Sextet for seven, and, Four³: music for Quartet, and, Beachbirds

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Title
Sextet for seven, and, Four³: music for Quartet, and, Beachbirds
Additional title: Beach birds (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Quartet (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Cage, John (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1990 - 1995 (Questionable)
Table of Contents
Streaming file 1 [side 1]: Quartet ["Sextet for seven" / David Tudor] (0:00-18:13) -- Audience applause (18:14-20:24) |||| Streaming file 2 [side 2]: Beach birds ["Four³" / John Cage] (0:00-26:56) -- Audience applause (26:57-27:53)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1520
Topics
Aleatory music
Electronic music
Modern dance music
Musique concrète
Piano and electronic music
Cage, John. Four⁶
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Sextet for seven
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Quartet (1982), and, Beachbirds (1991).
Content: Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original cassette [side 1]: "Quartet". Handwritten note on original cassette [side 2]: "Beach Birds".
Venue: Recorded in unidentified performances.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (49 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is mostly good; the dancers' footsteps are audible throughout the recordings.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 933582104
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20868018
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 896ab7d0-b94e-0133-59a3-3c07547a230f
Rights Statement
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  • 1990: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Sextet for seven, and, Four³" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990 - 1995. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8bfd2a10-b94e-0133-14a3-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Sextet for seven, and, Four³" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8bfd2a10-b94e-0133-14a3-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1990 - 1995). Sextet for seven, and, Four³ Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8bfd2a10-b94e-0133-14a3-3c07547a230f

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Sextet for seven, and, Four³