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Septet music : audio take and performance, 1987

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Septet music : audio take and performance, 1987
Additional title: Morceaux en forme de poire
Additional title: Septet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925 (Composer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1987
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1514
Topics
Piano music (4 hands)
Modern dance music
Film soundtracks
Genres
Live sound recordings
Music
Notes
Statement of responsibility: music by Erik Satie.
Content: Based on the sounds of a film slate, contains an audio take likely for an unidentified film, as well as an unidentified performance of the music for Merce Cunningham's Septet (1953).
Content: Title and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassettes and audition.
Content: Handwritten note on original cassette no. 1: "Septet Music, 1987". Handwritten note on original cassette no. 2: "Septet Music".
Content: Sound quality is fair; there is recording "hiss" throughout both recordings and slight recording distortion in streaming file 2.
Venue: Recorded in unidentified locations.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 2 audio cassettes (34 minutes total) : analog
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 952487232
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21006281
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 62613240-78a5-0136-0ead-21cf68b6cfcc
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1987: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Septet music " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/298e9480-c349-0133-bfdd-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Septet music " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/298e9480-c349-0133-bfdd-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1987). Septet music Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/298e9480-c349-0133-bfdd-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Septet music