Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Benincasa, Rex
2. Crafton, Randy
3. Grossman, Kory
4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996
5. Pugliese, Michael
6. Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo
7. City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
8. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
9. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (70 minutes total) : digital, stereo

Uniform title

1. Touchbase (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Trackers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Waterphone music
2. Modern dance music
3. Frame drum music
4. Live sound recordings
5. Electronic music
6. Vocalises

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. Streaming file 1: Recording silence (0:00-6:39) -- [Touchbase "Icebreeze" / Michael Pugliese (Rex Benincasa, Randy Crafton, Kory Grossman)] (6:40-33:42)
2. Streaming file 2: Recording silence (0:00-1:43) -- [Trackers "Gravitational sounds" / Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (David Tudor)] (1:44-34:30)

Call number

1. *LTD-A 907 no. 1

Note

1. Title, date, location and performers provided by cataloger based on audition, collection context and original performance program.
2. Sticker on original DAT container: "2". The "2" likely indicates the second performance from the series of Merce Cunningham Dance Company performances at City Center, March 9-21, 1993.
3. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Touchbase (1993), and, Trackers (1991).
4. Sound quality is mostly good; streaming file 1 is recorded at a slightly low volume.
5. Donor's inventory number: D333.

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. Touchbase, and, Trackers : performance at City Center, 1993-03-10.

Production

1. [March 10, 1993].

Playing time

1. 003424 003524

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. Rex Benincasa, Randy Crafton, Kory Grossman, and David Tudor, musicians.

Event

1. Recorded in performance at City Center, New York, New York, [1993 March 10].

Restricted access

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

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (70 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 907.

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; two preservation files were created based on content: D333a, and, D333b.

Source

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Benincasa, Rex, instrumentalist.
2. Crafton, Randy, instrumentalist.
3. Grossman, Kory, instrumentalist.
4. Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
5. Container of (work): Pugliese, Michael. Icebreeze.
6. Container of (work): Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo. Gravitational sounds.
7. City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
8. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
9. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.

Added title

1. Music for (work) : Touchbase (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Music for (work) : Trackers (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
3. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *LTD-A 907 no. 1