Product Description

The late Merce Cunningham was renowned for his legendary collaborations with the most significant expental musicians of the late 20th century. Particularly notable is his association with John Cage, who served as the founding musical director of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) until Cage's death in 1992. Spanning six decades from the early 1950s onward, these recordings capture the breadth of the Cunningham repertory and the rich diversity of Cunningham's musical collaborations. Composers whose work features prominently in this collection include sal figures of late-20th-century expental music such as John Cage, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, Christian Wolff, and Takehisa Kosugi, among others. For the most part, these compositions have not been recorded elsewhere and are making their first appearance on CD. This is a document of enormous historical import that will be a revelation to both listeners and scholars interested in the evolution of American expental music over the past five decades. Also included is a 124-page booklet featuring a 15,000-word essay by Amy Beal, one of the foremost scholars of contemporary American music.

WORKS:

Maryanne Amacher: Remainder [excerpt]; David Behrman: For Nearly an Hour [excerpt], Long Throw [excerpt]; Earle Brown: Indices [excerpt]; John Cage: Music for Piano 1 20, Variations V, Inlets [excerpt], Voiceless Essay [excerpt], Sculptures Musicales [excerpt], Four3 [excerpt], 108 + One8 [excerpt]; John Cage, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor: 52/3 [excerpt]; Stuart Dempster: Underground Overlays [excerpt]; Morton Feldman: Ixion; Jon Gibson: Equal Distribution [excerpt]; Toshi Ichiyanagi: Activities for Orchestra; Bo Nilsson: Quantitäten; John King: gliss in sighs, longtermparking [excerpt], blues 99 [excerpt]; Takehisa Kosugi: S.E. Wave/E.W. Song [excerpt], Spacings, Wave Code A Z [excerpt], Spectra; Annea Lockwood: Jitterbug [excerpt]; Gordon Mumma: Mesa, Telepos; Pauline Oliveros: In Memoriam: Nikola Tesla, Cosmic Eeer [excerpt]; Michael Pugliese: Peace Talks [excerpt]; Yasunao Tone: Geography and Music [excerpt]; David Tudor: Toneburst, Weatherings (Nethograph # 1) [excerpt], Phonemes [excerpt], Sextet for Seven, Webwork [excerpt], Virtual Focus [excerpt], Neural Network Plus [excerpt]; Christian Wolff: For Magnetic Tape, For Piano I, For 1, 2, or 3 People [excerpt], Burdocks [excerpt]; Or 4 People [excerpt]; Various: 13 Events 1993-2009

Review

"Exactingly annotated by Amy C. Beal, a scholar and writer, and handsomely packaged, this collection makes a substantial case for Cunningham as a vital force in modern music." --The New York s

"Who is this package designed for?... Let me suggest the following audiences: institutions, educational and cultural whose archives chronicle American arts history; dance aficionados who aren't afraid of the expental tradition within their field; composers who work with electronic music, and in particular live/real /interactive systems; and finally anyone interested in American art, and unafraid of confronting stubbornly uncompromising product." --Fanfare Magazine

1-1 Christian Wolff - For Magnetic Tape [Pt. 1 Of 4] 5:24

1-2 Christian Wolff - For Piano I

Piano - David Tudor

5:19

1-3 John Cage - Music For Piano 1-20

Piano - David Tudor, John Cage

16:13

1-4 Earle Brown - Indices [Excerpt]

Piano - David Tudor

20:51

1-5 Bo Nilsson - Quantitäten

Piano - David Tudor

12:31

2-1 Morton Feldman - Ixion

Piano - David Tudor, John Cage

20:21

2-2 John Cage - Variation V [Excerpt]

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, John Cage

13:41

2-3 Gordon Mumma - Mesa

Bandoneon - David Tudor

Electronics [Live-electronic Cybersonic Processing] - Gordon Mumma

19:38

2-4 Toshi Ichiyanagi - Activities For Orchestra

Piano, Electronics [Live] - David Tudor

Percussion - Max Neuhaus

Piano, Voice, Percussion - John Cage

Viola - David Behrman

Violin - Malcolm Goldstein

Horns, Electronics [Live] - Gordon Mumma

24:09

3-1 David Behrman - .For Nearly An Hour. [Excerpt]

Voice - Barbara Dilley Lloyd, Beverly Emmons, Carolyn Brown (2), Valda Setterfield

3:23

3-2 Pauline Oliveros - In Memoriam: Nikola Tesla, Cosmic Eeer [Excerpt]

