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Beach birds, and, Enter: performance at Staatsoper Berlin, 1993-08-25

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Beach birds, and, Enter: performance at Staatsoper Berlin, 1993-08-25
Additional title: Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Enter (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Adams, John D. S., 1966- (Recording engineer)
Adams, John D. S., 1966- (Instrumentalist)
Gray, D'Arcy (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Instrumentalist)
Cage, John (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin (Event place)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1993-08-25
Table of Contents
Streaming file 1: Recording silence and audience sounds (0:00-2:24) -- Beach birds, 'Four³' / John Cage (John D.S. Adams, D'Arcy Philip Gray, Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor) (2:25-28:40) -- Audience applause (28:41-30:44) |||| Streaming file 2: Enter, 'Neural network plus' / [Tudor] (Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 719
Topics
Aleatory music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Piano music
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Content: Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container.
Content: Handwritten note on original container: "Studio: Berlin Staatsoper ; Client: MCDC ; Program: Four³ (Beach Birds) J. Cage, Musicians - D.T., T.K., JA, DG, Neural Network Plus (Enter) D. Tudor, Mus. - D.T., T.K. ; Date/Time: Aug. 25, '93 ; Engineer: JDSA ; Source: LIVE".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), and, Enter (1992).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: D097.
Performers: John D.S. Adams, D'Arcy Philip Gray, Takehisa Kosugi, and David Tudor, musicians.
Venue: Recorded in performance at [Deutsche] Staatsoper Berlin in, Berlin, Germany, 1993 August 25.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audio DAT cassette (92 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is fair to mostly good; the recording volume for Beach birds/Four³ is low overall with audible audience sounds and the dancers' feet on the floor. There is audience applause at the end of each recording.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 890321563
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20292747
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4e4409a0-b7be-0133-0713-3c07547a230f
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  • 1993: Created
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds, and, Enter" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/509a2660-b7be-0133-e76e-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds, and, Enter" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/509a2660-b7be-0133-e76e-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1993). Beach birds, and, Enter Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/509a2660-b7be-0133-e76e-3c07547a230f

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