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Music for chamber orchestra and for large orchestra

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Title

Music for chamber orchestra and for large orchestra

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002 (Composer)
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002 (Conductor)
Carewe, John (Conductor)
Zender, Hans (Conductor)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Performer)
Saarländischer Rundfunk. Sinfonie-Orchester (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1980 - 1989 (Questionable)

Table Of Contents

Streaming file 1, side a: Available forms I / Earle Brown (Brown, conductor) (0:00-8:18) -- Windsor jambs / Brown (Brown, conductor) (8:40-29:32) -- Centering / Brown (Brown, conductor) (30:02-46:31) |||| Streaming file 2, side b: Cross sections and color fields / Earle Brown ([Saarländischer Rundfunk], Hans Zender, conductor) (0:00-13:20) -- Available forms II / Earle Brown ([BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra], Brown and John Carewe, conductors) (13:49-30:06) -- Time spans / Earle Brown (Hans Zender, conductor) (30:31-42:00) -- Modules I-II / Brown (42:21-45:52)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1486

Subjects

Instrumental ensembles
Open form music
Orchestral music
Violin with instrumental ensemble
Vocalises (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Available forms, no. 1
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Available forms, no. 2
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Centering
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Cross sections and color fields
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Modules, no. 1 and 2
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Time spans
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Windsor jambs

Genres

Music
Live Sound Recordings

Notes

Content: Title and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original container and cassette, audition, and information provided by Earle Brown's WWW site.
Content: Handwritten note on original container and cassette: "Earle Brown ; A. Chmbr. orch., B. Large orch. ; A. Available Forms I ('61) Paris perf. (E.B. cond.) ; Windsor Jambs ('80) Aspen perf. (E.B. cond.) ; Centering ('73) U. of Chicago perf. (E.B. c) ; B. Cross Sections + Color Fields ('75) Zender cond. ; Available Forms II ('62) John Carewe + E.B. cond. ; Time Spans ('72) Hans Zender cond. ; Modules I + II ('66) (incomplete perf.)".
Performers: Earle Brown, conductor (Available Forms I, Windsor Jambs, Centering); [BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra], Earle Brown and John Carewe, conductors (Available Forms II ); [Saarländischer Rundfunk], Hans Zender, conductor (Cross sections and color fields); Hans Zender, conductor (Time spans).
Venue: Dubbed from original performance recordings.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audiocassette (93 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is good; streaming file 2 was recorded at a low volume and ends abruptly.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 914482190
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20750264
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bcd48aa0-b908-0133-0208-60f81dd2b63c

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. "Music for chamber orchestra and for large orchestra" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980 - 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcd48aa0-b908-0133-0208-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1980 - 1989). Music for chamber orchestra and for large orchestra Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcd48aa0-b908-0133-0208-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Music for chamber orchestra and for large orchestra" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcd48aa0-b908-0133-0208-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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