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Biped : rehearsal, and, performance at Zellerbach Hall

Title
  1. Biped : rehearsal, and, performance at Zellerbach Hall, 1999-04-23 / music by Gavin Bryars.
Published by
  1. April 23, 1999.
Author
  1. Bryars, Gavin

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Dempster, Loren
  2. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
  3. Woodrow, James
  4. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  5. Zellerbach Hall (University of California, Berkeley)
  6. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
  1. 1 streaming audio file (92 minutes) : 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. Electronic and cello music
  3. Electronic and guitar music
  4. Live sound recordings
Genre/Form
  1. Live sound recordings.
  2. Modern dance music.
Contents
  1. Biped, rehearsal / Gavin Bryars (Gavin Bryars, James Woodrow , Loren Dempster, and Takehisa Kosugi) (0:00-45:16) -- Biped, premiere performance / Bryars (Bryars, Woodrow , Dempster, and Kosugi) (45:22-1:32:08)
Call number
  1. *LTD-A 937
Note
  1. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Biped (1999).
  2. Title, date and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DA8, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
  3. Handwritten note on original DA8: "Rehearsal 4-23-99 Take One ; Premier Performance 4-23-99 Take 2".
  4. Sound quality is good.
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.
Author
  1. Bryars, Gavin, composer.
Title
  1. Biped : rehearsal, and, performance at Zellerbach Hall, 1999-04-23 / music by Gavin Bryars.
Production
  1. April 23, 1999.
Playing time
  1. 013208
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. [Gavin Bryars, James Woodrow , Loren Dempster, and Takehisa Kosugi], musicians.
Event
  1. Recorded in rehearsal and performance at Zellerbach Hall in, Berkeley, California, 1999 April 23.
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original version
  1. Archival original: (1 audio DA8 cassette (92 minutes) : digital, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, eight track, mono) in *LTD-A 937.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
  1. Transferred from original DA8 cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015.
  2. Original DA8 cassette contains 8 recording streams. The New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts created a composite audio file consisting of all 8 streams based on the GP Records production of Biped © 2001.
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. Woodrow, James, instrumentalist.
  5. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  6. Zellerbach Hall (University of California, Berkeley)
  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 937
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