Biped: rehearsal, and, performance at Zellerbach Hall, 1999-04-23
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Title
Biped: rehearsal, and, performance at Zellerbach Hall, 1999-04-23
Collection
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Bryars, Gavin (Instrumentalist)
Dempster, Loren (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Woodrow, James (Instrumentalist)
Zellerbach Hall (University of California, Berkeley) (Host)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1999-04-23
Table Of Contents
Biped, rehearsal / Gavin Bryars (Gavin Bryars, James Woodrow , Loren Dempster, and Takehisa Kosugi) (0:00-45:16) -- Biped, premiere performance / Bryars (Bryars, Woodrow , Dempster, and Kosugi) (45:22-1:32:08)
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 937
Subjects
Electronic and cello music
Electronic and guitar music
Modern dance music
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: music by Gavin Bryars.
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Biped (1999).
Content: Title, date and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DA8, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original DA8: "Rehearsal 4-23-99 Take One ; Premier Performance 4-23-99 Take 2".
Performers: [Gavin Bryars, James Woodrow , Loren Dempster, and Takehisa Kosugi], musicians.
Venue: Recorded in rehearsal and performance at Zellerbach Hall in, Berkeley, California, 1999 April 23.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 audio DA8 cassette (92 minutes) : digital, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, eight track, mono
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 952487496
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21006284
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2ed07550-771d-0136-35a7-27644efadd34
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Biped: rehearsal, and, performance at Zellerbach Hall, 1999-04-23" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2ed07550-771d-0136-35a7-27644efadd34
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1999). Biped: rehearsal, and, performance at Zellerbach Hall, 1999-04-23 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2ed07550-771d-0136-35a7-27644efadd34
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Biped: rehearsal, and, performance at Zellerbach Hall, 1999-04-23" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2ed07550-771d-0136-35a7-27644efadd34
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