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Second week of January: recordings of music for Signals, Adams A, B

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Second week of January: recordings of music for Signals, Adams A, B
Additional title: Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Adams, John D. S., 1966- (Recording engineer)
Adams, John D. S., 1966- (Instrumentalist)
Cage, John (Composer)
White Oak Dance Project (Host)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1994-02-01
Table of Contents
Streaming file 1: [Second week of January], performance A / John D.S. Adams (Adams) (1:58-32:22) |||| Streaming file 2: [Second week of January], performance B / John D.S. Adams (Adams) (1:57-32:28)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTD-A 736
Topics
Aleatory music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Cage, John. First week of June
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Statement of responsibility: music by John D.S. Adams.
Content: Contains master tapes of pre-recorded music to be used for the White Oak Dance Project's performances of Merce Cunningham's Signals (1970). Second week of January was commissioned by the White Oak Dance Project, and the pre-recorded tapes of each composer were meant to be mixed in real-time for the performances by "the White Oak audio engineer...using the source material provided by the Cunningham musicians". The Second week of January is based on the initial concept by John Cage for Signals, titled the First week of June, a collaboration with composers Gordon Mumma and David Tudor.
Content: Title, date, location, and performer provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original DAT containers; further information obtained online from the David Tudor Pages, http://davidtudor.org/Works/january.html, accessed on September 3, 2014.
Content: Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 1: "Studio: Bubba Barn Studio, NYC ; Client: CDF ; Program: J.D.S. Adams Signals Perf. A, Left channel only ; Date/Time: 2/1/94 ; Engineer: J.D.S.A. ; Source: Electronics. Cassette sticker: Original Master ". Handwritten note on original DAT container no. 2: "Studio: Bubba Barn Studio, NYC ; Client: CDF ; Program: John D.S. Adams Signals Perf. B, Left ch. only ; Date/Time: 2/1/94 ; Engineer: JDSA. ; Source: Live electronics. Cassette sticker: Original Master ".
Numbering: Donor's inventory numbers: D151, and, D152.
Performers: John D.S. Adams, electronics.
Venue: Recorded at the Bubba Barn Studio in, New York, New York, 1994 February 1.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 2 audio DAT cassettes (75 minutes total) : digital, .3209 ips, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, two track, stereo
Sound quality is good; there is recording silence at the beginning and end of both streaming files.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 897514828
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20492063
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dd3fdfb0-b823-0133-3247-60f81dd2b63c
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MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Second week of January" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e112a480-b823-0133-8a35-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Second week of January" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e112a480-b823-0133-8a35-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1994). Second week of January Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e112a480-b823-0133-8a35-60f81dd2b63c

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Second week of January