KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: An Hour of Word Compositions

Analog Audio

Event Type

Spoken Word

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1971.08.11

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

62 min

Dates

1971-08-11 | broadcast
| 1971-08-11 | created

Description

Anthony Gnazzo, born in 1936 in Connecticut, received his education at Hartt College of Music and at Brandeis University. In addition to being a composer, Gnazzo is also well known as a designer and builder of electronic music studios, having been associated with the University of Toronto, Simon Fraser University, Mills College, UC Berkeley, and other schools. In this program, Gnazzo divulges his latest audio miracles in the form of 60 minutes worth of word-tape compositions for radio.

Note: contains mature language!

Genres

Sound poetry
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

sdrawkcab -- Is Rock Pseudo Stone? -- Definition -- The Population Explosion -- Some Perhaps Songs -- Exquisite Stagger-Dance -- Of Man and Woman -- You'd Better Believe It >3 Store Coupons -- Experience Counter Experience -- Both Directed by>Some Perhaps Songs -- Theater Piece XII -- Some Perhaps Song No. 4 -- Theme and Other Things -- A Promising Beginning -- Divisi Est -- Prime Source 1 -- Prime Source 3 -- Prime Source 5 -- Prime Source 2 -- 3 for 2 -- Inevitably Plastic

Subjects

Electronic music
Text-sound compositions
Sound poetry
Electro-acoustic

Related places

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

Related Entities

Gnazzo, Anthony, 1936-
Amirkhanian, Charles