Internet Archive Search: (collection:other_minds OR mediatype:other_minds) AND -mediatype:collection AND firstTitle:W

Search Results

Results: 1 through 43 of 43 (0.008 secs)
You searched for: (collection:other_minds OR mediatype:other_minds) AND -mediatype:collection AND firstTitle:W

	Warsaw Autumn Festival Concert The Warsaw Autumn Festival of Contemporary Music is one of the oldest and best known musical festivals devoted to contemporary classical music. This recording, from a concert held on Nov. 8, 1962 (or possibly 1963) features performances of Niccolò Castiglioni’s “Aprèslude”, Anton Webern’s last orchestra work “Variations”, and Edgar Varèse’s “Arcana”, the only orchestral piece that Varèse still allowed to be played... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Orchestral Music; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 43 Average rating: (0 review)
	Wester Sun Day II A rather irreverent Easter Day program produced by conceptual artist, Paul Cotton and friends. Assembling a hodgepodge of popular music, strange readings, snippets of childhood stories, and sexually explicit poetry, Cotton, who is perhaps best known for appearing in public in a large bunny costume with his genitals showing, has produced here a sort of hippie celebration of all things Easter. This program was described in KPFA’s program guide as: “Eight Astro-Naught Rabb-Eyes Make a Leap of F... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Popular Music; Poetry Downloads: 65 Average rating: (0 review)
	When Music was Mechanical Visit the Oakland Museumâs Mechanical Musical Instrument exhibit that ran December 16, 1972 through February 4, 1973. Organized over a two year period by the museumâs curator, Gretchen Schneider, the exhibit held around eighty varieties of mechanical instruments from the turn of the (19th) century. Charles Amirkhanian visits the museum to interview Schneider and demonstrates a variety of the tunes played by the musical machines... Keywords: Oakland Museum; mechanical instruments; KPFA 1973; radiom.org; barrel organ; electric orchestrion; Wurlitzer; turnaphone Downloads: 1,129 Average rating: (0 review)
	Will Charles Boone Please Step Forward: A Program on San Francisco composer Charles Boone, 1972 - Charles Boone Bay Area composer Charles Boone in conversation with Charles Amirkhanian, recorded June 27, 1972 at KPFA Berkeley. Topics of discussion include Boones musical education, relationship with other composers and the situation of composers living on the West (in comparison to that of composers on the East Coast). A selection of his music includes Oblique Formation (for flute and piano), A Cool Glow of Radiation(for flute and tape) and Starfish (for clarinet, two violins, two percussion and piano). Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical; Avantgarde Downloads: 122 Average rating: (0 review)
	Will Charles Boone Please Step Forward? - Charles Boone Bay Area composer Charles Boone in conversation with Charles Amirkhanian, recorded June 27, 1972 at KPFA Berkeley. Topics of discussion include Boones musical education, relationship with other composers and the situation of composers living on the West (in comparison to that of composers on the East Coast). A selection of his music includes Oblique Formation (for flute and piano), A Cool Glow of Radiation(for flute and tape) and Starfish (for clarinet, two violins, two percussion and piano). Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 238 Average rating: (0 review)
	William Burroughs Press Conference at Berkeley Museum of Art on November 12, 1974 - William Burroughs William Burroughs press conference at Berkeley Museum of Art on November 12, 1974. Sponsored by the Pacific Film Archive. At a press release on an unidentified occasion, William Burroughs fields an array of questions, discusses relationships with or opinions on Paul Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Jose Delgado, Alfred Korzybski, et.al. as well as opinions on the women's movement, contemporary (1974) politics (Watergate, etc.), governmental methods of civilian control and the possibilities of revo... Source: Other Minds Keywords: poet; poetry Downloads: 3,110 Average rating: (1 review)
	Women's Works: Vivian Fine and Her Music - Vivian Fine, International League of Women Composers Vivian Fine, born in 1913, is one of the significant female composers in the United States. In this program, produced in 1986 by the International League of Women Composers with funds provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, host Lisa Simeone and Vivian Fine discuss her career, composing philosophy, music, and teaching experiences. Some of Fine's colleagues and friends also are interviewed... Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical Downloads: 182 Average rating: (0 review)
