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RainForest, and, Biped : performance at [Théâtre de la Ville] in Paris

Title
RainForest, and, Biped : performance at [Théâtre de la Ville] in Paris, 2001-11-13.
Publication
November 13, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018
  • Riley, Audrey
  • Smith, Dave, 1949-
  • Woodrow, James
  • Bryars, Gavin
  • Tudor, David, 1926-1996.
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
  • Théâtre de la ville (Paris, France)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (117 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title, location, performers and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container.
  • Handwritten note on original DAT container: "11-13-01 Paris ; Rainforest - T. Kosugi, T. Woodrow ; Biped - [Dave] Smith - K[eyboard], [James] Woodrow - G[uitar], Kosugi - V[iolin], A[udrey Riley] - C[larinet?]".
  • Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's RainForest (1968), and, Biped (1999).
  • Sound quality is mostly good; the beginnings and endings of the recordings are abrupt and slightly trimmed. Streaming file 2 is likely an edited version of streaming file 1, containing Biped only.
  • Donor's inventory number: D286.
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: RainForest, ends abruptly [Rainforest / David Tudor] (Takehisa Kosugi, James Woodrow) (0:00-19:09) -- Biped, begins abruptly [Biped / Gavin Bryars] (Takehisa Kosugi, Audrey Riley, Dave Smith, James Woodrow) (19:10-1:04:45) -- Recording silence (1:04:46-1:08:05)
  • Streaming file 2: Biped, begins abruptly [Biped / Gavin Bryars] (Takehisa Kosugi, Audrey Riley, Dave Smith, James Woodrow) (0:00-45:32) -- Recording silence (45:33-48:55)
Call Number
*LTD-A 732
OCLC
891591754
Title
RainForest, and, Biped : performance at [Théâtre de la Ville] in Paris, 2001-11-13.
Production
November 13, 2001.
Playing Time
010805 004855
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Performer
Takehisa Kosugi, Audrey Riley, Dave Smith, James Woodrow, musicians.
Event
Recorded in performance at [Théâtre de la Ville] in, Paris, France 2001 November 13.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio DAT cassette (117 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 48 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo) in *LTD-A 732.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original DAT cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; 2 preservation files were created based on content: D286a, and, D286b.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938-2018, instrumentalist.
Riley, Audrey, instrumentalist.
Smith, Dave, 1949- instrumentalist.
Woodrow, James, instrumentalist.
Container of (work): Bryars, Gavin. Biped.
Container of (work): Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Rainforest, no. 1.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Théâtre de la ville (Paris, France)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. Biped.
Music for (work): Cunningham, Merce. RainForest.
Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTD-A 732
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