Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-
2. Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
3. Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
4. City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
5. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
6. University of Texas at Austin
7. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (63 minutes total) : digital, stereo

Uniform title

1. Cargo X (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Percussion music
2. Live sound recordings
3. Modern dance music
4. Electronic music
5. Vocalises
6. Aleatory music

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. Streaming file 1, [Jan. 27 and 28]: Cargo X ["Spectra" / Takehisa Kosugi (Kosgui)] (0:00-21:00) -- [RainForest "Rainforest no. 1" / David Tudor (Tudor, Kosugi)] (21:03-41:25)
2. Streaming file 2, [Mar. 1?]: Cargo X ["Spectra" / Takehisa Kosugi (Kosugi)] (0:00-20:32) -- Audience applause (20:33-22:15)

Call number

1. *LTC-A 1231

Note

1. Title, dates, performers and locations provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette and container, performance programs, and audition.
2. Handwritten note on original cassette, side A: "Cargo X - Austin Texas premiere, 20 min.". Handwritten note on original cassette, side B: "Cargo X, City Center 1989". Handwritten note on original cassette container: "Recorded by RM [Rob Miller]".
3. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Cargo X (1989), and, RainForest (1968).
4. Sound quality is good.
5. Donor's inventory number: C031.

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. Cargo X, and, RainForest : performances at the University of Texas at Austin, and, at City Center, 1989-01-27/28 and 1989-03.

Production

1. [January 27 and 28], 1989.
2. [March 1?], 1989.

Playing time

1. 004125 002215

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, David Tudor, musicians.

Event

1. Recorded in performances at University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1989 [January 27 and 28].
2. Recorded in performance at City Center, New York, New York, 1989 [March 1?].

Restricted access

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

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio cassette (63 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1231.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Local note

1. Transferred from original analog cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides: C031a, and, C031b.

Source

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- instrumentalist.
2. Miller, Rob (Robert E.), recording engineer.
3. Container of (work): Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Spectra.
4. Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Rainforest, no. 1.
5. City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
6. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
7. University of Texas at Austin.
8. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.

Added title

1. Music for (work) : Cargo X (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Music for (work) : RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
3. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *LTC-A 1231