KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Electronic Music Special: Allen Strange & Bernie Krause, 1 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
MC.1981.09.10.AProgram Series
Morning ConcertProgram Length
127 minPart
1 of 2Dates
1981-09-10 | broadcast| 1981-09-10 | created
Description
Charles Amirkhanian is joined by composer Allen Strange, author of the definitive college teaching textbook, “Electronic Music”, and Bernie Krause, producer of the educational “New Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music” instructional manual and accompanying album. The program starts with recordings of works by Allen Strange, beginning with “The Second Book of Angels (The Thrones)” for string quartet and tape. His collaboration in the realm of children’s theater with Robert Jenkins is also represented with “Boogie and the Beejeez Man”, a children’s story with electronic music accompaniment. Later in the program Bernie Krause joins Strange and Jenkins for a discussion of the “Nonesuch Guide”, replete with examples of different electronic sounds. We also hear Mr. Krause’s music from the New Age jazz album “Citadels of Mystery”. (from KPFA Folio)Genres
Electro-Acoustic / ElectronicMusical Selections
The Second Book of Angels: The Thrones, for string quartet and tape (1979) (24:55) / Allen Strange -- Boogie and the Beejeez Man [text by Robert Jenkins] (1979) (14:15) / Allen StrangePerformers
The San Jose String Quartet (Second)Lauren Jakey, violin (Second)
Tikey Zes, violin (Second)
Susan Bates, viola (Second)
Donald Homuth, violoncello (Second)
Subjects
Electro-acousticElectronic music
String quartets with electronics
Children's stories
Ballets
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
San Jose String QuartetAmirkhanian, Charles
Strange, Allen
Jakey, Lauren
Zes, Tikey
Bates, Susan
Homuth, Donald, 1920-
Jenkins, Robert