| Pluto: The Seed-man at the End of the Cycle |
35 mins |
Current Events
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| Dane Rudhyar, well known in New Music circles as a modern composer of often brief, and sometimes dissonant, works for piano, was also a philosopher and author of many books on Astrology. Less deterministic than traditional Astrology,... |
| Poetry - Center and Absence - Music: A Lecture by Pierre Boulez |
71 min |
20th Century Classical
Poetry |
| In March 1963, Pierre Boulez delivered an address to the Festival of Contemporary Arts at the University of Illinois in Urbana on the topic of music and poetry. After a brief introduction by Igor Stravinsky, Boulez reflects on his work... |
| Portraits and Repetition: An essay by Gertrude Stein |
60 min |
Literature
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| Charles Amirkhanian reads an excerpt from Gertrude Stein’s “Portraits and Repetition,” which was originally published as part of the author’s “Lectures in America.” In what is a fascinating explanation of the Stein style,... |
| Roland Young on the Development of African American Music |
65 min |
World Music
Jazz |
| A recording of a 1979 lecture by Roland P. Young, given at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Young was, at the time of this recording, a musician, composer, KPFA program host, and aspiring musicologist, or sound philosopher. In this... |
| Cabrillo Music Festival 1979 Composers' Round Table |
89 min |
New Music
20th Century Classical |
| From the 1979 Cabrillo Music Festival held in Aptos CA., Charles Amirkhanian moderates a discussion with composers, Virgil Thomson, Lou Harrison, Eric Stokes, Laurie Spiegel, Garrett List & Laurie Anderson. This fascinating conversation... |
| Cabrillo Music Festival Lecture by John Cage, Aug. 1977 |
112 min |
Literature
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| The lecture begins with reading of “Mureau”, which is based on a text by Henry David Thoreau. The program concludes with a lengthy question and answer session that followed Cage’s appearance at the Cabrillo Music Festival in August... |
| George Antheil Collection Essay ueber George Antheil |
19 min |
20th Century Classical
Motion Picture Music |
| An essay on George Antheil, by Hans Heinsheimer and read in German. Heisheimer was a music publishing executive for such firms as Universal Edition, Boosey & Hawkes, and G. Schirmer. While working for Universal Edition in Vienna,... |
| Improv:21 Bob Ostertag - Creative Life |
103 min |
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
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| As part of the Improv:21 series sponsored by ROVA:Arts, Derk Richardson interviews composer, performer, author, and musical theoretician Bob Ostertag, before a live audience at the San Francisco Museum of Performance & Design Performing... |
| Improv:21 Chris Brown & Tim Perkis - Machines and Others |
83 min |
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
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| Recorded on April 9, 2007 at the San Francisco Performance Library, Derk Richardson engages Chris Brown and Tim Perkis in a discussion, before a live audience, about the processes and challenges of improvising electronic music. Both early... |
| Improv:21 Intervals, Overtones, & Extended Techniques: An Informance with Mark Dresser (2008) |
96 min |
Jazz
Free Improvisation |
| A performance and lecture by composer and bassist Mark Dresser, recorded on April 15, 2008, at the Marsh, in San Francisco, as part of the Improv:21 series sponsored by ROVA Arts. After a brief introduction by Derk Richardson, Dresser... |
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