The Resource Einstein on the beach : highlights, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, (sound recording)

Einstein on the beach : highlights, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, (sound recording)

Label
Einstein on the beach : highlights
Title
Einstein on the beach
Title remainder
highlights
Statement of responsibility
Philip Glass, Robert Wilson
Creator
Contributor
Composer
Designer
Director
Narrator
Performer
Photographer
Producer
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Related
Member of
Cataloging source
NNY
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Glass, Philip
Credits note
Executive producers: Philip Glass, Kurt Munkacsi, and Don Christensen
Date time place
Recorded at various live performances of the opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1984
Dewey number
782.1
Form of composition
operas
Format of music
not applicable
LC call number
M1505.G53
LC item number
E36 2012
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1941-
  • 1948-
  • 1948-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Wilson, Robert
  • Verges, Chrisann
  • Obenhaus, Mark
  • Glass, Philip
  • Munkacsi, Kurt
  • Christensen, Don
  • Lyman, Will
  • Philip Glass Ensemble
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music
  • Obenhaus Films (New York, N.Y.)
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Einstein, Albert
  • Glass, Philip
  • Wilson, Robert
  • Operas
  • Opera
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
Einstein on the beach : highlights, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, (sound recording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Companion DVD entitled: Einstein on the beach : the changing image of opera / a production of Obenhaus Films, Inc. for the Brooklyn Academy of Music ; a film by Mark Obenhaus ; produced by Chrisann Verges ; directed and photographed by Mark Obenhaus. Narrated by Will Lyman, and originally produced in 1985
  • Companion DVD contains a documentary offering insights into Einstein on the Beach, through interviews with creators composer Philip Glass and director/designer Robert Wilson, who explain some of their structural choices and the concepts behind the opera. The film features rehearsal and performance footage from the 1984 production of the opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It offers a look at the creative processes of two of the most important figures in American contemporary music and theatre, and examines the evolution of the performing arts
Accompanying material
1 DVD (ca. 58 min. ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.).
Bar code
  • 31223111324050
  • 31223111324043
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
  • stereophonic
  • unknown
Content category
performed music
Content type code
  • prm
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Knee 1 -- Train -- Trial, pt. 1 -- Trial, pt. 20 -- Trial, pt. 30 -- Knee 20 -- Dance 1 -- Night train -- Knee 3 -- Trial-prison, pt. 1 -- Trial-prison, pt. 2 -- Trial-prison, pt. 3 -- Trial-prison, pt. 4 -- Dance 2 -- Knee 4 -- Building -- Cadenza -- Bed, pt. 1 -- Bed, pt. 2 -- Spaceship -- Knee 5
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
  • other
Extent
1 sound disc (77 min., 23 sec.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
801837008326
Other physical details
digital
Publisher number
  • 0082
  • omm0083
  • 0083
  • omm5005
  • 5005
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • sound disc
  • videodisc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)819340471
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Einstein on the beach : highlights, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, (sound recording)
Publication
Note
  • Companion DVD entitled: Einstein on the beach : the changing image of opera / a production of Obenhaus Films, Inc. for the Brooklyn Academy of Music ; a film by Mark Obenhaus ; produced by Chrisann Verges ; directed and photographed by Mark Obenhaus. Narrated by Will Lyman, and originally produced in 1985
  • Companion DVD contains a documentary offering insights into Einstein on the Beach, through interviews with creators composer Philip Glass and director/designer Robert Wilson, who explain some of their structural choices and the concepts behind the opera. The film features rehearsal and performance footage from the 1984 production of the opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It offers a look at the creative processes of two of the most important figures in American contemporary music and theatre, and examines the evolution of the performing arts
Accompanying material
1 DVD (ca. 58 min. ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.).
Bar code
  • 31223111324050
  • 31223111324043
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
  • stereophonic
  • unknown
Content category
performed music
Content type code
  • prm
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Knee 1 -- Train -- Trial, pt. 1 -- Trial, pt. 20 -- Trial, pt. 30 -- Knee 20 -- Dance 1 -- Night train -- Knee 3 -- Trial-prison, pt. 1 -- Trial-prison, pt. 2 -- Trial-prison, pt. 3 -- Trial-prison, pt. 4 -- Dance 2 -- Knee 4 -- Building -- Cadenza -- Bed, pt. 1 -- Bed, pt. 2 -- Spaceship -- Knee 5
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
  • other
Extent
1 sound disc (77 min., 23 sec.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
801837008326
Other physical details
digital
Publisher number
  • 0082
  • omm0083
  • 0083
  • omm5005
  • 5005
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • sound disc
  • videodisc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)819340471
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Video recording format
DVD

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