Mixed signals: sample tracks

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Title

Mixed signals: sample tracks

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Pugliese, Michael (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1992-03-14

Table Of Contents

Streaming file 1: Track 1: 1/2 speed, backward (0:00-33:35) -- Track 2: Hi speed, forward, unpanned (33:50-1:03:25) -- Track 2: Normal, backward, not panned (1:03:40-1:37:13) |||| Streaming file 2: Track 2: 1/2 speed forward, not panned (0:00-34:15) -- Track 2: 1/2 speed backward not panned (34:29-1:08:11) -- Track 3: Normal speed, forward (1:08:28-1:42:30) |||| Streaming file 3: Track 1: Normal speed, forward (0:00-34:36) -- Track 1: Normal speed, backward (34:53-1:08:53) -- Track 1: 1/2 speed, forward (1:09:11-1:42:15) |||| Streaming file 4: Track 3: Normal speed, backward (0:00-34:22) -- Track 3: 1/2 speed, forward (34:33-1:08:20) -- Track 3: 1/2 speed, backward (1:08:33-1:41:43) |||| Streaming file 5: Track 4: Normal speed, forward (0:00-34:38) -- Track 4: Normal speed, backward (34:50-1:08:26) -- Track 4: 1/2 speed, forward (1:08:38-1:42:15)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 691

Subjects

Electronic music
Mbira music
Modern dance music
Musique concrète

Genres

Music

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: music by Michael Pugliese.
Content: Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container and the performance programs.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT no. 1 container: "Program: Loosestrife ; Cassette back-ups ; Tracks 1, 2 ; Client: Cunningham Dance Company ; Date: March 14, 1992 ; Source: cassette ; Comments: Track 1: 1/2 speed, backward ; Track 2: Hi Speed, Forward, unpanned ; Track 2: Normal, Backward, not panned". Handwritten note on original DAT no. 2 container: "Program: Loosestrife ; Cassette back-ups ; Tracks 2, 3 ; Client: Cunningham Dance Company ; Date: March 14, 1992 ; Source: cassette ; Comments: Track 2: 1/2 speed forward, not panned ; Track 2: 1/2 Speed backward not panned ; Track 3: Normal speed, Forward". Handwritten note on original DAT no. 3 container: "Program: Loosestrife ; Cassette back-ups ; Tracks 1 ; Client: Cunningham Dance Company ; Date: March 14, 1992 ; Source: cassette ; Comments: Track 1: Normal speed, Forward ; Track 1: Normal speed, Backward ; Track 1: 1/2 speed, Forward ; [Track 1: 1/2 speed, backward / crossed out]". Handwritten note on original DAT no. 4 container: "Program: Loosestrife - "Mixed Signals" ; Cassette back-ups ; Track 3 (Panned) ; Client: Cunningham Dance Company ; Date: March 14, 1992 ; Source: cassette tape ; Comments: Track 3: Normal speed, backward ; Track 3: 1/2 speed, forward ; Track 3: 1/2 speed, backward". Handwritten note on original DAT no. 5 container: "Program: Loosestrife - "Mixed Signals" ; Cassette back-ups ; Track 4 ; Client: Cunningham Dance Company ; Date: March 14, 1992 ; Source: cassette tape ; Comments: Track 4: Normal speed, forward ; Track 4: Normal speed, backward ; Track 4: 1/2 speed, forward".
Content: Contains excerpts of the music for Merce Cunningham's Loosestrife (1991).
Numbering: Donor's inventory numbers: D045-D049.
Original Location: Stickers affixed to all original DATs: "1:1 Safety Copy".
Venue: Recorded in an unidentified location, 1992 March 14.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 5 audio DAT cassettes (520 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 885338278
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20255612
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4cbd3e40-b72d-0133-d154-3c07547a230f

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. "Mixed signals: sample tracks" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1992. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4cbd3e40-b72d-0133-d154-3c07547a230f

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1992). Mixed signals: sample tracks Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4cbd3e40-b72d-0133-d154-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Mixed signals: sample tracks" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4cbd3e40-b72d-0133-d154-3c07547a230f

Wikipedia citation

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