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20th century romantic music: four contemporary suites

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
20th century romantic music: four contemporary suites
Additional title: Pool of darkness (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Sultan, Grete (Instrumentalist)
Cage, John (Composer)
Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951 (Composer)
Tucker, Tui St. George, 1924-2004 (Composer)
Weber, Ben, 1916-1979 (Composer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1980 - 1989 (Questionable)
Table of Contents
Streaming file 1: Five piano pieces, opus 23 / Arnold Schoenberg (0:00-13:53) -- Episodes / Ben Weber (14:02-28:45) -- Recording silence (28:46-31:29) |||| Streaming file 2: Perilous night / John Cage (0:00-13:37) -- Notes from the blue mountains / Tui St. George Tucker (13:56-43:30)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1288
Topics
Modern dance music
Piano music
Prepared piano music
Cage, John. Perilous night
Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Stücke, piano, op. 23
Tucker, Tui St. George, 1924-2004. Works. Selections
Weber, Ben, 1916-1979. Episodes
Genres
Music
Notes
Content: Title and performer provided by cataloger based on typed label and note on original cassette and container.
Content: Typed label on original cassette, side a: "Grete Sultan, pianist ; 20th century romantic music : 4 contemporary suites ; 1. Five piano pieces, opus 23 by Arnold Schoenberg ; 2. Episodes by Ben Weber". Typed label on original cassette, side b: "Grete Sultan, pianist ; 3. Perilous night by John Cage ; 4. Notes from the blue mountains (Romanza, Moon & Pine sonata, Passacaglia for white Sunday, On a mountain road at summer's end) by Tui St. George Tucker". Typed note on original cassette container: "Grete Sultan, pianist ; A.2. - "Episodes by Ben Weber"; piano reduction of Ben Weber's orchestral work "Ballet" for Merce Cunningham's Pool of darkness."
Content: Contains Episodes by Ben Weber, the music for Merce Cunningham's Pool of darkness (1950).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: C193.
Performers: Grete Sultan, pianist.
Venue: Recorded in an unidentified location.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audio cassette (76 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is mostly good; overall recorded at low volumes.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 906061926
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20591817
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bcbfb870-b8b4-0133-cf42-60f81dd2b63c
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  • 1980: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "20th century romantic music" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980 - 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0d86490-b8b4-0133-62dc-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "20th century romantic music" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0d86490-b8b4-0133-62dc-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1980 - 1989). 20th century romantic music Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0d86490-b8b4-0133-62dc-60f81dd2b63c

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20th century romantic music