Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Adams, John D. S., 1966-
2. King, John, 1953 November 28-
3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
4. Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo
5. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
6. American Dance Festival
7. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 3 streaming audio files (96 minutes total) : digital, stereo

Uniform title

1. CRWDSPCR (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Doubletoss (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
3. Trackers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Resonator guitar music
2. Electronic and guitar music
3. Electronic music
4. Modern dance music

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. Streaming file 1: Doubletoss [Transfigurations / Kosugi] (Takehisa Kosugi), ends abruptly
2. Streaming file 2: CRWDSPCR [blues '99 / John King] (John King, Takehisa Kosugi, John D.S. Adams), begins abruptly
3. Streaming file 3: Trackers [Gravitational sounds / Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta] (John D.S. Adams)

Call number

1. *LTD-A 817

Note

1. Title, location, performers and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container.
2. Handwritten note on original container: "Studio: Page Auditorium, Durham, N.C., American Dance Festival ; Client: MCDC ; Program: Doubletoss (T.K.), "blues '99" CRWDSPCR (JK, TK, JA), Trackers (JA) ; Date/Time: July 16, '93 ; Engineer: JDSA ; Source: LIVE ; Comments: -Dimmer hum in Doubletoss ; -No ambient element @ beginning of CRWD SPACER. TK, JK [JA] timing off ; -Tracker: Short loud feedback sound".
3. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Doubletoss (1993), CRWDSPCR (1993), and Trackers (1991).
4. Sound quality is mostly good; the recording volumes are slightly low in streaming files 1 and 3.
5. Donor's inventory number: D331.

Access (note)

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

Source (note)

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation

Linking entry (note)

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

Title

1. Doubletoss, CRWDSPCR, and, Trackers : performance at the American Dance Festival, 1993-07-16.

Production

1. July 16, 1993.

Playing time

1. 003254 002932 003243

Type of content

1. performed music

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. audiotape reel
2. online resource

Digital file characteristics

1. audio file

Performer

1. John D.S. Adams, John King, and Takehisa Kosugi, musicians.

Event

1. Recorded in performance at the Page Auditorium at the American Dance Festival in, Durham, North Carolina, 1993 July 16.

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (96 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 48 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 817.

Restricted access

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

Linking entry

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

Local note

1. Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; three preservation files were created based on content: D331a - D331c.

Source

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Adams, John D. S., 1966- recording engineer.
2. Adams, John D. S., 1966- instrumentalist.
3. King, John, 1953 November 28- instrumentalist.
4. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
5. Container of (work): King, John, 1953 November 28- blues '99.
6. Container of (work): Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Transfigurations.
7. Container of (work): Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo. Gravitational sounds.
8. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
9. American Dance Festival.
10. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.

Added title

1. Music for (work) : CRWDSPCR (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Music for (work) : Doubletoss (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
3. Music for (work) : Trackers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
4. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *LTD-A 817