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Sculptures musicales, Phonemes, and, Mixed signals: music for Inventions, Channels/Inserts, and Loosestrife

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Sculptures musicales, Phonemes, and, Mixed signals: music for Inventions, Channels/Inserts, and Loosestrife
Additional title: Channels/Inserts (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Inventions (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Loosestrife (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Cage, John (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Pugliese, Michael (Composer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991 (Questionable)
Table of Contents
Streaming file 1, side a: Inventions ["Sculptures musicales"] / John Cage (0:00-26:30) -- Audience applause and intermission sounds (26:31-29:48) -- Channels/Inserts ["Phonemes"] / David Tudor (29:49-46:54) |||| Streaming file 2, side b: Channels/Inserts continued ["Phonemes"] / David Tudor (0:00-12:43) -- Audience applause and recording silence (12:44-15:21) -- Loosestrife ["Mixed signals"] / Michael Pugliese (15:22-43:06)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1646
Topics
Aleatory music
Electronic music
Mbira music
Modern dance music
Musique concrète
Cage, John. Sculptures musicales
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Phonemes
Pugliese, Michael. Mixed signals
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Inventions (1989), Channels/Inserts (1981), and Loosestrife (1991).
Content: Title provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original container and cassette, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original container: "MCDC ; JC/DT/MP ; A. Inventions - J. Cage ; CH/IN - D. Tudor ; B. CH/IN - cont ; Loosestrife - M. Pugliese". Handwritten note on original cassette, side a: "Inventions ; CH/IN ; MCDC". Handwritten note on original cassette, side b: "Loosestrife ; MCDC".
Venue: Recorded in unidentified performances.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (90 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is mostly good; audience applause overlaps the ends of each work.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 933582851
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20868021
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bb052fb0-b94e-0133-8786-3c07547a230f
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1991: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Sculptures musicales, Phonemes, and, Mixed signals" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bda459e0-b94e-0133-0b22-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Sculptures musicales, Phonemes, and, Mixed signals" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bda459e0-b94e-0133-0b22-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1991). Sculptures musicales, Phonemes, and, Mixed signals Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bda459e0-b94e-0133-0b22-3c07547a230f

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Sculptures musicales, Phonemes, and, Mixed signals