Performance day, 1990-08-11
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Title
Performance day, 1990-08-11
Collection
Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection
Names
Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts (Creator)
Vees, Jack (Commentator)
Schrader, Barry (Lyricist)
Le Mée, Franck Royon (Lyricist)
Van Cleve, Libby (Performer)
Vees, Jack (Performer)
Le Mée, Franck Royon (Performer)
Schrader, Barry (Performer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1990-08-11
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LVH 2556
Subjects
Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts
Genres
Notes
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: V2-900811.
Content: "1990 sound research residency"--Program.
Content: Dark lighting.
Content: Title by cataloger.
Content: Misspelled: Le Mée's first name. Correct spelling: Franck.
Performers: Libby Van Cleve, oboe and bass oboe (Video 1; 1st-3rd works) ; Jack Vees, electronic tape, electric bass, electric guitar and sampled harpsichord (Video 1: 1st, 3rd-4th works) ; Barry Schrader, synthesizer (Video 2; 1st (performer in skit only) , 3rd-5th, 7th, 9th-10th works) ; Franck Royon Le Mée, performer, countertenor and piano (Video 2)
Venue: Recorded Yellow Springs Institute, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania 1990 August 11.
Acquisition: Gift; Yellow Springs Institute Board of Directors ; 2004.
Language: Sung in English; spoken in English and French (Video 2)
Physical Description
Extent: 2 videocassettes (VHS) (101 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
Video 1: Apocrypha (oboe with electronic tape) / Jack Vees -- Jo-Ha-Kyu (solo oboe) ; Traces (electric bass and bass oboe) / Eleanor Hovda -- [Introduction of piece] (Jack Vees, commentary) ; Colorized Chaplin (electric guitar and sampled harpsichord) / Jack Vees. -Video 2: Night: [Skit] (Franck Royon Le Mée and Barry Schrader) ; Night creeps in (lyrics by Barry Schrader) ; Night gate ; Night dreams ; Night prayer ; Night ghosts ; Night chimes ; Lonely night (lyrics by Sappho) ; Night walk ; [Skit 2] (Franck Royon Le Mée) ; Le grande nuit du silence (lyrics recited and sung by Franck Royon Le Mée) ; [Skit 3] / Franck Royon Le Mée.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16517549
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG05-A10085
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8ceb93e0-313d-0132-0334-3c075448cc4b
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Performance day, 1990-08-11" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ceb93e0-313d-0132-0334-3c075448cc4b
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1990). Performance day, 1990-08-11 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ceb93e0-313d-0132-0334-3c075448cc4b
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Performance day, 1990-08-11" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ceb93e0-313d-0132-0334-3c075448cc4b
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