KPFK Tape Recording Collection ARS.0047

Recordings 1961-1964

Arrangement

This series is arranged numerically by handwritten program number as found on the spines and inner contents of the individual tape containers.

Processing Information

Details of the individual recordings in this series have been transcribed from the inserted guide notes and/or typed descriptions found inside each tape container. In some cases, the descriptions have been summarized. Further information on the contents of individual recordings will require listening for verification.

Box 1, reel 1

Programs 4-5 ars0047_b01_r01 1962-11-17

Physical Description: 1 7" audiotape reel(s)

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[Program 4 - The Libation Bearers] Part II of the Aeschylus Oresteia trilogy, produced by Ruth Bonura and dramatized for radio by the Wayne State University Theatre. November 17, 1962. [Program 5 - The Golden Era of Comedy] Harold Lloyd talks to Herbert Feinstein about comedy from 1917 to 1930. November 17, 1962.

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Programs 9-10 ars0047_b01_r02 1962-10-07 1962-10-08

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[Program 9 - Contemporary Japanese Music] By composer Shinichi Matsushita. Composizione da Camera per 8, and Concrete Music for Drama "Torso Standing in Twilight". October 7, 1962. [Program 10 - Rosalyn Tureck on Bach] The Bach scholar, pianist and enthusiast talks about style and sonority in performing Bach, defending her use of the piano against the structures of "authenticity". October 8, 1962.

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Programs 59-62 ars0047_b01_r03 1962-11-18 1962-11-23

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[Program 59 - The Eumenides] The last play in the classic Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus, produced by Ruth Bonura, and dramatized by the Wayne State University Theatre. November 18, 1962. [Program 60 - Recorded Treasury] Charles Peck presents a second program on soprano Bidu Sayao. November 23, 1962. [Program 61 - The Japanese Koto] Virtuoso Shinichi Yuize plays Imperial Court music in a program that also includes some of his own compositions. November 18, 1962. [Program 62 - Music of the Renaissance] Lully Carousel Music. November 23, 1962.

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Program 80 ars0047_b01_r04 1961-12-30

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[Program 80 - Improvisation and Composition] Lukas Foss and Eric Salzman discuss these subjects after which musical examples are played by Mr. Foss' Improvisation Chamber Ensemble at the WBAI studios in New York. December 30, 1961.

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Programs 83-86 ars0047_b01_r05 1962-11-19 1962-11-24

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[Program 83 - The New York Pro Musica, II] Another program in the series produced in cooperation with the well-known organization devoted to old music. Noah Greenberg, the director, discusses the 'loud' family of old instruments with Eric Salzman. November 19, 1962. [Program 84 - Benjamin Lees] The composer talks with Robert Trotter about his new work, Visions of Poets, text by Walt Whitman. Commissioned by the Seattle Symphony, it is scored for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra and will be heard in a special recording from the American International Music Fund. November 20, 1962. [Program 85 - The Barretts of Bleecker Street] Comic improvisations at the Greenwich Village coffee house. November 24, 1962. [Program 86 - Songs of Social Significance] A variety of songs about Middle Class Conformity. November 24, 1962.

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Program 91 ars0047_b01_r06 1962-12-08

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[Program 91 - Stravinsky-Schoenberg Concert] Performed by the Toronto Festival Singers and the CBC Symphony conducted by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft. Side 1: Schoenberg Violin Concerto. Side 2: Interview with Stravinsky and includes "The Dove Descending Breaks the Air", a setting of verses by T.S. Eliot for unaccompanied chorus. Other works include Stravinsky's Eight Instrumental Miniatures and 'A Sermon, a Narrative, and a Prayer'. December 8, 1962.

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Programs 99-100 ars0047_b01_r07 1962-07-05 1962-07-07

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[Program 99 - Movies] Incisive and penetrating review and comment by Pauline Kael. July 7, 1962. [Program 100 - Making Maps] How petty national quarrels, local controversies and the "cold war" affect the best-laid plans of map-makers in explained by Caleb Hammond Jr., Interviewed by Dick Elman. (Pacifica Radio N.Y.). July 7, 1962.

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Program 113 ars0047_b01_r08 1962-12-31

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[Program 113 - American Jazz] An extended rebroadcast of Thanksgiving Day sampler of this original American music, from "levee" to "third stream". December 31, 1962.

