KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: A Visitor from Vienna
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1972.01.24Program Length
33 minDates
1972-01-24 | broadcast| 1972-01-24 | created
Description
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, the famous Polish-born composer was in the San Francisco Bay Area to preside over a concert of his works, given on January 28, 1972, by the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble. In this program, recorded on Jan. 24, 1972, Haubenstock-Ramati talks with Howard Hersh and Robert Moran, co-directors of the New Music Ensemble as well as Charles Amirkhanian, on the subject of his varied career and his enormously engaging compositions. Haubenstock-Ramati discusses the role his adopted city, Vienna, has had in the history of Western music, and touches upon the debate as to who invented twelve-tone serialism, Josef Matthias Hauer or Arnold Schoenberg. Haubenstock-Ramati also talks about his opera “Amerika,” which is based on the novel by Franz Kafka. The three men also commiserate about the reception that avant-garde music often gets from traditional music critics.Genres
20th century classicalSubjects
20th century classicalRelated places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Hersh, HowardMoran, Robert, 1937-
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman