Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
2. Pugliese, Michael
3. Tudor, David, 1926-1996
4. Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
5. Behrman, David
6. Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
7. American Dance Festival
8. Duke University
9. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
10. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (53 minutes total) : digital, stereo

Uniform title

1. Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Aleatory music
2. Computer and violin music
3. Electronic music
4. Modern dance music

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. Streaming file 1: RainForest ["Rainforest no. 1" / David Tudor (Takehisa Kosugi, Tudor)], ends abruptly (0:00-20:46) -- Recording silence (20:47-21:55)
2. Streaming file 2: Begins abruptly, Pictures ["Interspecies smalltalk" / David Behrman (Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese)]

Call number

1. *LTC-A 1269

Note

1. Title, date, performers and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette, audition, information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust, and performance program.
2. Handwritten note on original cassette side a: "Rainforest ; Durham 1988 ; REM". Side b: "Pictures ; Durhman [Durham] ; Rec. by REM".
3. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's RainForest (1968), and, Pictures (1984).
4. Sound quality is mostly good; streaming file 2 begins abruptly.
5. Donor's inventory number: C196.

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. RainForest, and, Pictures : performance at the American Dance Festival at Duke University, 1988-07-23.

Production

1. [July 23], 1988.

Playing time

1. 002155 003031

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, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor, musicians.

Event

1. Recorded in performance as part of the American Dance Festival at the Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1988 [July 23].

Restricted access

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

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio cassette (53 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1269.

Linking entry

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

Local note

1. Transferred from original analog cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides: C196a NEW, and, C196b NEW.

Source

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
2. Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.
3. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
4. Miller, Rob (Robert E.), recording engineer.
5. Container of (work): Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk.
6. Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Rainforest, no. 1.
7. American Dance Festival.
8. Duke University.
9. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
10. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.

Added title

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

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *LTC-A 1269