Underground overlays, Tape A, and, Tape B

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Title

Underground overlays, Tape A, and, Tape B

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Dempster, Stuart (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1995 (Questionable)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 878

Subjects

Modern dance music
Trombone and electronic music

Genres

Music

Notes

Content: Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "Dempster ; GLO [Ground level overlay] ; Underground overlays ; A Tape". Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 2: "Dempster ; GLO [Ground level overlay] ; Underground overlays ; B Tape". Sticker attached to both DAT containers: "Production Master".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Ground level overlay (1995).
Numbering: Donor's inventory numbers: D321, and, D320.
Venue: Recorded in an unidentified location.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 audiocassettes (DAT) (70 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is good; streaming file 1 (Tape A) contains approximately one minute of leader silence.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 897373131
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20490329
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c3430ac0-b7ef-0133-7152-3c07547a230f

Rights

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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. "Underground overlays, Tape A, and, Tape B" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1995. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3430ac0-b7ef-0133-7152-3c07547a230f

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1995). Underground overlays, Tape A, and, Tape B Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3430ac0-b7ef-0133-7152-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Underground overlays, Tape A, and, Tape B" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3430ac0-b7ef-0133-7152-3c07547a230f

Wikipedia citation

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