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Rune, and, Occasion piece: performance at the Lincoln Center [Festival], 1999-07-23

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Title

Rune, and, Occasion piece: performance at the Lincoln Center [Festival], 1999-07-23

Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Names

Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Dempster, Stuart (Instrumentalist)
Drury, Stephen (Instrumentalist)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Instrumentalist)
O'Rourke, Jim, 1969- (Instrumentalist)
Wolff, Christian, 1934- (Instrumentalist)
Cage, John (Composer)
Wolff, Christian, 1934- (Composer)
Lincoln Center Festival (Event place)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1999-07-23

Table Of Contents

Streaming file 1: Rune [Or 4 people / Christian Wolff] (Christian Wolff, Takehisa Kosugi, Stuart Dempster, Jim O'Rourke) (0:00-29:13) -- Audience applause (29:14-30:30) |||| Streaming file 2: Audience applause and recording silence (0:00-1:09) -- Occasion piece [Music for Marcel Duchamp / John Cage] (Stephen Drury) (1:10-8:28) -- Recording silence and audience applause (8:29-10:29)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 776

Subjects

Aleatory music
Electronic and violin music
Modern dance music
Prepared piano music
Trombone and electronic music
Cage, John. Music for Marcel Duchamp
Wolff, Christian, 1934- Or 4 people

Genres

Music
Live Sound Recordings

Notes

Content: Title, date, location, and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original DAT container and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container: "Lincoln Center 7-23-99 ; Rune: Wolff, Kosugi, Dempster, O'Rourke ; Occasion piece: Stephen Drury".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Rune (1998 version), and, Occasion piece (1999).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: D265.
Venue: Recorded in performance as part of the Lincoln Center [Festival] in, New York, New York, 1999 July 23.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audio DAT cassette (42 minutes) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is mostly good; overall, recording volumes are slightly low.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 893979641
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20321385
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dea96200-b7d7-0133-8c67-3c07547a230f

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. "Rune, and, Occasion piece: performance at the Lincoln Center [Festival], 1999-07-23" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dea96200-b7d7-0133-8c67-3c07547a230f

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1999). Rune, and, Occasion piece: performance at the Lincoln Center [Festival], 1999-07-23 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dea96200-b7d7-0133-8c67-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Rune, and, Occasion piece: performance at the Lincoln Center [Festival], 1999-07-23" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dea96200-b7d7-0133-8c67-3c07547a230f

Wikipedia citation

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