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Pictures, and, Cargo X: performances at City Center and at the Kennedy Center, 1989-03/1989-05

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Pictures, and, Cargo X: performances at City Center and at the Kennedy Center, 1989-03/1989-05
Additional title: Cargo X (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Behrman, David (Composer)
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- (Composer)
City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.) (Host)
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.) (Host)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1989-03
Date Created: 1989-05
Table of Contents
Streaming file 1, March: Pictures ["Interspecies smalltalk" / David Behrman] (0:00-31:31) |||| Streaming file 2, May: Cargo X ["Spectra" / Takehisa Kosugi] (0:00-22:14) -- Recording silence (22:15-31:31)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1278
Topics
Aleatory music
Computer and violin music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Vocalises
Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk
Kosugi, Takehisa, 1938- Spectra
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Content: Title, dates, and locations provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original cassette and insert, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original cassette, side a: "Cargo X Kennedy Center 5/89". Side b: "Pictures 3/89 ; Recorded by BLOB City Center".
Content: Handwritten insert on scratch paper: "Pix ; balanced - mix ; more Kosugi ; 30'01" + applause (needs edited [illegible])".
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Pictures (1984), and, Cargo X (1989).
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: C186.
Venue: Recorded in performance at the City Center, New York, New York, 1989 March.
Venue: Recorded in performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in, Washington, District of Columbia, 1989 May.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (62 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is fair; both streaming files are very muffled and recorded at low volumes.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 904457578
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20547416
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5fe0b770-b8b1-0133-0838-60f81dd2b63c
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Item timeline of events

  • 1989: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Pictures, and, Cargo X" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989 - 1989. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/635ea970-b8b1-0133-d79f-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Pictures, and, Cargo X" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/635ea970-b8b1-0133-d79f-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1989 - 1989). Pictures, and, Cargo X Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/635ea970-b8b1-0133-d79f-60f81dd2b63c

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Pictures, and, Cargo X