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Rhapsody: performances of Carousal at the Joyce Theater, 1988-03-26/27

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Title

Rhapsody: performances of Carousal at the Joyce Theater, 1988-03-26/27

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Composer)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Pugliese, Michael (Instrumentalist)
Miller, Rob (Robert E.) (Recording engineer)
Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.) (Event place)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1988-03-27

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1237

Subjects

Aleatory music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Percussion music
Vocalises

Genres

Music
Live Sound Recordings

Notes

Content: Title, dates, performers and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette and containers.
Content: Handwritten note on original cassette, side A: "Carousel [Carousal] 3/26/88 ; Good ***". Handwritten note on original cassette, side B: "Carousel [Carousal] 3/27/88 ; T.K. [Takehisa Kosugi] + M.P. [Michael Pugliese] ; Rec. by RM [Rob Miller]". Handwritten note on original container: "Carousel [Carousal] 2 mixes Joyce 88 ; 3/26 - *** Good tape! 11/27/89".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Carousal (1987).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: C037.
Venue: Recorded in performances at the Joyce Theater, New York, New York, 1988 March 26 and 27.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audio cassette (50 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is mostly good; on streaming file 2, audience applause overlaps the end of the performance and the recording ends abruptly.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 904255819
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20539370
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 12fa0210-b88a-0133-d258-60f81dd2b63c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

Cite this item

MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Rhapsody: performances of Carousal at the Joyce Theater, 1988-03-26/27" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/12fa0210-b88a-0133-d258-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1988). Rhapsody: performances of Carousal at the Joyce Theater, 1988-03-26/27 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/12fa0210-b88a-0133-d258-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Rhapsody: performances of Carousal at the Joyce Theater, 1988-03-26/27" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/12fa0210-b88a-0133-d258-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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