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Ode To Gravity:
Avant-Garde Music and Art in Europe, 1973 |
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| Item Type: Sound Recording |
Duration: 91 min |
| Event Type: Interview and Music |
Program Origin: KPFA |
A program produced by Charles Amirkhanian, while he was in the Netherlands as part of an exchange program with VPRO (Holland Radio). Amirkhanian reviews a number of European musical festivals, including a concert of Letterist music. In addition Charles interviews Pierre Boulez after a recent performance of his works. Also interviewed is the late composer Mauricio Kagel in Cologne, Germany as he prepares for the premiere of his work, “Zwei-Mann Orchester”, a work scored for homemade instruments, crudely operated by remote control strings and wires. Charles also interviews Walther König, owner of a bookstore specializing in art. The program concludes with a visit to the 7th Annual Cologne Art Fair, where the world’s greatest avant-garde galleries gather to display their wares. Charles interviews a number of gallery owners about the state of avant-garde art in Europe. |
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| Genres: |
Avant-Garde; Electro-Acoustic / Electronic |
| Subject: |
Boulez, Pierre, 1925-; Kagel, Mauricio; Lemaître, Maurice, 1926-; Avant-garde (Music) ; Electro-acoustic; Electronic music; Unconventional instruments |
| People: |
Amirkhanian, Charles; Boulez, Pierre, 1925-; Kagel, Mauricio; Lemaître, Maurice, 1926-; Hamel, Peter Michael, 1947- |
| Recording Date: |
10/23/1973 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
11/21/1973 |
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| Musical Selections: |
Roxana (1953) / Maurice Lemaitre -- Gomorrhaga / Peter Michael Hamel |
| Genres: |
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic; Modern Art |
| Subject: |
König, Walther, 1939-; Electro-acoustic; Electronic music; Sound poetry; Text-sound compositions; Art, Modern; Avant-garde (Art) |
| People: |
Amirkhanian, Charles; Lemaître, Maurice, 1926-; Hamel, Peter Michael, 1947-; König, Walther, 1939-; Law, Carol |
| Recording Date: |
10/23/1973 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
11/21/1973 |
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| Genres: |
Modern Art; Avant-Garde |
| Subject: |
Art, Modern; Avant-garde (Art); Electro-acoustic; Electronic music |
| People: |
Amirkhanian, Charles; Law, Carol |
| Recording Date: |
10/23/1973 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
11/21/1973 |
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