Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Grossman, Kory
2. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018
3. Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
4. Pugliese, Michael
5. Tudor, David, 1926-1996
6. Behrman, David
7. Pugliese, Michael
8. Tudor, David, 1926-1996
9. Cunningham, Merce
10. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
11. Théâtre de la ville (Paris, France)
12. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 3 streaming audio files (84 minutes total) : digital, stereo

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Percussion music
2. Aleatory music
3. Modern dance music
4. Electronic music
5. Electric violin music
6. Computer music
7. Live sound recordings

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. Streaming file 1: Polarity [Virtual focus / Tudor (David Tudor)]
2. Streaming file 2: August Pace [Peace talks / Michael Pugliese (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, Kory Grossman)]
3. Streaming file 3: Pictures [Interspecies smalltalk / David Behrman (Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese)]

Call number

1. *LTD-A 662

Note

1. Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container and the performance program.
2. Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Théâtre de la Ville; 3rd perf[ormance] ; Polarity, Peace Talks, Pix ; Rec[orded] by RM [Rob Miller]".
3. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Polarity (1990), August Pace (1989), and, Pictures (1984).
4. Sound quality is mostly good; the volume level is slightly low overall.
5. Donor's inventory number: D014.

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. Polarity, August pace, and, Pictures : performance at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, 1990-10-02.

Production

1. [October 2], 1990.

Playing time

1. 002632 002642 003043

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, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, Kory Grossman, and David Tudor, musicians.

Event

1. Recorded in performance at Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, France, 1990 [October 2]; [This performance date was obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust].

Restricted access

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

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (84 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 662.

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: D014a - D014c.

Source

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Grossman, Kory, instrumentalist.
2. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, instrumentalist.
3. Miller, Rob (Robert E.), instrumentalist.
4. Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.
5. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
6. Miller, Rob (Robert E.), recording engineer.
7. Container of (work): Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk.
8. Container of (work): Pugliese, Michael. Peace talks.
9. Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Virtual focus.
10. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
11. Théâtre de la ville (Paris, France)
12. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
13. Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. August pace.
14. Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Pictures.
15. Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Polarity.

Added title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *LTD-A 662