience applause (25:27-26:21)
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1518
- OCLC
- 933582175
- Title
Inlets 2, and, Shards : performances at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 1988-08-25/26.
- Production
August 25 and 26, 1988.
- Playing Time
004208 002621
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded in performances at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1988 August 25 and 26.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (69 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1518.
- 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 the cassette sides.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Miller, Rob (Robert E.), recording engineer.
Container of (work): Cage, John. Inlets.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Webwork.
Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Music for (work) : Inlets 2 (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Music for (work) : Shards (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1518