Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Behrman, David
2. Pugliese, Michael
3. Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
4. City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
5. Merce Cunningham Dance Company
6. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor

Found in

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (84 minutes total) : digital, stereo

Uniform title

1. August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
3. RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Alternative title

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Electronic music
2. Electric violin
3. Percussion music
4. Modern dance music
5. Live sound recordings
6. Vocalises
7. Aleatory music
8. Frame drum music

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.
2. Modern dance music.

Contents

1. Streaming file 1, side a: [August pace] "Peace talks" / [Michael Pugliese] (0:00-47:06) -- Recording silence (47:07-49:40)
2. Streaming file 2, side b: RainForest ["Rainforest no. 1" / David Tudor] (0:00-21:15) -- Audience applause (21:10-21:31) -- Pictures ["Interspecies smalltalk" / David Behrman] (21:32-31:50) -- Audience applause (29:30-31:50) -- Recording silence (31:51-34:08)

Call number

1. *LTC-A 1507

Note

1. Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's RainForest (1968), August pace (1989), and, Pictures (1984).
2. Title, date, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette and container, and audition.
3. Handwritten note on original cassette, side a: "Peace Talks ; CC [City Center] 3/16/90 ; Good Rec, Perf - Great ; MP Dub". Handwritten note on original cassette, side b: "1990 Rainforest - City Center ". Handwritten note on original container: "MP + RM approves for CD ; Pictures!".
4. Sound quality is mostly good; the recording of Peace talks ends abruptly which cuts off the end the performance, the recording of Interspecies smalltalk begins abruptly which cuts off the beginning of the performance, and audience applause overlaps the end of the Interspecies smalltalk performance.

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. RainForest, August pace, and, excerpt of Pictures : performance at City Center, 1990-03-16.

Production

1. March 16, 1990.

Playing time

1. 004940 003408

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

Event

1. Recorded in performance at City Center, New York, New York, 1990 March 16.

Restricted access

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

Original version

1. Archival original: (1 audio cassette (84 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1507.

Linking entry

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

Local note

1. Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 26, 2015; two preservation files were created based on the cassette sides.

Source

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Container of (work): Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk.
2. Container of (work): Pugliese, Michael. Peace talks.
3. Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Rainforest, no. 1.
4. City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)
5. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
6. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.

Added title

1. Music for (work) : August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
2. Music for (work) : Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
3. Music for (work) : RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
4. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.

Research call number

1. *LTC-A 1507