RainForest, and, Way station: performances in Portland and Berkeley, 2001-05-02/05

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Title
RainForest, and, Way station: performances in Portland and Berkeley, 2001-05-02/05
Additional title: RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Way station (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
DeMarinis, Paul (Instrumentalist)
Dempster, Loren (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (Portland, Oregon) (Host)
Cal Performances (Organization) (Host)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2001-05-02
Date Created: 2001-05-04
Date Created: 2001-05-05
Table of Contents
Streaming file 1, May 2: RainForest [Rainforest no. 1 / David Tudor] (Takehisa Kosugi, Loren Dempster) |||| Streaming file 2, May 4: Way station [Trilogy / Kosugi] (Takehisa Kosugi) (0:00-32:55) |||| Streaming file 3, May 5: Theater announcement (0:00-0:26) -- Way station [Trilogy / Kosugi] (Takehisa Kosugi), ends abruptly (0:50-32:46) |||| Streaming file 4, May 5: Recording silence (0:00-0:49) -- RainForest [Rainforest no. 1 / David Tudor] (Takehisa Kosugi, Paul DeMarinis), ends abruptly (0:50-19:12) -- Recording silence (19:13-22:44)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 859
Topics
Aleatory music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Trilogy
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Rainforest, no. 1
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Content: Title, dates, locations, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers and cassettes.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "MCDC ; Portland - Schnitzer, Berkeley - Zellerbach ; 1. Portland - Rainforest, May 2, 2001, Kosugi, Loren Dempster ; 2. Berkeley - Way Station, May 4, 2001, Kosugi ; 3. Berkeley - Way Station, May 5, 2001, Kosugi". Handwritten note on original DAT cassette no. 2: "Berkeley - Rainforest, May 5, 2001, Kosugi, DeMarinis".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's RainForest (1968), and Way station (2001).
Numbering: Donor's inventory numbers: D277, and, D386.
Performers: Takehisa Kosugi, Loren Dempster, and Paul DeMarinis, musicians.
Venue: Recorded in performance at the [Arlene] Schnitzer [Concert Hall] in, Portland, Oregon, 2001 May 2.
Venue: Recorded in performances at Zellerbach [Hall] in, Berkeley, California, 2001 May 4, and 5.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 2 audio DAT cassettes (107 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is mostly good; streaming files 1 and 2 end abruptly, and may cut off the ends of the performances.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 897068695
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20488514
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6ef94af0-b7ed-0133-1110-3c07547a230f
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "RainForest, and, Way station" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2001. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71193110-b7ed-0133-91a4-3c07547a230f

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "RainForest, and, Way station" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71193110-b7ed-0133-91a4-3c07547a230f

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