Streaming file 1, May 2: RainForest [Rainforest no. 1 / David Tudor] (Takehisa Kosugi, Loren Dempster)
Streaming file 2, May 4: Way station [Trilogy / Kosugi] (Takehisa Kosugi) (0:00-32:55)
Streaming file 3, May 5: Theater announcement (0:00-0:26) -- Way station [Trilogy / Kosugi] (Takehisa Kosugi), ends abruptly (0:50-32:46)
Streaming file 4, May 5: Recording silence (0:00-0:49) -- RainForest [Rainforest no. 1 / David Tudor] (Takehisa Kosugi, Paul DeMarinis), ends abruptly (0:50-19:12) -- Recording silence (19:13-22:44)
Call number
*LTD-A 859
Note
Title, dates, locations, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers and cassettes.
Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "MCDC ; Portland - Schnitzer, Berkeley - Zellerbach ; 1. Portland - Rainforest, May 2, 2001, Kosugi, Loren Dempster ; 2. Berkeley - Way Station, May 4, 2001, Kosugi ; 3. Berkeley - Way Station, May 5, 2001, Kosugi". Handwritten note on original DAT cassette no. 2: "Berkeley - Rainforest, May 5, 2001, Kosugi, DeMarinis".
Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's RainForest (1968), and Way station (2001).
Sound quality is mostly good; streaming files 1 and 2 end abruptly, and may cut off the ends of the performances.
Donor's inventory numbers: D277, and, D386.
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.
Title
RainForest, and, Way station : performances in Portland and Berkeley, 2001-05-02/05.
Production
May 2, 4, and 5, 2001.
Playing time
001915 003149 003246 002244
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Takehisa Kosugi, Loren Dempster, and Paul DeMarinis, musicians.
Event
Recorded in performance at the [Arlene] Schnitzer [Concert Hall] in, Portland, Oregon, 2001 May 2.
Recorded in performances at Zellerbach [Hall] in, Berkeley, California, 2001 May 4, and 5.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original version
Archival original: (2 audio DAT cassettes (107 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 859.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
Transferred from two original DAT cassettes by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; four preservation files were created based on content: D277a - D277c, and, d386.