	Words Program 1: Clark Coolidge Clark Coolidge, the poet perhaps most responsible for inspiring the entire experimental field of Language Poetry, produced 17 remarkable one-hour programs of experimental audio pieces by himself and others in 1969 for KPFA. This is the first program, comprising two Coolidge works read in his own voice. The first piece is built on various combinations of the repeated words "once, harp, rice" and the second is a medley of "but, if, it, though, its, thus, is, what, and." The rhythmic interplay and ... Keywords: Clark Coolidge; Words Program; KPFA-FM; Sound Poetry; Spoken Word Downloads: 336 Average rating: (0 review)
	Words Program No. 17: Charles Amirkhanian An early, hour long, text-sound composition by one of the premiere artists in the field of Sound Poetry. Charles Amirkhanian performs his piece, “Words”, in this, the 17th installment of Clark Coolidge’s KPFA series devoted to the spoken word and its electronic manipulation. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Spoken Word; Poetry; Sound Poetry; Charles Amirkhanian Downloads: 50 Average rating: (0 review)
	Works by Six Dutch Composers Han Reiziger of VPRO (Dutch Radio) hosted a number of KPFA broadcasts in 1974 as part of an exchange program. In this edition he introduces the works of six Dutch composers, several of which are very rare in United States, to this day. Included are incidental music by Alphons Diepenbrock, two re-workings of the Dutch national anthem by Anthon van der Horst and Louis Andriessen, a symphony by Cornelis Dopper, a seldom heard avant-garde piece by Bernard van Beurden, and an aleatoric work for two w... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Han Reiziger; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 210 Average rating: (1 review)
	World Ear Project: A Rehearsal for a Work by John Dinwiddie From March 28, 1971, a recording of a music rehearsal for an unidentified work by John Dinwiddie. As someone plays the piano one can hear a number of other people work on getting the electronic components to work. Abrupt explosions of sound occur as what might be radios and oscillators are plugged in, turned on, or suddenly disconnected. Joining the piano are chimes, whistles, and various forms of percussion in what seems to be a rather freewheeling rehearsal... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Soundscapes; World Ear Project Downloads: 40 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: A Walk Through the San Diego Zoo Field recordings from the San Diego Zoo, recorded on Nov. 14, 1968 by Pauline Oliveros. Many various animals and bird calls are heard in this recording of ambient sounds that is refreshingly free of crowd noise. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 72 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Bullfrogs at Terry Rileys House Just goodol bull frogs in their natural percussive ensemble, recorded at Terry Rileys house in Northern California, on June 11, 1983. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Soundscapes; World Ear Project Downloads: 134 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Christmas Shopping at Hinks, Berkeley A fly on the wall recording of Christmas shoppers, recorded at Hinks Department store in Berkeley California on November 30, 1970, at 4:30pm. This ambient field recording picks up the sounds of people as they walk past, use the phone, and open a music box. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Soundscapes; World Ear Project Downloads: 142 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Field Recording for Theater and Film Jim LeBrecht and Andy Wiskes discuss their formidable audio contributions to film and theater, including their critically acclaimed soundtrack collaboration on the 1986 Berkeley Repertory Theater’s production of Tennessee William’s “The Night of the Iguana”. LeBrecht, the resident sound designer of more than fifty performances with the Berkeley Rep., and Wiskes, a sound recordist for such feature films as “Where the River Runs Black” and “Howard the Duck”, present ambient recordi... Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 84 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Forest Hill Station, San Francisco An ambient recording made inside the Forest Hill MUNI Station in San Francisco between 8:00 PM and 8:15 PM on October 5, 1970 by Jeff Echeverria and Frank French for KPFA’s World Ear Project. This recording captures the subtle ambiance of a largely empty subway station with the sound of sparse footsteps and faraway traffic intermittently interrupted with the trains as they pass through. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Field Recordings Downloads: 18 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: High School Athletic Games and Power Saws Four recording that were submitted to KPFA’s World Ear Project in the mid-1980s by Randy Magnus. Two of these recordings were made during high school athletic games and the other two are of power saws. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Field Recordings Downloads: 8 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Man Snoring and Trains Moving Two ambient recordings made by David Brown in the Summer of 1983. This first recording is of a person, identified as “George”, snoring, and can be quite disturbing at times to listen to. The second clip was made in the Burlington Northern freight train yard in Minneapolis and has some excellently evocative railroad sounds. