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The 12th International Sound Poetry Festival was held at the Washington Square Church in New York City in April 1980. Organized by Charlie Morrow and Sten Hanson, the Festival included performances by such well known composers and poets as Jerome Rothenberg, Adriano Spatola, Charles Amirkhanian, Beth Anderson, Bernard Heidsieck, John Giorno, and Jackson Mac Low. In this program you will hear selections from the Festival, that range from traditional modern poetry, to performance poetry, phonetic poetry, concrete poetry, tape and spoken word compositions, and narratives with instrumental accompaniment.

Genres

Poetry
Sound poetry

Musical Selections

To-Ca-Ti-Co-To-Ca-Tå (1978) (4:09) / Carles Santos -- Conversa (1980) (4:31) / Carles Santos -- Pepa (1980) (4:34) / Carles Santos -- [unidentified sound poem] (3:43) / Carles Santos -- If I Were a Poet (1:16) / Beth Anderson -- The People Rumble Louder (1975) (0:50) / Beth Anderson -- John Giorno (0:52) / Beth Anderson -- Martha Graham (0:50) / Beth Anderson -- Yes Sir Ree (1978) (1:20) / Beth Anderson -- I Can’t Stand It (2:17) / Beth Anderson -- Six Stories in Series, for speaker and piano (1979) (5:33) / Beth Anderson -- Ocean Motion Mildew Mind, for voice and percussion (1979) (1:47) / Beth Anderson

Performers

Carles Santos, voice (To ; Conversa ; Pepa ; unidentified)
Beth Anderson, voice and piano (all others)

Subjects

Poetry
Sound poetry
Text-sound compositions
Performance poetry

Related place

New York (N.Y.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Santos, Carles, 1940-
Anderson, Beth, 1950-