Voice, Electronics [Live, Acoustical-space Sound-activator] - David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, Jean Rigg, John Cage

9:44

3-3 Christian Wolff - For 1, 2, Or 3 People [Excerpt]

Organ [Baroque], Electronics [Live] - David Tudor

12:07

3-4 Christian Wolff - Burdocks [Excerpt]

Percussion - John Cage

Bandoneon - David Tudor

Viola - David Behrman

Trombone - Garrett List

Horn, Cornet - Gordon Mumma

Piano - Frederic Rzewski

16:59

3-5 John Cage, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor - 52/3 [Excerpt]

Piano - John Cage

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor, Gordon Mumma

16:39

3-6 Gordon Mumma - Telepos

Electronics [Controlled Sounds Activated By Dancers With Telemetry-accelerometer Belts] - Gordon Mumma

18:27

4-1 David Tudor - Toneburst

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor

17:45

4-2 Takehisa Kosugi - S.E. Wave/E.W. Song [Excerpt]

Violin, Voice, Electronics [Live] - Takehisa Kosugi

13:03

4-3 Maryanne Amacher - Remainder [Excerpt] 14:55

4-4 Jon Gibson (2) - Equal Distribution [Excerpt]

Flute, Electronics [Live] - Jon Gibson (2)

12:14

4-5 John Cage - Inlets [Excerpt]

Horn [Foghorn], Tape - John David Fullemann

Conch [Conch Shells With Water] - John Cage, Mel Mercier, Paeder Mercier*

10:17

5-1 David Tudor - Weatherings [Excerpt]

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor

14:54

5-2 Yasunao Tone - Geography And Music [Excerpt]

Guqin [Qin] - Martin Kalve

Piano - David Tudor

Voice - John Cage, Takehisa Kosugi

Read By [Chinese Text Read Aloud By] - Yoshiharu Suenobu

21:18

5-3 David Tudor - Phonemes [Excerpt]

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor

14:00

5-4 David Tudor - Sextet For Seven

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor

18:15

6-1 Takehisa Kosugi - Spacings

Electronics [Live] - Takehisa Kosugi

23:52

6-2 John King (11) - Gliss In Sighs

Violin [Pre-recorded And Live Electric Prepared] - John King (11)

16:19

6-3 John Cage - Voiceless Essay [Excerpt] 10:58

6-4 David Tudor - Webwork [Excerpt]

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor

10:46

6-5 Michael Pugliese - Peace Talks [Excerpt]

Percussion - Michael Pugliese

Sitar, Percussion - Takehisa Kosugi

11:44

7-1 Takehisa Kosugi - Spectra

Electronics [Live], Percussion [With Contact Mics] - David Tudor, Michael Pugliese

Electronics [Live], Percussion [With Contact Mics], Voice - Takehisa Kosugi

20:29

7-2 John Cage - Sculptures Musicales [Excerpt]

Sounds [Various Acoustic And Electronic Constant Sounds] - David Tudor, Michael Pugliese, Takehisa Kosugi

12:14

7-3 David Tudor - Virtual Focus [Excerpt]

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor

15:15

7-4 John Cage - Four³ [Excerpt]

Piano, Rainstick - David Tudor, Michael Pugliese

Rainstick, Electronics [Oscillator] - Takehisa Kosugi

Rainstick - John D.S. Adams

15:24

7-5 David Tudor - Neural Network Plus [Excerpt]

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi

13:28

8-1 John King (11) - Blues '99 [Excerpt]

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor

Resonator Guitar [Pre-recorded Dobro Guitar], Electronics [Live] - John King (11)

19:10

8-2 Stuart Dempster - Underground Overlays [Excerpt]

Conch - Chad Kirby, Takehisa Kosugi

Performer [Garden Hose], Conch - Stuart Dempster

15:22

8-3 John Cage - Four⁶ [Excerpt]

Computer [Laptop] - Jim O'Rourke, Paul DeMarinis

Percussion, Electronics [Contact Mic], Tape, Electronics [Live], Voice - Takehisa Kosugi

Trombone - Stuart Dempster

11:17

8-4 Takehisa Kosugi - Wave Code A-Z [Excerpt]

Violin [Electric], Electronics [Live] - Takehisa Kosugi

14:42

8-5 Christian Wolff - Or 4 People [Excerpt]

