RainForest, and, Carousal: performance at the Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, 1988-04-15

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Title

RainForest, and, Carousal: performance at the Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, 1988-04-15

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Palácio das Artes (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) (Host)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1988-04-15

Table Of Contents

Streaming file 1: RainForest ["Rainforest no. 1" / David Tudor] (0:00-21:27) -- Recording silence (21:28-22:13) |||| Streaming file 2: Recording silence (0:00-0:33) -- Carousal "Rhapsody" / [Takehisa Kosugi] (0:34-24:46) -- Audience applause and recording silence (24:47-27:09)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1272

Subjects

Aleatory music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Percussion music
Vocalises
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Rhapsody
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Rainforest, no. 1

Genres

Music
Live Sound Recordings

Notes

Content: Title, date, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original cassette side a: "Rainforest ; Belo Horizonte". Side b: "Rhapsody - Carousal".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's RainForest (1968), and, Carousal (1987).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: C202.
Venue: Recorded in performance at the Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1988 April 15.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audio cassette (49 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is mostly good; recording volume is slightly low overall.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 904455788
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20547413
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 04fb7f20-b8b1-0133-6562-60f81dd2b63c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "RainForest, and, Carousal: performance at the Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, 1988-04-15" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04fb7f20-b8b1-0133-6562-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1988). RainForest, and, Carousal: performance at the Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, 1988-04-15 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04fb7f20-b8b1-0133-6562-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "RainForest, and, Carousal: performance at the Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, 1988-04-15" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04fb7f20-b8b1-0133-6562-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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