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Ocean sounds: "Humpback whale songs" and "Telemetry" source material for [Soundings: ocean diary?]

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Ocean sounds: "Humpback whale songs" and "Telemetry" source material for [Soundings: ocean diary?]
Additional title: Ocean (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Associated name)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1990 - 1999 (Questionable)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1701
Topics
Musique concrète
Underwater acoustic telemetry
Whale sounds
Genres
Field recordings
Notes
Content: Probably contains source material recorded for use in the music of Merce Cunningham's Ocean (1994).
Content: Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette and container.
Content: Handwritten note on original cassette and container: "A. Humpback Songs ; B. Telemetry ; B ON ; copy A".
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: C258.
Venue: Recorded in an unidentified location.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audio cassette (61 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is good; both streaming files end abruptly.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 913800189
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20730930
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 82c799a0-b8d1-0133-8f2a-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1990: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Ocean sounds" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990 - 1999. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/86a81b80-b8d1-0133-9b7d-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Ocean sounds" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/86a81b80-b8d1-0133-9b7d-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1990 - 1999). Ocean sounds Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/86a81b80-b8d1-0133-9b7d-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Ocean sounds