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Ocean: performance in Nigata, Japan, 1998-10-31

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Ocean

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Title
Ocean: performance in Nigata, Japan, 1998-10-31
Additional title: Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Dempster, Stuart (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
O'Rourke, Jim, 1969- (Instrumentalist)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Culver, Andrew, 1953- (Composer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1998-10-31
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 797
Topics
Aleatory music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Musique concrète
Orchestral music
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Soundings: ocean diary
Culver, Andrew, 1953- Ocean 1-95
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Ocean (1994) that consists of the simultaneous playing of orchestral music, Ocean 1-95 by Andrew Culver, and live electronic music, Sounding: ocean diary by David Tudor. The compositional structure of Ocean 1-95 was originally created by John Cage and, after Cage's death, completed by Andrew Culver using Cage's ideas.
Content: Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Ocean ; 10-31-98 ; Nigata, Japan ; O'Rourke, Kosugi, +Dempster (on motor control)".
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: D233.
Venue: Recorded in performance in, Nigata, Japan, 1998 October 31.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audio DAT cassette (91 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is good; there is brief audience applause at the end of the recording.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 894374492
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20334580
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0b7a2e50-b7da-0133-3fe2-3c07547a230f
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MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Ocean" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1998. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0dcd2550-b7da-0133-e0eb-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Ocean" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0dcd2550-b7da-0133-e0eb-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1998). Ocean Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0dcd2550-b7da-0133-e0eb-3c07547a230f

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Ocean