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Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

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Concert at Town Hall, 1963-10-11

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Title
Concert at Town Hall, 1963-10-11
Additional title: For Franz Kline
Additional title: Straits of Magellan
Additional title: Swallows of Salangan
Names
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Associated name)
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002 (Conductor)
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987 (Composer)
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002 (Composer)
Lucier, Alvin (Conductor)
Weisberg, Arthur (Conductor)
Brandeis University. Chamber Chorus (Performer)
Town Hall Orchestra (Performer)
Town Hall, Inc. (Host)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1963-10-11
Date Created: 1966-12-30
Table of Contents
December 1952 / Earle Brown (Town Hall Orchestra, Earle Brown) (0:00-4:53) -- Straits of Magellan / Morton Feldman (Town Hall Orchestra, Arthur Weisberg) (5:32-14:02) -- For Franz Kline / Morton Feldman (Town Hall Orchestra, Arthur Weisberg) (14:38-21:50) -- Swallows of Salangan / Morton Feldman (Brandeis Chamber Chorus, Alvin Lucier) (22:56-29:05)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2450
Topics
Aleatory music
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble
Instrumental ensembles
Piano with instrumental ensemble
Vocalises with instrumental ensemble
Brown, Earle, 1926-2002. Folio, no. 1. December 1952
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. For Franz Kline
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. Straits of Magellan
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987. Swallows of Salangan
Genres
Music
Live sound recordings
Notes
Content: Title, dates, locations, performers, and conductors provided by cataloger based on handwritten note taped to the original reel hub, handwritten paper insert, and audition.
Content: Handwritten note taped to original reel hub: "Feldman = Straits of Magellan, Franz Kline, Swallows ; Brown = Dec 1952 ; Town Hall Concert 11Oct1963 ; 7.5ips [illegible]".
Content: Contains a dub of recordings from a Town Hall Concert copied by Gordon Mumma.
Content: Handwritten paper insert: "Oct. 11, 1963 ; Morton Feldman ; The Straits of Magellan, Town Hall Orch, NYC Arthur Weisberg, cond. ; For Franz Kline 8.5' ; Swallows of Salangan 8' Brandeis Chamber Chorus, Alvin Lucier, cond. ; 7.5 ips (2 track stereo?) ; copied on Ampex 351, 30XII1966, Brandeis Univ., by Gordon Mumma ; Earle Brown ; December 1952 6.5' Earle Brown, cond.".
Numbering: Donor's inventory number: R109.
Performers: Town Hall Orchestra, performing group, and, Brandeis Chamber Chorus, performing group; Earle Brown, Arthur Weisberg, and Alvin Lucier, conductors.
Venue: Recorded in performance in New York, New York, 1963 October 11.
Venue: Dubbed at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts 1966 December 30.
Acquisition: Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (30 minutes) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Sound quality is mostly good; there are occasional background audience sounds, and applause follows each work.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 909424730
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20625382
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 76fcb160-b8c3-0133-e02f-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1963: Created (Approximate)
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Concert at Town Hall, 1963-10-11" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1963 - 1966. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b6cd5b0-b8c3-0133-37d8-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Concert at Town Hall, 1963-10-11" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b6cd5b0-b8c3-0133-37d8-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1963 - 1966). Concert at Town Hall, 1963-10-11 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b6cd5b0-b8c3-0133-37d8-60f81dd2b63c

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Concert at Town Hall, 1963-10-11