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Pictures, and, Cargo X: performance at the Kennedy Center, 1989-05-03

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Title

Pictures, and, Cargo X: performance at the Kennedy Center, 1989-05-03

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Pugliese, Michael (Instrumentalist)
Miller, Rob (Robert E.) (Recording engineer)
Behrman, David (Composer)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Composer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.) (Host)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1989-05-03

Table Of Contents

Streaming File 1: Pictures [Interspecies smalltalk / David Behrman] |||| Streaming File 2: Cargo X [Spectra / Takehisa Kosugi]

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 650

Subjects

Aleatory music
Computer and violin music
Electric violin
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Vocalises
Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Spectra

Genres

Music
Live Sound Recordings

Notes

Content: Title, location and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT cassette.
Content: Handwritten notes on original DAT cassette: "Pictures / Cargo X ; 5/3.89 ; TK MP ; 41.5K ; Kennedy Center ; Rec[orded by] R[ob] Miller".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Pictures (1984), and Cargo X (1989).
Content: Sound quality is good.
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: D001.
Performers: Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese, musicians.
Venue: Recorded in performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in, Washington, District of Columbia, 1989 May 3.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audio DAT cassette (52 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 884521751
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20249075
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6b660190-b724-0133-163d-3c07547a230f

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

Cite this item

MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Pictures, and, Cargo X: performance at the Kennedy Center, 1989-05-03" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b660190-b724-0133-163d-3c07547a230f

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1989). Pictures, and, Cargo X: performance at the Kennedy Center, 1989-05-03 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b660190-b724-0133-163d-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Pictures, and, Cargo X: performance at the Kennedy Center, 1989-05-03" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b660190-b724-0133-163d-3c07547a230f

Wikipedia citation

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