Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Dempster, Loren
2. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
3. O'Rourke, Jim, 1969-
4. Woodrow, James
5. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
6. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 4 streaming audio files (197 minutes total) : digital, stereo

Uniform title

1. Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Modern dance music
2. Live sound recordings
3. Electronic and cello music
4. Electronic and guitar music

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. Streaming file 1: Biped, Version A / Gavin Bryars (Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster)
2. Streaming file 2: Biped, Version B / Gavin Bryars [(Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster)]
3. Streaming file 3: Biped, Version C / Gavin Bryars [(Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster)]
4. Streaming file 4: Biped, Version D / Gavin Bryars (Gavin Bryars, James Woodrow)

Call number

1. *LTD-A 799

Note

1. Title, date and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers.
2. Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "Version A, Biped ; Gavin Bryars ; from 4-24-99 ; 48.0KHZ ; 45:30 min ; Entire ensemble ; Kosugi - Improv, O'Rourke - Guit[ar], Bryars - Keys, Bass, Dempster (Loren) - Cello".
3. Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 2: "Version B, Biped ; Gavin Bryars ; from 4-24-99 ; 48.0KHZ ; 45:30 min ; Version B ; PB, Cello, Keyboard, Bass".
4. Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 3: "Version C, Biped ; Gavin Bryars ; from 4-24-99 ; 48.0KHZ ; 45:30 min ; Version C ; PB, Keyboard, Bass".
5. Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 4: "Biped, Version D ; Guitar, Bass, PB ; Guitar - James Woodrow ; Keyboard, Bass - Gavin Bryars ; To be used w/ live violin + cello ; Fade before claps".
6. Contains versions of the music for Merce Cunningham's Biped (1999).
7. Sound quality is good; there is brief audience applause at the end of streaming file 4.
8. Donor's inventory numbers: D238 - D240, and, D273.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.

Event (note)

1. Recorded in an unidentified location.

Source (note)

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Author

1. Bryars, Gavin, composer.

Title

1. Biped : recordings of versions. A-D / music by Gavin Bryars.

Production

1. April 24, 1999.

Playing time

1. 004951 004952 005015 004655

Type of content

1. performed music

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audiocassette
2. online resource

Digital file characteristics

1. audio file

Performer

1. Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, and James Woodrow, musicians.

Event

1. Recorded in an unidentified location.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.

Original version

1. Archival originals: (4 audio DAT cassettes (197 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 799.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Local note

1. Transferred from four original DAT cassettes by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Source

1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Bryars, Gavin, instrumentalist.
2. Dempster, Loren, instrumentalist.
3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
4. O'Rourke, Jim, 1969- instrumentalist.
5. Woodrow, James, instrumentalist.
6. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
7. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.

Added title

1. Music for (work) : Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *LTD-A 799