Research Catalog

Beach birds, Doubletoss, and, Breakers : performances at the Maison de la danse de Lyon, France

Title
  1. Beach birds, Doubletoss, and, Breakers : performances at the Maison de la danse de Lyon, France, 1994-11-21/22.
Published by
  1. November 21 and 22, 1994.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Adams, John D. S., 1966-
  2. Gray, D'Arcy
  3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018
  4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996
  5. Cage, John
  6. Driscoll, John, 1947-
  7. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018.
  8. Cunningham, Merce
  9. Maison de la danse de Lyon
  10. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  11. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
  1. 3 streaming audio files (165 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Alternative title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
  1. Aleatory music
  2. Piano and electronic music
  3. Modern dance music
  4. Electronic music
  5. Live sound recordings
Genre/Form
  1. Live sound recordings.
Contents
  1. Streaming file 1, Nov. 21: Pre-performance announcement [in French] and silence (0:00-4:04) -- Beach birds "Four³" / [John Cage] (David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi, John D. S. Adams, D'Arcy Gray) (4:03-30:30) -- Audience applause (30:31-32:30)
  2. Streaming file 2, Nov. 21: Doubletoss "Transfigurations" / [Kosugi] (Takehisa Kosugi) (0:00-30:30) -- Audience applause (30:31-32:16)
  3. 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
  1. *LTD-A 730
Note
  1. Title, dates, performers and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers and cassettes, and audition.
  2. 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.
  3. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), Breakers (1994), and Doubletoss (1993).
  4. 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.
  5. Donor's inventory numbers: D129, and, D158.
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. Beach birds, Doubletoss, and, Breakers : performances at the Maison de la danse de Lyon, France, 1994-11-21/22.
Production
  1. November 21 and 22, 1994.
Playing time
  1. 003230 003216 014001
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, John D. S. Adams, D'Arcy Gray, and David Tudor, musicians.
Event
  1. Recorded in performance at the Maison de la danse de Lyon, Lyon, France, 1994 November 21 and 22.
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original version
  1. 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
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
  1. Transferred from two original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; three preservation files were created based on content: D129a, D129b, and, D158.
Source
  1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Adams, John D. S., 1966- instrumentalist.
  2. Gray, D'Arcy, instrumentalist.
  3. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, instrumentalist.
  4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
  5. Container of (work): Cage, John. Four³.
  6. Container of (work): Driscoll, John, 1947- Cybermesa.
  7. Container of (work): Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018. Transfigurations.
  8. Maison de la danse de Lyon.
  9. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  10. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
  11. Music for (work) : Cunningham, Merce. Beach birds.
  12. Music for (work) : Cunningham, Merce. Doubletoss.
  13. Music for (work) : Cunningham, Merce. Breakers.
Added title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research call number
  1. *LTD-A 730
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