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Bill Obrecht

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

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Title
Bill Obrecht
Additional title: Ghost notes
Names
Obrecht, Bill (Composer)
Elson, Steve (Musician)
Grossman, Kory (Musician)
Ruyle, Bill (Musician)
Trigg, William (Musician)
Elderkin, Antoinette (Lighting designer)
Manhattan Marimba Quartet (Performer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Presenter)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Obrecht, Bill (Instrumentalist)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991-04-15
Table of Contents
1. Subway (premiere) (ca. 12 min.) / work for reeds, brass, percussion ; includes b film. |||| Ghost notes (premiere) (ca. 19 min.) / performed by Bill Obrecht (wind controller), Bill Cammarota (piano). |||| 2. Suite for marimba quartet (1988) (ca. 17 min.) / erroneously dated April 12 on frame ; performed by Manhattan Marimba Quartet: Kory Grossman, James Preiss, Bill Ruyle, William Trigg. |||| March Hare club for men (premiere) (ca. 5 min.) / work for piano, reeds, brass, percussion.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8421
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
Music -- United States -- 20th century
Genres
Filmed performances
Music
Notes
Content: Program title on accompanying house program: Ghost notes.
Creation/production credits: Lighting, Antoinette Elderkin.
Performers: Musicians: Bill Obrecht with Bill Cammarota (piano), Vincent Chancey (French horn), Steve Elson (saxophone), Pam Fleming (trumpet), Aaron Heich (oboe, saxophone), Dan Levine (trombone).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Bands on the Run series, on April 15, 1991, by Video D Studios.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (53 min. total) : sound, color with black and white sequence ; 3/4 in.
Description
Concert of instrumental music ; no dance content.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F530
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14430528
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b10b2990-a742-0138-2535-025147d9add0
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1991: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Bill Obrecht" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/29f1dab3-ae4f-413f-a7a8-6ddff1aa4216

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Bill Obrecht" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 29, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/29f1dab3-ae4f-413f-a7a8-6ddff1aa4216

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Bill Obrecht Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/29f1dab3-ae4f-413f-a7a8-6ddff1aa4216

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Bill Obrecht