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Polarity, August pace, and, Pictures : performance in Toronto

Title
Polarity, August pace, and, Pictures : performance in Toronto, 1990-12-8.
Publication
[December 8, 1990?].

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Grossman, Kory
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018
  • Miller, Rob (Robert E.)
  • Pugliese, Michael
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996
  • Behrman, David
  • Pugliese, Michael
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  • Harbourfront Centre
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
4 streaming audio files (110 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT container and the performance program.
  • Handwritten note on original DAT cassette: "Toronto 4th perf[ormance]". Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Toronto #4 JAN ; Polar[ity] ; Aug[ust Pace] ; Pix [Pictures] ; NG for CD". Handwritten note on paper insert: "Polarity; Aug Pace ; Toronto ; [3rd - crossed out] + 4th perf[ormance]".
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Polarity (1990), August Pace (1989), and, Pictures (1984).
  • Sound quality is mostly good; the volume level is low in streaming file 1, there is audience applause at the end of streaming files 2 and 4, and streaming file 3 ends abruptly.
  • Donor's inventory number: D017.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Contents
  • Streaming file 1: Polarity [Virtual focus / Tudor (David Tudor)] (0:00-30:47)
  • Streaming file 2: August pace, performance 1 [Peace talks / Michael Pugliese (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, Kory Grossman)]
  • Streaming file 3: Pictures [Interspecies smalltalk / David Behrman (Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese)]
  • Streaming file 4: August pace, performance 2 [Peace talks / Michael Pugliese (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, Kory Grossman)]
Call Number
*LTD-A 665
OCLC
884522412
Title
Polarity, August pace, and, Pictures : performance in Toronto, 1990-12-8.
Production
[December 8, 1990?].
Playing Time
002543 002604 003104 002709
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, Kory Grossman, and David Tudor, musicians.
Event
Recorded in performance at the Premiere Dance Theatre in, Toronto, Ontario, 1990 [December 8]; [This performance date was obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust; the handwritten note on the DAT container gives the date as January, however based on evidence in the performance programs, this is likely an error].
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (110 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 665.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; four preservation files were created based on content: D017a - D017d.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Grossman, Kory, instrumentalist.
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, instrumentalist.
Miller, Rob (Robert E.), instrumentalist.
Pugliese, Michael, instrumentalist.
Tudor, David, 1926-1996, instrumentalist.
Container of (work): Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk.
Container of (work): Pugliese, Michael. Peace talks.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Virtual focus.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Harbourfront Centre.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. August pace.
Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Pictures.
Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Polarity.
Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTD-A 665
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