- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (52 minutes total) : digital, stereo
- Uniform Title
- Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- 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 notes on original DAT cassette and container, and audition.
- Handwritten note on original DAT cassette and container: "Ocean Dubs #4 ; Underwater earthquakes from Wood's Hole Institute, Navistad Dubs, Scrump ; Dub of cassette from Wood's Hole ; Dub of cassette from Navistad ; Dub of cassette from Scrump ; Take 1-2. Underwater quakes ̃ 6:00 ; Take 3. Navistad whale (Low f.) ̃ 2:27 ; Take 4. Whales 1 (Woods Hole) (8:27) L. ̃ 2:30 p ; Take 5. Whales 2 B-10:55 L. ̃ ; Take 6. Whales 3 (rhythmic) ; Take 8. Walrus (Pinging, Metalic) ; Take 9. (Squeeky) ; Take 10-11. Navstad Whales Eq'ed 1:30 ; v. low f (17:25) ; Take 12-13. (Gunshots) Whales 2:00 + other perc. snds (19:00) ; ? Scrump 21:15-28:37 (7:22); ? Typical Whales songs ; ? more of above ; ? Whale screech".
- Sound quality is mostly good; recording volumes are uneven.
- Donor's inventory number: D103.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event (note)
- Dubbed from unidentified original cassettes.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LTD-A 930
- OCLC
- 933596406
- Title
Ocean dubs : source material of "Underwater earthquakes", "Navstad" whales, and, "Scrump" for [Soundings: ocean diary?], no. 4, 1994.
- Production
[probably 1994?].
- Playing Time
005139
- Type of Content
sounds
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Dubbed from unidentified original cassettes.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (52 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 48 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 930.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
- 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
*LTD-A 930