KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ An Avant-Garde Concert, July 29, 1966, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

C.1966.07.29.A

Program Length

95 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1966-10-08 | broadcast
| 1966-07-29 | created

Description

An avant-garde concert given at the KPFA San Francisco Studio in 1966, organized by Christian Wolff and Robert Moran. The first piece heard is a raucous presentation of John Cage’s famous “Cartridge Music,” in which contact microphones and turntable cartridges were placed or struck against a variety of objects and then amplified. Also included is a sparse work for electric guitar by Morton Feldman, that had previously thought to have been lost until it was rediscovered here. Other featured works include compositions by Nam June Paik, Christian Wolff, Anestis Logothetis, and Robert Moran, as well as a composition for paper by Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson. This concert represents some of the 20th century's most experimental works by some of its most famous composers, and thus serves as an important milestone in the history of contemporary music.

Genres

Avant-garde

Musical Selections

Cartridge Music (1960) (8:24) / John Cage -- Playable Music No. 150019876940377762456 for Robert Moran, or A Recherche de freud perdu (7:02) / Nam June Paik -- The possibility of a new work for electric guitar (4:03) / Morton Feldman -- For five or ten players (1962) (10:33) / Christian Wolff

Performers

Robert Moran, piano (Playable Music, For five or ten)
Christian Wolff, guitar (Possibility, For five or ten)
Stuart Dempster, bass trombone (For five or ten)
John Nash, violin (For five or ten)
Holly Wolff, bass guitar (For five or ten)

Subjects

New music
Avant-garde (Music)
Musique concrète
Music, concrete
Aleatory music
Electronic music
Electro-acoustic
Piano music
Electric guitar music
Instrumental ensembles

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related places

San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Cage, John
Paik, Nam June, 1932-2006
Moran, Robert, 1937-
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987
Wolff, Christian, 1934-