Septet performance in Helsinki, 1964: and, two unidentified jazz songs
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Title
Septet performance in Helsinki, 1964: and, two unidentified jazz songs
Collection
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925 (Composer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1964
Table Of Contents
Streaming file 1: Septet [Trois morceaux en forme de poire / Erik Satie] |||| Streaming file 2: Two unidentified jazz songs (0:00-11:01) -- violin solo excerpt, begins abruptly (11:02-13:41) -- violin solo and orchestra excerpt, begins and ends abruptly (13:42-15:42)
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2379
Subjects
Jazz
Modern dance music
Piano music (4 hands)
Violin music
Violin with orchestra
Genres
Notes
Content: Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original container and audition.
Content: Handwritten note on original container: "Septet - (from Helsinki '64)".
Content: The original tape reel contains two channels of separate musical recordings; the relation between the recordings, if any, is unidentified.
Content: The left channel track recording contains Trois morceaux en forme de poire, piano music for four hands, that accompanies Merce Cunningham's Septet (1953). The right channel track contains what sounds to be commercial recordings of two unidentified jazz songs, and excerpts of violin and orchestral pieces.
Content: Sound quality of streaming file 1 is fair, with a recording "hiss" throughout and audience applause; sound quality of streaming file 2 is mostly good with a slight recording "hiss" throughout.
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: R021.
Venue: Left channel track recorded in performance in Helsinki, Finland 1964 September.
Venue: Right channel track recorded in an unidentified location and date.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (32 minutes total) : analog, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 890141716
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20290944
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b8a4b7a0-b7b7-0133-c61a-3c07547a230f
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Septet performance in Helsinki, 1964: and, two unidentified jazz songs" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1964. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8a4b7a0-b7b7-0133-c61a-3c07547a230f
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1964). Septet performance in Helsinki, 1964: and, two unidentified jazz songs Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8a4b7a0-b7b7-0133-c61a-3c07547a230f
Chicago/Turabian Format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Septet performance in Helsinki, 1964: and, two unidentified jazz songs" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8a4b7a0-b7b7-0133-c61a-3c07547a230f
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