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Programs 121-122 ars0047_b01_r09 1962-09-23 1962-09-24

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[Program 121 - Evenings on the Roof] Peter Yates presents another program of the music of Lou Harrison. The composer explains the system of tuning by just intonation and demonstrates by playing on the tack piano his five keyboard interludes for the Corneill drama 'Sinna'. Also included are other chamber compositions and the Suite for Symphonic Strings. September 23, 1962. [Program 122 - Selections from Rudolph Hagelstange] Bi-lingual readings from work of the contemporary German writer. Ruth-Inge Heinze reads Ballade von verschutteten Leben in the original German. Dietrich Faehl provides English introduction and narration. September 24, 1962.

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Programs 131-135 ars0047_b01_r10 1962-10-05 1962-12-11

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[Program 131 - The Use of the Blues] James Baldwin at Monterey State Peninsula College, discusses the "blues" in a metaphor that relates not to music, but to the spiritual anguish of our time. October 5, 1962. [Program 132 - Jazz Archives] Phillip F. Elwood presents the Rockin' Reverends. December 5, 1962. [Program 133 - CBS "The World Tonight"] Signals from the Mariner. December 14, 1962. [Program 134 - Tangents of Technology] Aldous Huxley leads a discussion of the ecological effects of technology. Participants are: Richie Calder, University of Edinburgh, Father Walter Ong, Saint Louis University, W.H. Ferry, Fund for the Republic, Harry Ashmore, Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Melvin Kranzberg, editor of Technology and Culture, and Robert Hutchins. Chairman is Sir Robert Watson-Watt. December 4, 1962. [Program 135 - The Living Shakespeare I] Produced by the BBC, this series features talks by leading scholars and theatre people about Shakespeare's life and work. Talk by Producer Margaret Webster, titled 'Shakespeare in Our Day'. December 11, 1962.

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Programs 136-139 ars0047_b01_r11 1962-12-03 1962-12-06

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[Program 136 - BBC Studio Concert] The Hamburg Bach Orchestra, conducted by Robert Stehli. Works include Handel Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 6 No. 5, Hindemith Trauermusik, Stravinsky Concerto in D, Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. December 6, 1962. [Program 137 - The Poems of Rudyard Kipling] S.J. Stearns reads with musical accompaniment. December 6, 1962. [Program 138 - Music of the Middle Ages] Anonymous 13th and 14th Century compositions performed by the Manhattan Instrumental Ensemble. December 6, 1962. [Program 139 - Machaut] Secular works. December 3, 1962

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Programs 147-149 ars0047_b01_r12 1962-06-16 1962-07-17

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[Program 147 - The Importance of Being Ignorant] Commencement address delivered to Santa Monica High School students by Carl F. Stover, Director of Studies in Science & Technology, Center for Study of Democratic Institutions. June 16, 1962. [Program 148 - Jazz and the Nightclub] The use of jazz as nightclub entertainment is discussed by four Los Angeles jazz club owners, Shelley Manne, Ben Shapiro, Bob Gafaell and Maynard Sloate. Moderated by Safford Chamberlain. June 17, 1962. [Program 149 - Walk to Freedom, Albany, Georgia] Where 737 people were arrested. Field recordings and original idea by Guy Carawan; produced by Carawan and Alan Lomax. July 17, 1962. End missing.

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Programs 150-152 ars0047_b01_r13 1962-12-29 1962-12-30

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[Program 150 - Introduction to Endgame] Vivian Mercier, Professor at CCNY and author of 'The Irish Comic Tradition' reads his article from 'The Griffin'. December 29, 1962. [Program 151 - Endgame] Alvin Epstein, Lester Rawlins, P.J. Kelly and Nydice Westman are featured in the New York production of Beckett's play. Directed by Allan Schneider. December 29, 1962. [Program 152 - Contemporary Images of Ourselves] Dr. Edward Stainbrook, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at USC talks about how man is now creating his own evolution, and that one's true perception of others is important in deciding one's own significance. December 30, 1962.

