Music for dance: excerpts

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Title

Music for dance: excerpts

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Pugliese, Michael (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1993

Table Of Contents

"Sound map" excerpt (0:00-2:37) -- [Loosestrife] "Mixed signals" excerpt (2:41-4:42) -- "Pipe line" excerpt (4:46-8:03) -- [August pace] "Peace talks" (8:05-11:52)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1650

Subjects

Frame drum music
Mbira music
Modern dance music
Percussion music
Vocalises

Genres

Music

Notes

Content: Contains excerpts from the music for Merce Cunningham's Loosestrife (1991) and August pace (1989); also contains excerpts from music for other unidentified dance works.
Content: Title and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette and container, and audition.
Content: Handwritten notes on original container and cassette: "MP [Michael Pugliese] - Dance ; Master Dance ; Sound Map, Mixed Signals, Pipe Line, Peace Talks ; ©1993".
Original Version: Dubbed from original recordings of live performances.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audiocassette (12 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is mostly good; there is slight recording hiss throughout.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 933581967
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20868003
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 96de9590-b94d-0133-579e-3c07547a230f

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

Date Issued

1993

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MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Music for dance: excerpts" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96de9590-b94d-0133-579e-3c07547a230f

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1993). Music for dance: excerpts Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96de9590-b94d-0133-579e-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Music for dance: excerpts" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96de9590-b94d-0133-579e-3c07547a230f

Wikipedia citation

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