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Field Recordings Downloads: 25 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: New Year’s Eve, College Ave., Berkeley. California How would you like to lie down in a busy street (invisibly, of course), and take it all in? That could have been this recording’s vantage point of sound. Thoughts are things at the crossroads in no man’s land. Howling engines crank the emotions. But do they fill us with fear? Serendipity is one of nature’s gifts. Even man made ones. These are the sounds I live with, I sleep by. They are the persistent aural backdrop of my home life... Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 31 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Paul Matzner Paul Matzner is curator of the California Library of Natural Sounds at the Oakland Museum. His soundscapes and sound installations highlighted the museum’s “Walk Across California” exhibit, which provided an exciting acoustic journey from the coast to the desert. In this edition of the World Ear project, take a hike with Paul. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Soundscapes; World Ear Project; Paul Matzner Downloads: 58 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: People Milling Around in a Large Room An ambient field recording of what sounds like people in a large room, perhaps during an intermission of a concert or class. There is little in the way of recognizable speech and instead this recording is mostly filled with the sound of people’s shuffling feet, the possible scraping of chairs against the floor, and other nondescript sounds. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Field Recordings Downloads: 22 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Series 2, April This program is the third in a new series of ambient field recordings from around the world. The original World Ear Project series was broadcast on KPFA in the early 1970s, as the portable cassette recorder first made such an ambitious undertaking economically affordable. In this, the second series, the idea of collecting sounds from unique and unusual environments from all over the world remains the same, however the advances in field recording technologies, including digital recording, make fo... Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 15 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Series 2, February This program is the first in a new series of ambient field recordings from around the world. The original World Ear Project series was broadcast on KPFA in the early 1970s, as the portable cassette recorder first made such an ambitious undertaking economically affordable. In this, the second series, the idea of collecting sounds from unique and unusual environments from all over the world remains the same, however the advances in field recording technologies, including digital recording, make fo... Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 47 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Series 2, July This program is the sixth in a new series of ambient field recordings from around the world. The original World Ear Project series was broadcast on KPFA in the early 1970s, as the portable cassette recorder first made such an ambitious undertaking economically affordable. In this, the second series, the idea of collecting sounds from unique and unusual environments from all over the world remains the same, however the advances in field recording technologies, including digital recording, make fo... Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project Series; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 11 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Series 2, March This program is the second in a new series of ambient field recordings from around the world. The original World Ear Project series was broadcast on KPFA in the early 1970s, as the portable cassette recorder first made such an ambitious undertaking economically affordable. In this, the second series, the idea of collecting sounds from unique and unusual environments from all over the world remains the same, however the advances in field recording technologies, including digital recording, make f... Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 21 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Series 2, May This program is the fourth in a new series of ambient field recordings from around the world. The original World Ear Project series was broadcast on KPFA in the early 1970s, as the portable cassette recorder first made such an ambitious undertaking economically affordable. In this, the second series, the idea of collecting sounds from unique and unusual environments from all over the world remains the same, however the advances in field recording technologies, including digital recording, make f... Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 46 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Series One Charles Amirkhanian introduces a program of ambient sound recordings made by listeners and friends of KPFA from around the world. On this program you will hear a ride in the Goodyear blimp “Columbia” as it flies over the Berkeley hills, a duck feeding at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, Charles taking a shower at home, the sound of Michael Barclay, (KPFA’s opera commentator) breathing and writing, a flock of sparrows in a fifty year old redwood tree, and the story of John Fare, a conce... Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 46 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Sounds from Europe As part of a series of ambient sound broadcasts, Charles Amirkhanian introduces recordings made by him and his wife, Carol Law, in Ravenna, Italy (birds); Northeast France (meadow); Positano, Italy (children); the Grotto dello Smeralda (”Emerald Grotto”) on the Southwest Italian coast; and Essex, England (a visit with composers Harvey Matusow and Annea Lockwood. Warning: contains some profanity Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 116 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Sounds from the Village of Ruski Krstur Recorded in the Summer of 1969 by ethnomusicologist Martin Koenig and submitted to KPFA’s World Ear Project, this tape captures a conversation between two cattle herders and a woman, in the village of Ruski Krstur in Yugoslavia (now Serbia). The three are speaking in the language of the Rusyn, a sizable ethnic minority within the Vojvodina district of Yugoslavia. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Field Recordings Downloads: 21 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Transmission Five In this, the fifth in a series of programs of ambient sound recordings from around the world, Richard Friedman introduces a tape of a trip to the San Diego Zoo, recorded by Pauline Oliveros, in November 1968. This is followed by street recordings made by Jack Schneider when visiting Lisbon, Portugal and Mocamedes (Namibe), Angola, in November 1970. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 44 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Transmission Four The fourth transmission of KPFAs groundbreaking series the World Ear Project, featuring unedited ambient recordings of unique or unusual environments. The World Ear Project was an attempt to bring everybodys ears a little closer. KPFA asked their listeners and friends from around the world to send in recordings made in common places of the sounds that surround our daily existence. The environments in which these recording were made were the sole subject of the project... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Soundscapes; World Ear Project Downloads: 156 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Transmission Nine The ninth transmission of KPFAs groundbreaking series the World Ear Project, featuring unedited ambient recordings of unique or unusual environments. The World Ear Project was an attempt to bring everybodys ears a little closer. KPFA asked their listeners and friends from around the world to send in recordings made in common places of the sounds that surround our daily existence. The environments in which these recording were made were the sole subject of the project... Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Soundscapes; World Ear Project Downloads: 96 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Transmission Seven In this, the seventh in a series of programs of ambient sound recordings from around the world, Richard Friedman and Charles Amirkhanian introduce (sort of) a number of field recordings from San Francisco, including foghorns, the cable car powerhouse, a walk through North Beach, and the toll plaza for Golden Gate Bridge. The program begins with the producers and volunteers of the show discussing what to play for this broadcast. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 62 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Transmission Six More ambient sound recordings sent to KPFA, by friends from around the world. This transmission includes fog horns and surf sounds recorded at Fort Scott, along the Golden Gate in San Francisco, and a walk through New York City streets and transit system. Sit back, put on the head phones and travel the world without leaving your house. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 61 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Transmission Two Richard Friedman introduces field recordings of ambient environments in Frankfurt, Germany; Yogoslavia; Atlanta, Georgia; Aptos, California; Berkeley, California; San Francisco, California; and Greece. This program is one in a series featuring unedited ambient recordings of unique or unusual environments from around the world. