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Virtual focus, Peace talks, and, Interspecies smalltalk: performances of Polarity, August pace, and, Pictures by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 1990

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Virtual focus, Peace talks, and, Interspecies smalltalk: performances of Polarity, August pace, and, Pictures by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 1990
Additional title: August pace (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Pictures (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Polarity (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Behrman, David (Composer)
Pugliese, Michael (Composer)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Composer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1990 (Questionable)
Table of Contents
Streaming file 1, side a: Polarity ["Virtual focus" / David] Tudor (0:00-26:28) -- Recording silence (26:29-29:47) -- [August pace] "Peace talks" / [Michael] Pugliese (29:48-46:08) |||| Streaming file 2, side b: [August pace] "Peace talks" continued / [Michael] Pugliese (0:00-9:59) -- Pictures ["Interspecies smalltalk" / David Behrman] (10:31-41:32)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1523
Topics
Aleatory music
Electric violin
Electronic music
Frame drum music
Modern dance music
Percussion music
Sitar music
Vocalises
Behrman, David. Interspecies smalltalk
Pugliese, Michael. Peace talks
Tudor, David, 1926-1996. Virtual focus
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Content: Contains the music for Merce Cunningham's Polarity (1990), August pace (1989), and, Pictures (1984).
Content: Title and date provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on original container, audition, and information provided by the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Content: Handwritten note on original container: "MCDC - Polarity - Tudor ; Peace Talks - Pugliese 1st half cont on B ; P. Talks - cont ; Pictures - Behrman".
Venue: Recorded in performance in an unidentified location.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (88 minutes) : analog
Sound quality is mostly good; the recording of Peace talks is split between the end of side a and the beginning of side b.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 933581977
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20868007
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e3b85b50-b94d-0133-6d89-3c07547a230f
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1990: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Virtual focus, Peace talks, and, Interspecies smalltalk" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f1741f50-b94d-0133-efe0-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Virtual focus, Peace talks, and, Interspecies smalltalk" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f1741f50-b94d-0133-efe0-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1990). Virtual focus, Peace talks, and, Interspecies smalltalk Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f1741f50-b94d-0133-efe0-3c07547a230f

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Virtual focus, Peace talks, and, Interspecies smalltalk