KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ A Reading from Technicians of the Sacred, 1971
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Spoken WordOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1971.XX.XX.05Program Length
19 minDates
1971 | createdDescription
Charles Amirkhanian reads poetry from the anthology by Jerome Rothenberg, "Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries From Africa, America, Asia, Europe & Oceania" (The first edition from Anchor Books/Doubleday 1969). Complete will echo effects on the voice, the reading covers poems:Six Seri Whale Songs by Santo Blanco
Four Eskimo Prose Poems: The Splendor of the Heavens, A Mother and Child, The Woman Who Took In a Larva to Nurse, When Houses Were Alive
Genesis I (A Kato Indian Tale)
Bantu Combinations (from Africa)
The Killer (a Cherokee Indian poem)
A Charm to Cause the Gangosa that Eats Away at the Nose (New Guinea)
The String Game (Bushman, Africa)
The Abortion (Santal, India)
Garbage Event (Dayak, Borneo)
Noise Event (Hebrew)
Booger Event (Cherokee Indian)
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PoetryMusical Selections
Six Seri Whale Songs -- The Splendor of the Heavens; A Mother and Child; The Woman Who Took In a Larva to Nurse; When Houses Were Alive [from Four Eskimo Prose Poems] -- Genesis I -- Bantu Combinations -- The Killer -- A Charm to Cause the Gangosa that Eats Away at the Nose -- The String Game -- The Abortion -- Garbage Event -- Noise Event -- Booger EventPerformers
Charles Amirkhanian, readerSubjects
Poetry readingFolk Poetry
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