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Programs 153-156 ars0047_b01_r14 1963-01-02 1963-01-05

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[Program 153 - The Expelled] Short story by Samuel Beckett from 'Nouvelles et Textes pour rien', read by Dave Ossman. January 2, 1963. [Program 154 - The Laughter of Sad Sam Beckett] Ruby Cohen, of the English Department at San Francisco State College, discusses various aspects of the comic in Beckett's work. January 2, 1963. [Program 155 - Beckett] Selections from 'Molloy' and Malone Dies', presented by Norman Bowler. January 3, 1963. [Program 156 - Songs of Social Significance] A variety presented by John Ohliger titled 'The Joys of Army Life'. January 5, 1963.

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Programs 157-160 ars0047_b01_r15 1963-01-05

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[Program 157 - Movies] Reviews by Pauline Kael. January 5, 1963. [Program 158 - Alice B. Toklas] Part 1 features Toklas reading selections from the 'Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas', authored by Gertrude Stein. Part 2 features Toklas reading selections from her own 'Alice B. Toklas Cook Book'. January 5, 1963. [Program 159 - Progress in the Law of Outer Space] Professor Myres McDougal, Yale University, give a long-term view o the problems of space law at the 55th annual meeting of the American Bar Association. January 5, 1963. [Program 160 - The Salton Sea Disaster] Donald Biggs of the California Historical Society leads a discussion and dramatization of one of California's early calamities. January 5, 1963.

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Programs 179-181 ars0047_b01_r16 1962-12-25 1962-12-30

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[Program 179 - Environment] The Aspen International Design Conference. Reginald Jones, Chairman of the Department of Natural Philosophy at University of Aberdeen talks on design in various environments. Produced by the IDC Committee and James Robertson, San Francisco Art Institute. December 25, 1962. [Program 180 - Golden Voices] Anthony Boucher presents the first two programs on contralto Louise Homer. Music of Saint-Saens, Meyerbeer, Flotow and Verdi in recordings from 1905 to 1910. December 25, 1962. [Program 181 - Beckett's Theater] Judith Radke, of Arizona State University, discusses the dramatic aspect of Beckett's work. December 30, 1962.

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Programs 197-200 ars0047_b01_r17 1962-12-03 1963-01-02

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[Program 197 - A Memorial for E.E. Cummings] A program of Cummings' poetry, prepared and presented for KPFA's Readers Theatre. With Ed and Deborah Schell, Jay and Deborah Schucter, Bill Oliver and John Argue. December 3, 1962. [Program 198 - Shabazz on Black Islam] John Shabazz, Minister of Muhammed's Mosque No. 27 in Los Angeles, presents the case for a Nation of Islam in the United States. January 2, 1963. [Program 199 - The War of the Worlds] Rebroadcast of the original Orson Welles 1938 radio production. December 3, 1962. [Program 200 - Songs of Social Significance] A potpourri presented by John Ohliger titled 'Inflation and the High Cost of Living'. January 2, 1963.

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Programs 201-203 ars0047_b01_r18 1962-11-02 1962-11-10

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[Program 201 - BBC Studio Concert] Performance by the Amadeus Quartet and the Melos Ensemble, conducted by John Carewe, with Dorothy Dorow, soprano, and Cecil Aronowitz, viola. Works include Stravinsky's Three Pieces for String Quartet, Three Pieces for clarinet solo, Two Poems of Balmont, In Memoriam Raoul Dufay, Japanese Lyrics, and Mozart's String Quintet in A. November 2, 1962. [Program 202 - Movies] Reviews and comment by Pauline Kael. November 10, 1962. [Program 203 - Golden Voices] Anthony Boucher presents the 2nd of two programs on Ezio Pinza. November 10, 1962.

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Programs 210-213 ars0047_b01_r19 1962-12-04 1962-12-09

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[Program 210 - Peter Jona Korn] Discusses some popular myths about contemporary composers and presents some controversial opinions of his own on the subject. Talk followed by his 'Variations for Orchestra, Opus 26' performed by the Louisville Orchestra, conducted by Robert Whitney. December 4, 1962. [Program 211 - Human Relations] The Minorities and crime. Daniel Panger, Intergroup Relations Specialist. December 9, 1962. [Program 212 - Oedipus Rex] Tyrone Guthrie's production of the Sophocles play in the Yeats translation. Features Douglas Campbell and the Stratford, Ontario, Shakespearean Festival Players. December 4, 1962. [Program 213 - Music of the XVII Century] December 4, 1962.

