Beach birds, Trackers, and, Inventions: performances in Zurich, 1991-06-22/23
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Title
Beach birds, Trackers, and, Inventions: performances in Zurich, 1991-06-22/23
Collection
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials
Names
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Miller, Rob (Robert E.) (Instrumentalist)
Pugliese, Michael (Instrumentalist)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Instrumentalist)
Miller, Rob (Robert E.) (Recording engineer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo (Composer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1991-06-22 - 1991-06-23
Table Of Contents
Streaming file 1: Inventions [?], performance 1 [Sculptures musicales / Cage] |||| Streaming file 2: Beach Birds, performance 1 [Four³ / John Cage (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor)] |||| Streaming file 3: Trackers [Gravitational sounds / Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (David Tudor)] |||| Streaming file 4: Beach birds, performance 2 [Four³ / Cage (Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, David Tudor)] |||| Streaming file 5: Brief audience applause -- Inventions (short version), performance 2 [Sculptures musicales / Cage]
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 673
Subjects
Aleatory music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Piano music
Sound sculpture
Cage, John. Four⁶
Cage, John. Sculptures musicales
Pimenta, Emanuel Dimas de Melo. Gravitational sounds
Genres
Notes
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 container: "Rec[orded] by R. Miller ; Program: Zurich 3 + 4th Nights ; 1991 June ; Beach Birds, Trackers, Beach Birds, Inventions - short version ; MP, DT, RM, TK ; Comments: Schroeder 2007: 1) Trackers (?) 2) Beach Birds 3) ?? 4) Beach Birds 5) Inventions".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), Trackers (1991), and, Inventions (1989).
Content: Sound quality is fair; the recording volume is low overall and streaming file 2 is nearly inaudible. There is audience applause at the end of streaming files 1, 3-5, and at the beginning of file 5.
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: D026.
Performers: Takehisa Kosugi, Rob Miller, Michael Pugliese, and David Tudor, musicians.
Venue: Recorded in performances in, Zurich, Switzerland, 1991 June [22-23] ; [These performance dates were obtained from the Merce Cunningham Trust].
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 audio DAT cassette (126 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 889340598
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20284057
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 50e4a660-b72e-0133-1221-3c07547a230f
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds, Trackers, and, Inventions: performances in Zurich, 1991-06-22/23" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991 - 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50e4a660-b72e-0133-1221-3c07547a230f
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1991 - 1991). Beach birds, Trackers, and, Inventions: performances in Zurich, 1991-06-22/23 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50e4a660-b72e-0133-1221-3c07547a230f
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds, Trackers, and, Inventions: performances in Zurich, 1991-06-22/23" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50e4a660-b72e-0133-1221-3c07547a230f
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