KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Words: Program No. 7: Alvin Curran

Analog Audio

Event Type

Spoken Word

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

W.1969.10.13.c1

Program Series

Words

Program Length

62 min

Dates

1969-10-13 | broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

One in a series of programs produced by Clark Coolidge that feature the works of late 20th century poets, sound poets, and authors. This recording, broadcast on October 13, 1969, features two tape works by Alvin Curran. The first piece, “A Day in the Country: Part 1” is a compilation of ambient recordings made in Italy that range from the sound of children playing to those of a walk along a shoreline. These sounds have then been spliced together so as to form a continuous soundscape reminiscent of, appropriately enough, spending a day in the countryside. The second composition, “The Rubber Bee,” made in collaboration with Clark Coolidge, is a slightly more traditional piece of sound poetry, although it is sparser than many examples in this series.

Genres

Soundscapes
Sound poetry

Musical Selections

A Day In The Country: Part 1(1969) (35:30) / Alvin Curran -- The Rubber Bee (1969) (23:35) / Alvin Curran & Clark Coolidge

Subjects

Ambient sounds
Electronic music
Soundscapes (Music)
Text-sound compositions
Sound poetry

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related place

Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Coolidge, Clark, 1939-
Curran, Alvin S., 1938-