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Beach birds, and, Enter: performance at La Filature, Mulhouse, 1994-12-02

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Title

Beach birds, and, Enter: performance at La Filature, Mulhouse, 1994-12-02

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Adams, John D. S., 1966- (Instrumentalist)
Gray, D'Arcy (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Instrumentalist)
Wauthy, Denis (Recording engineer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Filature, scène nationale (Host)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1994-12-02

Table Of Contents

Streaming file 1: [Beach birds, 'Four³' / John Cage (John D.S. Adams, D'Arcy Gray, Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor)] (0:00-29:46) -- Audience applause (29:47-31:48) |||| Streaming file 2: Enter, ['Neural network plus' / Tudor (David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi)] (0:00-1:00:36) -- Audience applause and recording silence (1:00:37-1:04:53)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 739

Subjects

Aleatory music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Piano music
Cage, John. Four⁶
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Neural network plus

Genres

Music
Live Sound Recordings

Notes

Content: Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container, audition, and performance program.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container: "MCDC in Mulhouse, France ; Dec 2, 94 ; Recorded on Sony TCD D-10 by Denis Wauthy at Theatre de la Filature ; 1. 1, 2. Enter".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Beach birds (1991), and, Enter (1992).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: D159.
Performers: John D.S. Adams, D'Arcy Gray, Takehisa Kosugi, and David Tudor, musicians.
Venue: Recorded in performance at La Filature in, Mulhouse, France, 1994 December 2.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audio DAT cassette (91 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is mostly good; the sounds of the audience and dancers' feet on the floor are audible throughout Beach birds/Four³.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 891592673
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20303691
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a7bd46c0-b7c2-0133-f33f-3c07547a230f

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

Cite this item

MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds, and, Enter: performance at La Filature, Mulhouse, 1994-12-02" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7bd46c0-b7c2-0133-f33f-3c07547a230f

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1994). Beach birds, and, Enter: performance at La Filature, Mulhouse, 1994-12-02 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7bd46c0-b7c2-0133-f33f-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Beach birds, and, Enter: performance at La Filature, Mulhouse, 1994-12-02" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7bd46c0-b7c2-0133-f33f-3c07547a230f

Wikipedia citation

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