Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Enter (1992); two recordings of the same performance with one using the "dummy head recording" method.
Title, location, performers and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten and typed notes on original DAT cassettes and containers.
Handwritten note on original DAT cassette *LTD-A 615: "Paris Opera Nov. 92 ; Enter - "Dummy HEAD"". Handwritten note on original container: "Studio: Paris Opera Garnier ; Client: MCDC ; Program: Neural Network Plus (ENTER) D. Tudor, T. Kosugi ; Date/Time: Nov-92 ; Engineer: JDSA ; Source: LIVE ; Comments: Recorded using Awai in-the-ear mics. Using the head of John DS Adams. Quite noisy. Listen with headphones".
Handwritten note on original DAT cassette *LTD-A 928: "D. Tudor - Neural Network Plus ; Paris Opera ; Nov. 20 '92". Typed note on original container: "David Tudor - Neural Network Plus ; Paris Opera ; Nov. 20 '92 ; music for the Cunningham dance 'Enter' ; Performed by David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi ; Recorded at the Opera de Paris Garnier on Nov. 20, 1992 by John D.S. Adams ; Duration: 60 minutes".
Sound quality for streaming file 1 is mostly good; there is a faint "hiss" throughout, and audience applause at the end of the recording. Sound quality for streaming file 2 is good; there is audience applause at the end of the recording.
Donor's inventory numbers: D067, and, D345.
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.
Author
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, composer.
Title
Neural Network Plus : performance of Enter at the Paris Opera Garnier, 1992-11-20 / music by David Tudor.
Production
November 20, 1992.
Playing time
010205 010951
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, musicians.
Event
Recorded in performance at the Paris Opera Garnier [Opéra de Paris] in, Paris, France 1992 November 20.
Original version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (62 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 48 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 615.
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (70 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 48 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 928.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
Transferred from original digital audio tape, *LTD-A 615, by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on February 5, 2014.
Transferred from original digital audio tape, *LTD-A 928, by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.