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KPFK Tape Recording Collection ARS.0047
ARS.0047
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: KPFK Tape Recording Collection
Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0047
Physical Description:
3.25 Linear Feet
: (3) box(es)
Date (bulk): 1961 - 1964
This collection contains a selection of radio broadcast programs produced and/or broadcast
by KPFK Los Angeles primarily from 1961 to 1964. The content of these programs consists of
contemporary music, traditional music of East Asia, and jazz, including programs by Gunther
Schuller, Eric Salzman, Igor Stravinsky, Luciano Berio, Morton Feldman, Earl Brown, John
Cage, Ernst Toch, Lou Harrison, Toru Takemitsu, and other contemporary composers. Also
featured are several programs focused on the music from Japan, readings from poetry,
dramatizations, and lectures, discussions, and interviews with Merce Cunningham, Roselyn
Turek, James Baldwin, Harold Lloyd, Peter Cook, Timothy Leary, Edward Albee, Pauline Kael,
and many others.
Open for research; material must be requested at least 3 business days in advance of
intended use. Contact the Archive of Recorded Sound for assistance.
Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the
creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.
KPFK Tape Recording Collection, ARS-0047. Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, CA.
The KPFK Tape Recording Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by
Ron Sappington in 2010.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
KPFK (Radio station : Los Angeles,
Calif.)
Radio programs -- United States
Sappington, Ron