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Programs 215-218 ars0047_b01_r20 1963-01-04

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[Program 215 - The Mathematical Limit] Vivian Mercier, Professor of English at CCNY and author of 'The Irish Comic Tradition', suggests a new kind of analysis of Beckett's work. January 4, 1963. [Program 216 - The Unnamable] Leon Charles presents the final passage of the Samuel Beckett novel. January 4, 1963. [Program 217 - From Pricks to Pim] Raymond Federman of the Modern Language Dept at UCSB and the coordinator of the KPFK Beckett series, traces Beckett's development from his first prose work to his latest novel 'Comment C'est'. January 4, 1963. [Program 218 - KTLA-TV] Interview to Fred Haines, Manager of KPFK in regards to investigation of KPFK by Senate Interal Security Committee. January 4, 1963.

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Programs 227-230 ars0047_b01_r21 1962-05-27

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[Program 227 - Experiment in Parody] E.B. White's famous parody of Hemingway, plus humor concerning Faulkner, Kerouac, poetry and philosophy. May 27, 1962. [Program 228 - John Cage] Imaginary Landscape #1, magnetic tape. May 27, 1962. [Program 229 - The Soviet System under Khrushchev] Power and institutions in Russia. From the series 'Communism in Theory and Practive' given at UCLA. Featured speaker is Merle Fainsod, Director of Russian Research Center, Harvard University. May 27, 1962. [Program 230 - Contemporary Music in Evolution] Gunther Schuller continues his survey of music since 1900 with the year 1939. Works by John Cage and Paul Hindemith. May 27, 1962.

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Programs 241-243 ars0047_b01_r22 1962-11-06

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[Program 241 - Guitar Recital] Andres Segovia plays suite 'Platero and I' by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. November 6, 1962. [Program 242 - Meet the Composer] Luciano Berio in conversation with Glenn Glasow, talks about a composer's concept of music, the ritual of music, and why America 'deserves' John Cage. Followed by performances of Berio's 'Circles' and 'Tempi Concertati'. November 6, 1962. [Program 243 - California Elections News] November 6, 1962.

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Program 262 ars0047_b01_r23 1962-11-26

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[Program 262 - Contemporary Music in Evolution] Gunther Schuller continues his survey of music since 1900 with the year 1952. Works by Boulez, Cage, Ussachevsky, and others. November 26, 1962.

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Programs 325-326 ars0047_b01_r24 1962-10-27 1962-10-28

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[Program 325 - Musique Concrete] Music by Henk Badings, Luciano Berio, Ernst Krenek, Philippe Arthuys and Mel Powell. October 27, 1962. [Program 326 - Bach and Mozart] A concert by the Geraint Jones Orchestra, with Gustav Leonhardt and Geraint Jones, harpsichord. Works include Bach's Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 in D minor and Concerto in C for two harpsichords along with Mozart's Divertimento for Strings K 136. October 28, 1962.

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Program 363 ars0047_b01_r25 1963-01-20

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[Program 363 - Evenings on the Roof] With Peter Yates. Music of American composers Morton Feldman and Earle Brown. January 20, 1963.

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Program 382 ars0047_b01_r26 1963-01-27

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[Program 382 - Contemporary Music in Evolution] Gunther Schuller. Second of three programs devoted to music composed in 1953. Includes discussion on the style and technique of Oliver Messiaen. Works by Milton Babbitt, Oliver Messiaen, and Stefan Wolpe. January 27, 1963.

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Programs 433-435 ars0047_b01_r27 1963-02-03 1963-02-08

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[Program 433 - Le Rossignol] Igor Stravinsky's three-act opera, performed in Russian by the Opera Society of Washington, conducted by the composer. February 3, 1963. [Program 434 - Thomas Mann] Germany and the Germans. The third lecture in the weekly series from the Archives of the Library of Congress by the late German Nobel Prize-winning novelist. February 5, 1963. [Program 435 - Sarah Vaughan] The singer discusses her career from amateur night at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem to her work with Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine, her appearance at the Newport and Monterey jazz festivals, and her adopted daughter in this conversation with Herbert Feinstein of San Francisco State College. February 8, 1963.

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Program 436 ars0047_b01_r28 1963-02-10

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[Program 436 - Contemporary Music in Evolution] Gunther Schuller continues his extensive survey of music since 1900. Music by Barraquet, Stockhausen, and Klebe. February 10, 1963.

