Summerspace, and, Biped: performances in Paris, 1999-11-09/10
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Title
Summerspace, and, Biped: performances in Paris, 1999-11-09/10
Collection
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Bryars, Gavin (Instrumentalist)
Dempster, Loren (Instrumentalist)
Gottlieb, Jay (Instrumentalist)
Hoogewerf, Wim (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Lively, David, 1953- (Instrumentalist)
Woodrow, James (Instrumentalist)
Bryars, Gavin (Composer)
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987 (Composer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1999-11-10
Table Of Contents
Streaming file 1, Nov. 9: [Summerspace] Ixion / [Morton Feldman] (Jay Gottlieb, David Lively) (0:00-20:01) -- Audience applause (20:02-20:30) |||| Streaming file 2, Nov. 9: [Biped] Biped / [Gavin Bryars] (Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, Wim Hoogewerf, Takehisa Kosugi) (0:00-46:12) -- Audience applause and recording silence (46:13-48:04) |||| Streaming file 3, Nov. 10: [Summerspace] Ixion / [Morton Feldman] (Jay Gottlieb, David Lively) (0:00-21:13) -- Audience applause (21:14-21:35) |||| Streaming file 4, Nov. 10: [Biped] Biped / [Gavin Bryars] (Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, James Woodrow, Takehisa Kosugi) (0:00-47:35) -- Audience applause and recording silence (47:36-50:44)
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 800
Subjects
Electronic and cello music
Electronic and guitar music
Electronic and violin music
Modern dance music
Piano music (4 hands)
Bryars, Gavin. Biped
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. Ixion
Genres
Notes
Content: Title, dates, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "Paris 11-9-99, Ixion + Biped ; Ixion - Jay Gottlieb, David Lively ; Biped - Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, Wim Hoogewerf, Takehisa Kosugi". Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 2: "Paris 11-10-99, Ixion + Biped ; Ixion - Jay Gottlieb, David Lively ; Biped - Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, James Woodrow, Takehisa Kosugi".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Summerspace (1958), and, Biped (1999).
Numbering: Donor's inventory numbers: D241, and, D242.
Performers: Jay Gottlieb, David Lively, musicians (Summerspace/Ixion) ; Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, Wim Hoogewerf, Takehisa Kosugi, James Woodrow, musicians (Biped).
Venue: Recorded in performance in, Paris, France, 1999 November 9 and 10.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 audio DAT cassettes (141 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is mostly good; audience sounds are occasionally audible throughout the recordings.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 894375534
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20334585
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6c4097d0-b7da-0133-f999-3c07547a230f
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Summerspace, and, Biped: performances in Paris, 1999-11-09/10" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c4097d0-b7da-0133-f999-3c07547a230f
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1999). Summerspace, and, Biped: performances in Paris, 1999-11-09/10 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c4097d0-b7da-0133-f999-3c07547a230f
Chicago/Turabian Format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Summerspace, and, Biped: performances in Paris, 1999-11-09/10" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c4097d0-b7da-0133-f999-3c07547a230f
Wikipedia citation
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