Walkaround Time, Reel 1, Reel 2a, Reel 2b, Reel 2c

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Title
Walkaround Time, Reel 1, Reel 2a, Reel 2b, Reel 2c
Additional title: For nearly an hour. Selections
Additional title: Walkaround time (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Behrman, David (Composer)
Brown, Carolyn, 1927- (Performer)
Dilley, Barbara (Performer)
Emmons, Beverly (Performer)
Harper, Meg (Performer)
Neels, Sandra (Performer)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1968
Table of Contents
Reel 1: Walk [to Niagara Falls] (0:00-10:35) -- Blank (10:36-15:19) -- Vw [Volkswagon engine] (15:20-17:52). |||| Reel 2: Litanies (0:00-5:15) -- Carol-Bev (Carolyn Brown, Beverly Emmons) (5:16-12:33). |||| Reel 3: Valda-Barbara (Valda Setterfield, Barbara Dilley) (0:00-7:28) -- Ladies (7:29-15:05). |||| Reel 4: Meg-Sandra (Meg Harper, Sandra Neels) (0:00-7:16).
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2420
Topics
Modern dance music
Musique concrète
Genres
Music
Notes
Statement of responsibility: music by David Behrman.
Content: Titles provided by cataloger based on typed and handwritten notes on the original containers and reel hubs.
Content: Typed note on original container of reel 1: "Walkaround Time Reel 1 (Walk/Blank/Vw) ; 60/60 7.5 ips 2-tr STEREO heads" ; "David Behrman : ...for nearly an hour (1968)".
Content: Typed note on original container of reel 2: "Walkaround Time Reel 2a (Litanies/Carol-Bev) ; 60/60 7.5 ips 2-tr STEREO heads" ; "David Behrman : ...for nearly an hour (1968)".
Content: Typed note on original container of reel 3: "Walkaround Time Reel 2b (Val-Bar) ; 60/60 7.5 ips 2-tr STEREO heads ; (4ch ladies) (60/50)". Handwritten notes on the original container of reel 3: "WAT "closing" 1. Meg 2. Velda 3. Sandra 4. Barbara ; 7.5 IPS 4 Channel for VIK86 ; 2. Special 60/50 hz ; 1. Valda-Barbara 60/60" ; "A. Valda B. Barbara" ; "7:15 ; 8:07" ; "for nearly an hour" ; "Channel A to light mixer. B direct". Handwritten notes on the original hub of reel 3: "WAT Spec 60/50 hx for VIK86 7.5 ips 4-channel" ; "Heads 7 1/2. 807 A. Valda B. Barbara" ; for nearly an hour 9'25 - heads tape #3".
Content: Typed note on original container of reel 4: "Walkaround Time Reel 2c (Meg-Sandy) ; 60/60 7.5 ips 2-tr STEREO heads". Handwritten notes on the original container of reel 4: "A. Meg B. Sandra" ; "for nearly an hour ; 7'10" ; "Both channels go directly into two mixers, by passing photocell mixers. ; "[crossed out] very hissy! Do over!". Handwritten notes on the original hub of reel 4: "for nearly an hour 7'10" - heads tape #3" ; "Heads A. Meg B. Sandra ; 86 ; 7:15".
Content: Contains sections of the music for Merce Cunningham's Walkaround time (1968).
Numbering: Donor's inventory numbers: R046, R047, R048, R049.
Performers: Carolyn Brown, Barbara Dilley, Beverly Emmons, Meg Harper, Sandra Neels, Valda Setterfield, vocalists.
Venue: Recording location unidentified.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 4 audiotape reels (54 minutes total) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 5 in. rewound onto an archival 7 in. reel
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 881254046
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20217500
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cf076b20-b3fc-0133-73fa-3c07547a230f
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Walkaround Time" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1968. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d1135e70-b3fc-0133-6fa6-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Walkaround Time" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d1135e70-b3fc-0133-6fa6-3c07547a230f

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1968). Walkaround Time Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d1135e70-b3fc-0133-6fa6-3c07547a230f

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Walkaround Time