Computer [Laptop] - Jim O'Rourke

Trombone - Stuart Dempster

Piano, Melodica - Christian Wolff

Electronics [Live], Violin, Harmonica - Takehisa Kosugi

6:16

9-1 John Cage - 108 And One⁸ [Excerpt]

Orchestra - Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice

Conductor - Arturo Tamayo

Cello - Loren Dempster

14:18

9-2 John King (11) - Longtermparking [Excerpt]

Computer [Laptop] - John King (11)

15:31

9-3 David Behrman - Long Throw [Excerpt]

Computer [Laptop] - David Behrman

Piano [Prepared] - Christian Wolff

Electric Guitar, Viola - John King (11)

Violin [Electric] - Takehisa Kosugi

18:25

9-4 Annea Lockwood - Jitterbug [Excerpt]

Computer [Laptop], Zither - David Behrman

Electronics [Live] - Stephan Moore (2)

Electric Guitar, Viola, Electronics [Live] - John King (11)

20:19

10-1 David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi - Event-February 16, 1993, Red Wing, Minnesota

Electronics [Live] - David Tudor, Takehisa Kosugi

5:58

10-2 David Behrman, Fast Forward (3), Takehisa Kosugi - Event-September 14, 1996, Annemasse, France

Percussion [Steel Pan], Performer [Objects] - Fast Forward (3)

Computer [Laptop], Percussion - David Behrman

Violin [Electric], Electronics [Live] - Takehisa Kosugi

5:53

10-3 David Behrman, Steve Lacy, Takehisa Kosugi - Event-June 5, 1997, Frankfurt

Soprano Saxophone - Steve Lacy

Computer [Laptop], Voice - David Behrman

Violin [Electric] - Takehisa Kosugi

7:30

10-4 Jim O'Rourke, Takehisa Kosugi, Christian Marclay - Event-September 12, 1998, Minneapolis

Computer [Laptop] - Jim O'Rourke

Turntables - Christian Marclay

Electronics [Live] - Takehisa Kosugi

5:22

10-5 James Woodrow, Takehisa Kosugi - Event-September 29, 2002, Oslo

Electronics [Live], Percussion, Voice - Takehisa Kosugi

Electric Guitar, Electronics [Live] - James Woodrow

4:12

10-6 Christian Wolff, Takehisa Kosugi - Event-October 30, 2002, Munich

Voice, Electronics [Live] - Takehisa Kosugi

Piano, Melodica, Percussion - Christian Wolff

6:51

10-7 David Behrman, John King (11), Ikue Mori - Event-December 14, 2004, New York City

Electric Guitar, Electronics [Live] - John King (11)

Trombone, Computer [Laptop] - Ikue Mori

Computer [Laptop], Violin, Psaltery - David Behrman

3:54

10-8 Ikue Mori, Christian Wolff, Marina Rosenfeld - Event-December 15, 2004, New York City

Computer [Laptop] - Ikue Mori

Turntables, Electronics [Live] - Marina Rosenfeld

Piano, Melodica, Percussion - Christian Wolff

6:56

10-9 John King (11), George Lewis - Event-December 18, 2004, New York City

Trombone, Computer [Laptop] - George Lewis

Electric Guitar, Electronics [Live] - John King (11)

6:35

10-10 Robin Rimbaud, Philip Selway, John King (11) - Event-June 14, 2005, London

Computer [Laptop] - Robin Rimbaud

Drum Machine, Electronics [Live] - Philip Selway

Electric Guitar, Electronics [Live] - John King (11)

5:21

10-11 John King (11), John Paul Jones (5), Stephen Montague - Event-June 17, 2005, London

Piano [Prepared], Percussion - Stephen Montague

Mandolin [Electric Triple-necked], Electronics [Live] - John Paul Jones (5)

Electric Guitar, Electronics [Live] - John King (11)

8:44

10-12 David Behrman, John King (11), Christian Wolff - Event-June 23, 2007, New Caanan, Connecticut

Electric Guitar, Melodica - Christian Wolff

Computer [Laptop], Recorder, Guitar - David Behrman

Electric Guitar, Electronics [Live] - John King (11)

3:09

10-13 Brenda Hutchinson, Ikue Mori, Robyn Schulkowsky, Christian Wolff - Event-June 22, 2009, Beacon, New York

Computer [Laptop] - Ikue Mori

Electric Guitar, Melodica - Christian Wolff

Performer [Long Tube], Voice, Electronics [Live] - Brenda Hutchinson

Percussion - Robyn Schulkowsky

5:17



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