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KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Information Transmission, Modulation and Noise: Electronic Music Talk with Anthony Gnazzo

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Event Type
Music
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
ITM.1970.10.19
Program Series
Information Transmission, Modulation and Noise
Program Length
68 min
Dates
1970-10-19 | broadcast
| 402 | created
Description
Host Richard Friedman talks with electronic music wizard Anthony Gnazzo about the state of electronic music in the late 1960s. As a selection of music by such well known and lesser known composers, such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Tod Dockstader, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, Terry Riley, and Steve Reich play in the background, the two discuss the techniques and equipment used by composers dabbling in electronic sounds. Topics covered include a comparison of the MOOG and Buchla synthesizers, the musique concrète of the Beatles and Boulez, the phase shifting of Steve Reich, as well as Stockhausen’s theories of time and rate in electronic music, among others. Although an informal conversation, recorded in the wee hours of the night in November of 1969, these two composers, both of whom were very involved with the development of electronic music equipment and studios, bring their expertise to bear in an entertaining and informative manner.
Genres
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Musical Selections
Quatermass [excerpt] (1964) / Tod Dockstader -- Kontakte [excerpt] (1958-60) / Karlheinz Stockhausen -- [unidentified work] / Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention -- Two Virgins [excerpts] (1968) / John Lennon & Yoko Ono -- A Rainbow in Curved Air [excerpt] (1968) / Terry Riley -- Come Out [excerpt] (1966) / Steve Reich -- [unidentified work] / Karlheinz Stockhausen -- [unidentified piece, a reworking or re-warping of two classics]
Subjects
Electronic music
Electro-acoustic
Musique concrète
Music, concrete
Conversations
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Mothers of Invention
Friedman, Richard
Gnazzo, Anthony, 1936-
Dockstader, Tod, 1932-2015
Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1928-2007
Zappa, Frank
Lennon, John, 1940-1980
Ono, Yōko, 1943-
Riley, Terry, 1935-
Reich, Steve, 1936-