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Coefficient: frictional percussion and electronics, 1991-05-17: and, excerpt from German radio program

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Title

Coefficient: frictional percussion and electronics, 1991-05-17: and, excerpt from German radio program

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Bürgerzentrum Alte Feuerwache (Cologne, Germany) (Host)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1991-05-17

Table Of Contents

Streaming file 1 [side 1]: Performance (0:00-29:57) -- Audience applause (29:58-31:25) |||| Streaming file 2 [side 2]: Rehearsal (0:00-22:03) -- Recording silence (26:57-27:53) -- Unidentified German radio program, excerpt (25:02-29:23)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1524

Subjects

Electronic percussion music
Music rehearsals

Genres

Live Sound Recordings
Radio Programs

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: music by David Tudor ;
Content: Title, location and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original container, audition, and information obtained from David Tudor's WWW site.
Content: Handwritten note on original container: "Coefficient Frictional Percussion and Electronics ; A. concert version ; B. rehearsal ; Bürgerzentrum Alte Feuerwache ; Köln ; 17 May 91".
Content: Sound quality is good.
Venue: Recorded in performance at Bürgerzentrum Alte Feuerwache, Cologne, Germany, 1991 May 17.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audio cassette (61 minutes) : analog

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 952486784
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21006280
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5e2f0b30-78a5-0136-a4ba-55b89ad31745

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. "Coefficient: frictional percussion and electronics, 1991-05-17: and, excerpt from German radio program" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e2f0b30-78a5-0136-a4ba-55b89ad31745

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1991). Coefficient: frictional percussion and electronics, 1991-05-17: and, excerpt from German radio program Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e2f0b30-78a5-0136-a4ba-55b89ad31745

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Coefficient: frictional percussion and electronics, 1991-05-17: and, excerpt from German radio program" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e2f0b30-78a5-0136-a4ba-55b89ad31745

Wikipedia citation

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