Channels/Inserts, and, Loosestrife: performances at the Oper Frankfurt, 1992-09-19/20

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Title

Channels/Inserts, and, Loosestrife: performances at the Oper Frankfurt, 1992-09-19/20

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Pugliese, Michael (Instrumentalist)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Instrumentalist)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Pugliese, Michael (Composer)
Oper Frankfurt (Host)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1992-09-20

Table Of Contents

Streaming file 1, September 19: Recording silence (0:00-1:11) -- Channels/Inserts [Phonemes / Tudor (David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi)] (1:12-31:40) -- Audience applause and recording silence (31:41-33:10) |||| Streaming file 2, September 19: Recording silence (0:00-1:11) -- Loosestrife [Mixed signals / Pugliese (Michael Pugliese, Takehisa Kosugi)] (1:12-29:12) -- Audience applause and recording silence (29:13-33:20) |||| Streaming file 3, September 20: Recording silence (0:00-1:10) -- Channels/Inserts [Phonemes / Tudor (David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi)] (1:11-31:16) -- Audience applause and recording silence (31:17-33:35)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 660

Subjects

Aleatory music
Electronic music
Mbira music
Modern dance music
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Phonemes
Pugliese, Michael. Mixed signals

Genres

Music
Live Sound Recordings

Notes

Content: Title, date, and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT cassette and container; performers provided by cataloger based on performance programs.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Studio: Frankfurt Opera ; Client: Cunningham Dance ; Program: 1. Channels/Inserts, Loosestrife ; 2. Channels/Inserts ; Date/Time: Sept. 19, 20 '92 ; Comments: On Track 4 (CH/IN) there is a component running out of power!".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Channels/Inserts (1981), and Loosestrife (1991).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: D084.
Performers: Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Pugliese, and David Tudor, musicians.
Venue: Recorded in performances at the Oper Frankfurt in, Frankfurt, Germany, 1992 September 19 and 20.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audio DAT cassette (100 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is mostly good; the recording volume is low overall and there is audience applause following each work.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 890321176
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20292733
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c00303a0-b7b9-0133-3cf0-3c07547a230f

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Channels/Inserts, and, Loosestrife: performances at the Oper Frankfurt, 1992-09-19/20" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1992. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c00303a0-b7b9-0133-3cf0-3c07547a230f

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1992). Channels/Inserts, and, Loosestrife: performances at the Oper Frankfurt, 1992-09-19/20 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c00303a0-b7b9-0133-3cf0-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Channels/Inserts, and, Loosestrife: performances at the Oper Frankfurt, 1992-09-19/20" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c00303a0-b7b9-0133-3cf0-3c07547a230f

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