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Programs 452-454 ars0047_b01_r29 1963-02-23

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[Program 452 - Adventures in Music] Concert Time. Myron Sandler with Mallory String Quartet, from westside Jewish Community Center. February 23, 1963. [Program 453 - The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord] Beginning of nine weekly excerpts from the Library of Congress recordings made in 1938 by pianist Jelly Roll Morton. These autobiographical recordings are a personal chronicle in which Morton serves as commentator and artist, describing his own early wanderings and those of jazz in the first decade of the 20th century. Produced by Joe Boyd. February 23, 1963. [Program 454 - Golden Voices] Anthony Boucher presents the last of three programs on the pre-war recordings of Kirsten Flagstad with samples of her concert repertory including works by Grieg, Strauss, and Beethoven. February 23, 1963.

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Program 489 ars0047_b01_r30 1963-02-13

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[Program 489 - Karlheinz Stockhausen] Composer talks with Eric Salzman about his conceptions of form and how he uses them in his compositions. This outline of his theoretical and esthetic ideas is illustrated by excerpts from his compositions 'Kontrapunkt', 'Gruppen', 'Gesang der Juenglings', and others. February 13, 1963.

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Programs 524-526 ars0047_b01_r31 1963-11-02

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[Program 524 - Music of Aurelio De La Vega] Elegy for String Orchestra, performed by the Royal Philharmonic, conducted by Alberto Bolet. Trio for flute, oboe and clarinet, performed by Padorr, Winters, and Atkins. Symphony in Four Parts, performed by Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile. November 2, 1963. [Program 525 - A Conversation with Julio Alvarez Del Vayo] Foreign Minister in the last Spanish Loyalist government and head of small exile group opposed to the Franco government. Interviewed by Gene McGarr. November 2, 1963. [Program 526 - The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord] Continuation of the weekly series of excerpts from the Library of Congress recordings made in 1938 by pianist Jelly Roll Morton. November 2, 1963.

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Programs 527-531 ars0047_b01_r32 1963-02-26 1963-02-27

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[Program 527 - Gislebertus, Sculptor of Autun] The sculptor is discussed by the publisher of his biography, Arnold Fawcus of Trianon Press, and Genevieve Benton, Assistant Director of San Francisco's DeYoung Museum, in this conversation with Connacht Davis. February 26, 1963. [Program 528 - Gregorian Chant] The Choir of the Monks of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes, conducted by Dom Joseph Gajard. February 26, 1963. [Program 529 - Jazz Archives] Philip Elwood presents Count Basie. February 27, 1963. [Program 530 - The Destruction of Cathedrals] Daisy Aldan reads from her book of poems published by Two Cities Press. February 27, 1963. [Program 531 - Singing English] Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger and Charles Parker discuss, with musical examples, various aspects of the radio ballads they produced together. February 27, 1963.

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Programs 534-537 ars0047_b01_r33 1963-02-16 1963-03-01

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[Program 534 - Golden Voices] Anthony Boucher presents the 2nd of three programs on the pre-war recordings of Kirsten Flagstad. Includes major scenes from Fidelio, Oberon, and Gotterdammerung. February 16, 1963. [Program 535 - Evenings on the Roof] Jin Nyodo, master of the shakuhachi plays three works he recorded for broadcast during a visit to Los Angeles. The program ends with 'Tairu' by Toshi Ichyanagi. February 17, 1963. [Program 536 - Myra Hess Concert] Performances of Beethoven's Sonata in E Op. 109, Mozart's Piano Concerto in E-flat, K 271, along with a Myra Hess intermission conversation facilitated by John Amis. February 22, 1963. [Program 537 - The City that Knows How] A poetic drama which captures some of the flavor and anguish of the City-by-the-Bay, San Francisco. Written and produced by John Leonard. March 1, 1963.

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Program 545 ars0047_b01_r34 1963-03-10

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[Program 545 - Contemporary Music in Evolution] Gunther Schuller continues his survey of music since 1900, with the years 1953-54 and Bruno Maderna's Serenata No. 2 for Chamber Orchestra. March 10, 1963.

