Available forms I (0:00-8:39) -- From here (9:35-19:44)
Call number
*LT-7-A 2414
Note
Title, date and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on the original reel hub and paper insert.
Handwriten note on original reel hub: "Earle Brown ; Available Forms I ; From Here ; 7.5 ips".
Sound quality is good; there is audience applause following each of the works.
Donor's inventory number: R034.
Accompanying paper insert with handwritten notes: "60 ; Earle Brown ; Available Forms I 1961 9' ; Arthur Weisberg, cond[uctor] ; From Here (1963) world premiere 10' ; Brandeis Univ[ersity] Chamber Chorus ; Alvin Lucier & Earle Brown [Arthur Weisberg is crossed off], cond[uctors] ; 11 Oct. 1963 Town Hall, N.Y.C. ; 7.5 ips [illegible] ; copied on Ampex 351, 30 Dec 1966, Brandeis University by G[ordon] Mumma".
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.
Author
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002, composer.
Title
Available Forms I ; and, From Here, world premiere. / music by Earle Brown.
Production
1963
Playing time
002125
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
[Contemporary Chamber Ensemble] (both works); Arthur Weisberg, conductor (Available Forms I); Brandeis University Chamber Chorus, Earle Brown and Alvin Lucier, conductors (From Here).
Event
Recorded in live performance at The Town Hall in New York, New York, 1963 October 11.
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
Transferred from original open tape reel by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on March 5, 2014.