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Available Forms I: and, From Here, world premiere

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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Title
Available Forms I: and, From Here, world premiere
Additional title: Works. Selections
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002 (Conductor)
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002 (Composer)
Lucier, Alvin (Conductor)
Weisberg, Arthur (Conductor)
Brandeis University. Chamber Chorus (Performer)
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (Performer)
Town Hall, Inc (Host)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1963-10-11
Table of Contents
Available forms I (0:00-8:39) -- From here (9:35-19:44)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2414
Topics
Instrumental ensembles
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble
Open form music
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Available forms, no. 1
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. From here
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Statement of responsibility: music by Earle Brown.
Content: Title, date and performers provided by cataloger based on handwritten notes on the original reel hub and paper insert.
Content: Handwriten note on original reel hub: "Earle Brown ; Available Forms I ; From Here ; 7.5 ips".
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: R034.
Content: Accompanying paper insert with handwritten notes: "60 ; Earle Brown ; Available Forms I 1961 9' ; Arthur Weisberg, cond[uctor] ; From Here (1963) world premiere 10' ; Brandeis Univ[ersity] Chamber Chorus ; Alvin Lucier & Earle Brown [Arthur Weisberg is crossed off], cond[uctors] ; 11 Oct. 1963 Town Hall, N.Y.C. ; 7.5 ips [illegible] ; copied on Ampex 351, 30 Dec 1966, Brandeis University by G[ordon] Mumma".
Performers: [Contemporary Chamber Ensemble] (both works); Arthur Weisberg, conductor (Available Forms I); Brandeis University Chamber Chorus, Earle Brown and Alvin Lucier, conductors (From Here).
Venue: Recorded in live performance at The Town Hall in New York, New York, 1963 October 11.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (22 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono ; 7 in.
Sound quality is good; there is audience applause following each of the works.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 881254048
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20217492
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 703f0a60-b3fc-0133-66c8-3c07547a230f
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MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Available Forms I" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1963. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72b6b800-b3fc-0133-c793-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Available Forms I" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 28, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72b6b800-b3fc-0133-c793-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1963). Available Forms I Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72b6b800-b3fc-0133-c793-3c07547a230f

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Available Forms I