KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ John Cage and David Tudor in Concert in San Francisco, Jan. 16, 1965, 2 of 3
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
C.1965.01.16.BProgram Length
75 minPart
2 of 3Dates
| broadcast| 1965-01-16 | created
Description
Recorded by KPFA Radio on the 39th birthday of David Tudor, this historic concert with John Cage thundered through the halls of the sculpture court of the San Francisco Museum of Art before a capacity audience that included the late Darius Milhaud in his wheelchair and other Bay Area arts dignitaries. The volume levels were raucous and the medium of live electronic music never more vibrant. Opening with a work performed on a single cymbal with contact microphones agitated by a wide gamut of objects, and concluding with “Variations IV” in which loudspeakers outside the performance space in various hallways interacted with speakers next to the audience, this was truly an affair to remember. Our thanks to the John Cage Trust, C.F. Peters Music Publishing, Christian Wolff and the Estate of David Tudor for their cooperation in allowing us to revive this long-lost audio document.Genres
Electro-Acoustic / ElectronicNew music
Musical Selections
For 1, 2 or 3 people, any instruments (1964) (23:36) / Christian WolffSubjects
New musicElectronic music
Electro-acoustic
Aleatory music
Chance operations
Related place
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Related Entities
San Francisco Conservatory of MusicSan Francisco Museum of Art
Cage, John
Tudor, David, 1926-1996
Wolff, Christian, 1934-