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Soundscapes Downloads: 37 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: U. S. Naval Supply Center, Seattle WA Several recordings made by Charles Amirkhanian from a backyard on Magnolia Bluff overlooking the U. S. Naval Supply Center railroad yard in Seattle, Washington, on Aug. 12, 1970. Recording from Naval Capt. John Hansen’s house at 1963 23rd Ave. W. at several points during the day (7:17 PM to 7:30 PM and 11:36 PM to 11:48 PM) with the mic in a couple of slightly different locations, Amirkhanian captures the sounds of trains squealing and seagulls crying and other ambient sounds. Keywords: KPFA-FM; World Ear Project; Other Finds; Field Recordings Downloads: 7 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Ear Project: Water Faucet Dripping Into a Cup of Water A recording of water dripping into a cup of water No its not a form of torture, its just raw sound emanating from a Berkeley faucet. One can use it as a form of meditation or turn it into a new form of auditory art. Recorded on Dec. 7, 1972. Maybe its a tribute to the brave soldiers that died at Pearl Harbor? The volume of this stereo recording varies, allowing the listener to enjoy the full range of resonance. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Other Finds; Soundscapes; World Ear Project Downloads: 158 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Premiere of Ge Gan-ru's "Four Studies of Peking Opera" at Other Minds 9, 2003 - Ge Gan-ru World Premiere of Ge Gan-ru's Four Studies for Peking Opera for piano and string quartet (2002) performed at Other Minds 9 at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, 2003. Four Studies of Peking Opera for piano and string quartet (2002) Staging Music Narrative Aria Quick Beat Gloria Cheng, piano; Onyx String Quartet: Anna Presler and Karen Shinozaki, violins; Phyllis Kamrin, viola; Leighton Fong, cello Each of the four movements distills some characteristic elements of Peking Opera... Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical Downloads: 461 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Premiere of Jack Body's "Three Sentimental Songs" and U.S. Premiere of "Sarajevo" at Other Minds 9, 2003 - Jack Body Two Premieres of Jack Body's Sarajevo and Three Sentimental Songs at Other Minds 8 at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 2003. Sarajevo for piano (1996) Rememberingimperfectly Totentanz Lachrymae Sarah Cahill, piano Three Sentimental Songs for piano and percussion trio (2000-01) Daisy Bell All Through the Night Little Brown Jug Sarah Cahill, piano; The Other Minds Ensemble - Joel Davel, Chris Froh and Ward Spangler, percussion Sarajevo - This work was written at the invitation of the N... Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical Downloads: 411 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Premiere of Joan Jeanrenaud's "Hommage" at Other Minds 10, 2004 - Joan Jeanrenaud World Premiere of Joan Jeanrenaud's Hommage (2003) at Other Minds 10 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. To purchase Joan's first solo CD "Metamorphosis," please visit www.newalbion.com. Joan Jeanrenaud, cello and electronics After decades as cellist with the Kronos Quartet, Jeanrenaud is making a successful foray into composing and improvising, exploring the marriage between acoustic sounds and electronic effects... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Avantgarde; Electronic; 20th Century Classical Downloads: 1,164 Average rating: (0 review)
	World Premiere of Mark Grey's "Sands of Time" for cello and live electronic processing performed by Joan Jeanrenaud at Other Minds 10, 2004 - Mark Grey World Premiere of Mark Grey's Sands of Time for cello and live electronic processing (2003) performed at Other Minds 10 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2004 Joan Jeanrenaud, cello Mark Grey, electronics One of the most in-demand sound designers today, Grey is best known for his work with the Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley and most recently with John Adams in The Dharma at Big Sur for the October 2003 opening of Disney Hall in Los Angeles... Source: Other Minds Keywords: 20th Century Classical Downloads: 836 Average rating: (1 review)
	World Premiere of William Parker's "Spirit Catcher for Four Musicians and Tape" at Other Minds 9, 2003 - William Parker World Premiere of William Parker's Spirit Catcher for Four Musicians and Tape (2003) performed at Other Minds 9 at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 2003. William Parker, double reeds, dilruba, sentir (a Moroccan bass); Oluyemi Thomas, c melody saxophone, bass clarinet, double reeds; Doctor E. Pelikan-Chalto, recorders, whistles and flutes; Barbara Sandidge, flugelhorn Spirit Catcher (2002) Spirit Catcher, for four musicians and tape, combines free improvisation with spoken word and p... Source: Other Minds Keywords: Jazz; Improv Downloads: 629 Average rating: (0 review)
	Worldwide Music: An Interview with Joan La Barbara This program begins with Charles Amirkhanian playing the first three musical selections simultaneously. After this stimulating experiment with multi-tasking, Charles interviews avant-garde vocalist Joan La Barbara about her work with extended vocal techniques. She describe the various methods she employs and then plays two of her own 1975 compositions, WARP and Vocal Techniques. Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Avant-Garde; Joan La Barbara Downloads: 29 Average rating: (0 review)