KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Larry Wendt & Stephen Ruppenthal (June 22, 1979), 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Spoken Word

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1979.06.22.A

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

124 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

| broadcast
| 1979-06-22 | created

Description

In a program recorded in June of 1979, Charles Amirkhanian has a giddy discussion about sound poetry with Stephen Ruppenthal and Larry Wendt. Featured text-sound compositions heard during this program includes Wendt’s "Rain, Steam and Speed", and Ruppenthal’s "Cloud Forests" taken from a live recording made during the 1977 International Sound Poetry Festival in San Francisco.

Genres

Sound poetry

Musical Selections

Rain, Steam and Speed / Larry Wendt -- The Same Language (1979) / Stephen Ruppenthal -- Just Cat (1979) / Stephen Ruppenthal -- Flash Gordon conquers the Intona Remorae / Larry Wendt -- Cloud Forests (1977) / Stephen Ruppenthal

Subjects

Sound poetry
Text-sound compositions
Poetry -- Readings with music

Related places

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

Related Entities

International Sound Poetry Festival
Amirkhanian, Charles
Wendt, Larry
Ruppenthal, Stephen