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Walkaround Time: Shigeko [Kubota] sings Tristesse, overdub with South American bird recording

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Walkaround Time

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Title
Walkaround Time: Shigeko [Kubota] sings Tristesse, overdub with South American bird recording
Additional title: For nearly an hour. Selections
Additional title: Walkaround time (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Behrman, David (Composer)
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 (Composer)
Kubota, Shigeko, 1937- (Singer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Instrumentalist)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1968 (Questionable)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2425
Topics
Birdsongs -- South America
Cello and piano music, Arranged
Modern dance music
Musique concrète
Genres
Music
Notes
Statement of responsibility: music by David Behrman.
Content: Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on the original container and reel hub.
Content: Handwritten note on front of original case: "WAT Shigeko overdub to David Tudor's South American Birded Chopin". Handwritten note on back of original case: "Walk Around Time - Behrman". Handwritten note on original reel hub: "Shige[ko] with S. American Chopin w. birds & violin ; heads, 7 1/2 IPS mono, full track".
Content: Contains a section of music for Merce Cunningham's Walkaround time (1968). Shigeko [Kubota] sings Frédéric Chopin's Tristesse, played in a piano and cello arrangement by David Tudor, with a simultaneous recording of South American bird songs.
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: R077.
Performers: Shigeko Kobuta, singer; David Tudor, piano.
Venue: Date and recording location unidentified.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (4 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 5 in. rewound onto an archival 7 in. reel
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 881293101
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20218387
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3ff18fe0-b3fd-0133-b179-3c07547a230f
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  • 1968: Created
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Walkaround Time" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1968. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41b106c0-b3fd-0133-2a78-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Walkaround Time" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41b106c0-b3fd-0133-2a78-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1968). Walkaround Time Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41b106c0-b3fd-0133-2a78-3c07547a230f

Wikipedia Citation

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Walkaround Time