Research Catalog

Concert at Town Hall

Title
  1. Concert at Town Hall, 1963-10-11.
Published by
  1. October 11, 1963.
  2. December 30, 1966.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Brown, Earle, 1926-2002.
  2. Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987.
  3. Brown, Earle, 1926-2002
  4. Lucier, Alvin
  5. Weisberg, Arthur
  6. Brandeis University. Chamber Chorus, perfomer
  7. Town Hall Orchestra, performer
  8. Town Hall (New York, New York)
  9. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
  1. 1 streaming audio file (30 minutes) : digital, stereo
Alternative title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
  2. For Franz Kline
  3. Straits of Magellan
  4. Swallows of Salangan
Subject
  1. Aleatory music
  2. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble
  3. Vocalises with instrumental ensemble
  4. Instrumental ensembles
  5. Piano with instrumental ensemble
  6. Live sound recordings
Genre/Form
  1. Aleatory music.
  2. Live sound recordings.
Contents
  1. December 1952 / Earle Brown (Town Hall Orchestra, Earle Brown) (0:00-4:53) -- Straits of Magellan / Morton Feldman (Town Hall Orchestra, Arthur Weisberg) (5:32-14:02) -- For Franz Kline / Morton Feldman (Town Hall Orchestra, Arthur Weisberg) (14:38-21:50) -- Swallows of Salangan / Morton Feldman (Brandeis Chamber Chorus, Alvin Lucier) (22:56-29:05)
Call number
  1. *LT-7-A 2450
Note
  1. Title, dates, locations, performers, and conductors provided by cataloger based on handwritten note taped to the original reel hub, handwritten paper insert, and audition.
  2. Handwritten note taped to original reel hub: "Feldman = Straits of Magellan, Franz Kline, Swallows ; Brown = Dec 1952 ; Town Hall Concert 11Oct1963 ; 7.5ips [illegible]".
  3. Contains a dub of recordings from a Town Hall Concert copied by Gordon Mumma.
  4. Handwritten paper insert: "Oct. 11, 1963 ; Morton Feldman ; The Straits of Magellan, Town Hall Orch, NYC Arthur Weisberg, cond. ; For Franz Kline 8.5' ; Swallows of Salangan 8' Brandeis Chamber Chorus, Alvin Lucier, cond. ; 7.5 ips (2 track stereo?) ; copied on Ampex 351, 30XII1966, Brandeis Univ., by Gordon Mumma ; Earle Brown ; December 1952 6.5' Earle Brown, cond.".
  5. Sound quality is mostly good; there are occasional background audience sounds, and applause follows each work.
  6. Donor's inventory number: R109.
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. Concert at Town Hall, 1963-10-11.
Production
  1. October 11, 1963.
Manufacturer
  1. December 30, 1966.
Playing time
  1. 002947
Type of content
  1. performed music
Type of medium
  1. audio
Type of carrier
  1. audiotape reel
  2. online resource
Digital file characteristics
  1. audio file
Performer
  1. Town Hall Orchestra, performing group, and, Brandeis Chamber Chorus, performing group; Earle Brown, Arthur Weisberg, and Alvin Lucier, conductors.
Event
  1. Recorded in performance in New York, New York, 1963 October 11.
  2. Dubbed at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts 1966 December 30.
Original version
  1. Archival original: (1 audiotape reel (30 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2450.
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local note
  1. Transferred from original open tape reel by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on February 25, 2015.
Source
  1. Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Container of (work): Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Folio, no. 1. December 1952.
  2. Container of (work): Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. For Franz Kline.
  3. Container of (work): Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. Straits of Magellan.
  4. Container of (work): Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. Swallows of Salangan.
  5. Brown, Earle, 1926-2002, conductor.
  6. Lucier, Alvin, conductor.
  7. Weisberg, Arthur, conductor.
  8. Brandeis University. Chamber Chorus, perfomer.
  9. Town Hall Orchestra, performer.
  10. Town Hall (New York, New York)
  11. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added title
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
  2. For Franz Kline
  3. Straits of Magellan
  4. Swallows of Salangan
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research call number
  1. *LT-7-A 2450
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