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Excerpts from Vespers and Rainforest

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Excerpts from Vespers and Rainforest

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Title
Excerpts from Vespers and Rainforest
Additional title: Objects (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: RainForest (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Lucier, Alvin (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1970 - 1979 (Questionable)
Table of Contents
Vespers / Alvin Lucier (0:00-05:00) -- Rainforest / David Tudor (05:08-09:49)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2396
Topics
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Lucier, Alvin. Vespers. selections
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Rainforest, no. 1. selections
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Content: Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original reel and audition.
Content: Contains an excerpt from Alvin Lucier's Vespers that is music for Merce Cunningham's Objects (1970); and an excerpt from David Tudor's Rainforest that is music for Merce Cunningham's RainForest (1968).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: R119.
Content: The Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. sticker on the original case contains a handwritten note that includes title and recording information, in addition to: " ATTN: CHARLIE ZIFF".
Venue: Date and recording location unidentified.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (10 minutes total) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1/4 track, stereo ; 7 in.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 882495245
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20232162
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9a5f98a0-b400-0133-dc4f-3c07547a230f
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Item timeline of events

  • 1970: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Excerpts from Vespers and Rainforest" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1970 - 1979. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9a5f98a0-b400-0133-dc4f-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Excerpts from Vespers and Rainforest" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9a5f98a0-b400-0133-dc4f-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1970 - 1979). Excerpts from Vespers and Rainforest Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9a5f98a0-b400-0133-dc4f-3c07547a230f

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Excerpts from Vespers and Rainforest