Streaming file 3, Nov. 22: [Beach birds "Four³" / John Cage (David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, John D. S. Adams, D'Arcy Gray)] 0:00-29:40 -- [Doubletoss "Transfigurations" / Kosugi (Takehisa Kosugi)] (31:28-1:01:57) -- [Breakers "Cybermesa" / John Driscoll (Takehisa Kosugi, D'Arcy Gray)] (1:03:09-1:32:10) -- Recording silence (1:32:11-1:40:01)
Call number
*LTD-A 730
Note
Title, dates, performers and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers and cassettes, and audition.
Handwritten note on original DAT container and cassette no. 1: "Lyon, Maison de la dance [danse] #1 ; Nov. 21 '94 ; Four³ (Beach birds) DT, TK, JA, DG ; Transfigurations (Doubletoss) TK ; Cyber Mesa (Breakers) TK, DG". Handwritten note on original DAT cassette no. 2: "Lyon, Maison de la dance [danse] ; BB, DT, BRKRS ; Nov. 22 '94". Although indicated as such on container no. 1, the November 21st performance of Cybermesa (Breakers) was not recorded.
Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), Breakers (1994), and Doubletoss (1993).
Sound quality is mostly good; sounds of the dancers' feet and the audience are audible throughout both recordings of Four³, the Nov. 22nd recording of Four³ is at a very low volume, and there is audience applause during the final minute of Cybermesa.
Donor's inventory numbers: D129, and, D158.
Access (note)
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Source (note)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Title
Beach birds, Doubletoss, and, Breakers : performances at the Maison de la danse de Lyon, France, 1994-11-21/22.
Production
November 21 and 22, 1994.
Playing time
003230 003216 014001
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Takehisa Kosugi, John D. S. Adams, D'Arcy Gray, and David Tudor, musicians.
Event
Recorded in performance at the Maison de la danse de Lyon, Lyon, France, 1994 November 21 and 22.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original version
Archival originals: (2 audio DAT cassettes (165 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 730.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
Transferred from two original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; three preservation files were created based on content: D129a, D129b, and, D158.