| New Music FM II: A Festival in Four Movements |
152 min |
New Music
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic |
| From KSJN (St. Paul, Minnesota) host Melinda Ward, of the Walker Art Center, introduces interviews and music by composers that were featured during the 1980 New Music America Festival in St. Paul Minnesota. This includes lengthy... |
| Nicolas Slonimsky at the Berkeley Piano Club |
129 min |
20th Century Classical
New Music |
| In this lecture and demonstration, Nicolas Slonimsky covers topics such as polytonality, atonality, scales, the perils of introducing the music of Charles Ives and Edgar Varèse to the Hollywood Bowl audiences in 1933, polyrhythm, and The... |
| Paul Dessau: His Life & Music |
116 min |
Music Theater
Opera |
| Ted Cohen of WBAI-FM, presents a documentary on the life and music of the German Jewish composer Paul Dessau. Born in Hamburg in 1894 (and eventually dying in East Berlin in 1979), Dessau’s tumultuous life included periods of obscurity,... |
| San Francisco Opera Special, 1989 |
118 min |
Classical Music
Opera |
| A 1989 review of the San Francisco Opera season in the national publication, “Musical America” raised the roof on a storm of controversy: Is the Opera so beholden to superstar soloists that the Pavarottis of the world are no longer... |
| Songs of the Omaha Tribe |
16 min |
World Music
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| Laura Reichek of the Alcatraz Solidarity Committee introduces three elderly members of the Omaha Tribe who visited the KPFA studios on November 24, 1970, to record a short program of Omaha songs. The performers are Charles Edwards, Mark... |
| Sound Painting by Sheila Booth |
113 min |
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Soundscapes |
| Sound paintings by Sheila Booth, who was living in Half Moon Bay just south of San Francisco in California at the time this program was recorded in September 1972. She wrote, “For over eight years, I have been a professional sound... |
| Terry Riley Day: Interview |
107 min |
20th Century Classical
New Music |
| On June 24, 1985, as part of a fundraising marathon, KPFA celebrated Terry Riley’s 50th birthday by dedicating an entire day to his music. Part of those celebrations included this in-studio interview with the composer, in which he... |
| The Changing Face of Igor Stravinsky |
65 min |
20th Century Classical
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| William Malloch illustrates how the performer’s and conductor’s attitudes toward Stravinsky’s music, including those of Stravinsky himself, have changed through the years. This program includes a discussion of these changes in... |
| The Different Computer of Laurie Spiegel |
89 min |
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
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| Computer music pioneer Laurie Spiegel discusses her compositional tools and processes with host Jude Quintieré in a program recorded in 1979. Having then recently completed a number of works using the GROOVE system at Bell Labs, Spiegel... |
| The Electronic Theater Music of Daniel Lentz |
30 min |
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
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| In program made in association with WOUB Radio of Ohio University and the Appalachian Lighthouse of Athens, Ohio, Daniel Lentz is interviewed about his Electronic Theater Music which was presented in concert at the Appalachian Lighthouse... |
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