MinEvent nos. 751 - 755: performances at the Opéra de Paris, 2005-01-08/11

Item data

Title

MinEvent nos. 751 - 755: performances at the Opéra de Paris, 2005-01-08/11

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Kientzy, Daniel (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
Loizillon, Guillaume (Instrumentalist)
Piéra, Marc (Instrumentalist)
Winant, William (Instrumentalist)
Wolff, Christian, 1934- (Instrumentalist)
Opéra de Paris (Host)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2005-01-08 - 2005-01-11

Table Of Contents

Streaming file 1, Jan. 8 evening: Recording silence (0:00-2:30) -- MinEvent [no. 751] (Takehisa Kosugi, Daniel Kientzy, William Winant, Christian Wolff) (2:31-33:07) -- Audience applause (33:08-34:37) |||| Streaming file 2, Jan. 9 matinee: Recording silence (0:00-6:17) -- MinEvent [no. 752] (Takehisa Kosugi, Marc Piéra, William Winant, Christian Wolff) (6:18-38:46) -- Audience applause and recording silence (38:47-48:11) |||| Streaming file 3, Jan. 10: MinEvent [no. 753 or 754?] (Takehisa Kosugi, Guillaume Loizillon, William Winant, Christian Wolff) (0:00-31:30) -- Audience applause (31:29-32:37) |||| Streaming file 4, Jan. 11: Recording silence and brief announcement [nearly inaudible] (0:00-5:57) -- MinEvent [no. 754 or 755?] (Takehisa Kosugi, Marc Piéra, William Winant, Christian Wolff) (5:58-37:17) --Audience applause (37:18-38:34)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 903

Subjects

Aleatory music
Electronic and violin music
Modern dance music
Piano and electronic music
Saxophone and electronic music

Genres

Music
Live Sound Recordings

Notes

Content: Title, dates, location and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "Event, Jan 8-9 Paris 2005 ; Min Event - Jan. 8 evening ; Kosugi, Winant, Wolff + Daniel Kientzy ; Min Event - Jan. 9 matinee ; TK, WW, CW + Marc Piéra". Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 2: "Event, Paris Opera January 10+11, 2005 ; MinEvent Paris Opera Garnier ; Jan. 10,2005 ; Kosugi, Winant, Wolff + Loizillon ; MinEvent - January 11, K, W, W + Marc Piéra".
Content: Contains the music for four of Merce Cunningham's Events.
Numbering: Donor's inventory numbers: D470, and, D471.
Performers: Takehisa Kosugi, William Winant, Christian Wolff, Marc Piéra, Daniel Kientzy, and Guillaume Loizillon, musicians.
Venue: Recorded in performances at the Opéra de Paris in, Paris, France, 2005 January 8-11.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 audio DAT cassettes (148 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is good to fair; overall, recorded at low volumes and parts of streaming files 1 and 2 were recorded at very low volumes.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 897514029
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20492040
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d5f92180-b822-0133-a629-60f81dd2b63c

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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