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Biped, and, Occasion piece: performance at the Lincoln Center [Festival], 1999-07-21

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Biped, and, Occasion piece

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Title
Biped, and, Occasion piece: performance at the Lincoln Center [Festival], 1999-07-21
Additional title: Biped (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Occasion piece (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Drury, Stephen (Instrumentalist)
Kennedy, John, 1959- (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
O'Rourke, Jim, 1969- (Instrumentalist)
Weitzner, Peter (Instrumentalist)
Wood, Anja (Instrumentalist)
Bryars, Gavin (Composer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Lincoln Center Festival (Host)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1999-07-21
Table of Contents
Biped [Biped / Gavin Bryars] (John Kennedy, Jim O'Rourke, Takehisa Kosugi, Peter Weitzner, Anja Wood) (0:00-50:11) -- Audience applause and recording silence (50:12-53:53) -- Occasion piece [Music for Marcel Duchamp / John Cage] (Stephen Drury) (53:54-1:01:23) -- Recording silence and audience applause (1:01:23-1:03:42)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 775
Topics
Electronic and violin music
Modern dance music
Prepared piano music
Bryars, Gavin. Biped
Cage, John. Music for Marcel Duchamp
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Content: Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Lincoln Center 7-21-99 ; Biped: John Kennedy - Keys, Jim O'Rourke - Guit[ar], Takahisa [Takehisa] Kosugi - violin, Peter [Weitzner] - Bass, Anja [Wood] - Cello ; Occasion Piece: Stephen Drury".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Biped, (1999), and, Occasion piece (1999).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: D264.
Performers: John Kennedy, Jim O'Rourke, Takehisa Kosugi, Peter Weitzner, Anja Wood, and Stephen Drury, musicians.
Venue: Recorded in performance as part of the Lincoln Center [Festival] in, New York, New York, 1999 July 21.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Citation/reference: Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audio DAT cassette (64 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is mostly good; overall, recording volumes are slightly low.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 893979673
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20321383
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a1825080-b7d7-0133-bbe5-3c07547a230f
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Item timeline of events

  • 1999: Created
  • 2023: Found by you!
  • 2024

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Biped, and, Occasion piece" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a41f4e60-b7d7-0133-a29e-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Biped, and, Occasion piece" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2023. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a41f4e60-b7d7-0133-a29e-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1999). Biped, and, Occasion piece Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a41f4e60-b7d7-0133-a29e-3c07547a230f

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Biped, and, Occasion piece