CRWDSPCR, and, Biped: performances in Paris, 1999-11-13/14
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Title
CRWDSPCR, and, Biped: performances in Paris, 1999-11-13/14
Collection
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Bryars, Gavin (Instrumentalist)
Dempster, Loren (Instrumentalist)
Hoogewerf, Wim (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Woodrow, James (Instrumentalist)
Bryars, Gavin (Composer)
King, John, 1953-2009 (Composer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1999-11-14
Table Of Contents
Streaming file 1, Nov. 13: Biped [Biped / Gavin Bryars] (Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, Wim Hoogewerf, Takehisa Kosugi) (0:00-51:29) -- Audience applause and recording silence (51:30-53:50) |||| Streaming file 2, Nov. 14: CRWDSPCR [blues '99 / John King] (Takehisa Kosugi, Loren Dempster), begins and ends abruptly |||| Streaming file 3, Nov. 14: Biped [Biped / Gavin Bryars] (Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, James Woodrow, Takehisa Kosugi) (0:00-51:22) -- Audience applause and recording silence (51:23-56:25)
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 802
Subjects
Dobro music
Electronic and cello music
Electronic and guitar music
Electronic and violin music
Modern dance music
Bryars, Gavin. Biped
ing, John, 1953 November 28- blues '99
Genres
Notes
Content: Title, dates, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "Paris 11-13-99, CRWDSPCR + Biped ; CRWDSPCR - Loren Dempster, T. Kosugi ; Biped - Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, Wim Hoogewerf, T. Kosugi". The performance of CRWDSPCR from November 13, 1998 is not recorded on this DAT although the container note indicates it as such. Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 2: "Paris 11-14-99, CRWDSPCR + Biped ; CRWDSPCR - Loren Dempster, T. Kosugi ; Biped - Gavin Bryars, Loren Dempster, James Woodrow, T. Kosugi".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's CRWDSPCR (1993), and, Biped (1999).
Numbering: Donor's inventory numbers: D244, and, D245.
Performers: Takehisa Kosugi, Loren Dempster, Gavin Bryars, Wim Hoogewerf, and James Woodrow, musicians.
Venue: Recorded in performances in, Paris, France, 1999 November 13 and 14.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 audio DAT cassettes (141 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is mostly good.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 894376483
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20334589
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d31b9930-b7da-0133-5201-3c07547a230f
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "CRWDSPCR, and, Biped: performances in Paris, 1999-11-13/14" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d31b9930-b7da-0133-5201-3c07547a230f
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1999). CRWDSPCR, and, Biped: performances in Paris, 1999-11-13/14 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d31b9930-b7da-0133-5201-3c07547a230f
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "CRWDSPCR, and, Biped: performances in Paris, 1999-11-13/14" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d31b9930-b7da-0133-5201-3c07547a230f
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