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Programs 547-550 ars0047_b01_r35 1963-03-03 1963-03-07

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[Program 547 - Evenings on the Roof] Peter Yates presents a program of Japanese chamber music for koto, samisen, and shakuhachi, recorded during the visit to Los Angeles of the Japanese master of the shakuhachi Jin Nyodo, assisted by Los Angeles musicians Chihoko Nakashima, Atsuko Kowta and Sanaye Kagawa. March 3, 1963. [Program 548 - Brendan Behan on Joyce] A lecture delivered before the James Joyce Society in New York City. March 6, 1963. [Program 549 - Dominic Behan Sings] Finnegan's Wake and other Irish folksongs, with Robin Hall, guitar. March 6, 1963. [Program 550 - Film Voices of Siam] Voice-artists in Thailand provide dialogue and sound effects for Thai and foreign films using only their voices and a piece of paper. Examples are described by Prince Anuson Yukol to Colin Edwards and demonstrated by Mr. and Mrs. Israngura. March 7, 1963.

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Programs 551-558 ars0047_b01_r36 1963-03-09

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[Program 551 - A.M. Saturday] I Met a Man, poems read by author John Ciardi. March 9, 1963. [Program 552 - Phantasies of a Prisoner] Lowell Naeve, artist and author of 'A Field of Broken Stones', tells Dick Elman about his new novel of prison life. March 9, 1963. [Program 553 - Canti di Prigionia] Work by Luigi Dallapiccola, performed by the chorus and orchestra of the St. Cecilia Academy conducted by Igor Markevitch. March 9, 1963. [Program 554 - Songs to Finnegan's Wake] Samuel Barber's adaptation of the Nuvoletta section and Hazel Felman Buchbinder's setting of Anna Livia Plurabelle are sung by Patricia Neway, with Robert Colston, piano. March 9, 1963. [Program 555 - Jeremy Robson] British poet reads a selection of his poetry, including two poems with a special jazz background. Produced by Mike Tigar in London. March 9, 1963. [Program 556 - The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord] Continuing the weekly series of excerpts from the Library of Congress recordings made in 1938 by pianist Jelly Roll Morton. Produced by Joe Boyd. March 9, 1963. [Program 557 - Hispanic-American Report] Dr. Ronald Hilton of Stanford University's Hispanic-American and Luzo-Brazilian Institute. March 9, 1963. [Program 558 - Report on Elections and Political Situation in the Dominican Republic] March 9, 1963.

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Programs 578-581 ars0047_b01_r37 1963-03-13 1963-03-17

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[Program 578 - Gypsies of Spain, II] Walter Starkie, President of the Gypsy Lore Society, talks with Tim Harding about gypsy life and music and plays recordings from his collection of Spanish music. March 13, 1963. [Program 579 - The Gamble with Public Health, III] Dr. Douglas Campbell, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and the U.C. School of Medicine, talks with Colin Edwards on the effects of environmental pollution. March 17, 1963. [Program 580 - Karlheinz Stockhausen] Composer returns in another conversation with Eric Salzman. The discussion takes off from a consideration of 'Moments', a composition for soprano, four choral groups and thirteen instrumentalists. March 14, 1963. [Program 581 - Erin Go Braugh in Song] Gaelic songs from Folkways recordings. March 17, 1963.

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Programs 607-610 ars0047_b01_r38 1963-03-18 1963-03-20

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[Program 607 - Ten Years Without Stalin] Henry Shapiro, a longtime resident in the USSR and head of the Moscow Bureau of United Press International, talks about his reporting in Russia in the decade since Stalin's death. March 18, 1963. [Program 608 - Conversation with Peter Cook] The British satirist, producer of 'The Establishment', publisher of a satirical weekly called 'The Private Eye', and performer in 'Beyond the Fringe', tells Frances Barry what he thinks of America, among other things. March 18, 1963. [Program 609 - Piano Four-Hands] Jorg Demus and Paul Badura-Skoda have revived the once flourishing art of four-hand music. Demus talks about four-hand music and piano-keyboard teamwork. Recorded examples follow the discussion. March 18, 1963. [Program 610 - Musical Miscellany] Selections from out-of-catalogue 'Vox' 78 rpm album 'Americana' featuring Louis Kaufman, violin, and Annette Kaufman, piano. March 20, 1963.

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Programs 644-649 ars0047_b01_r39 1963-03-16 1963-03-19

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[Program 644 - Mountain Music and the Autoharp] Field recordings by Mike Seeger of Ernest Stoneman, Kilby Snow, Neriah and Kenneth Benfield. March 16, 1963. [Program 645 - While We Bury All the Dead People We Can Find] Adrian Mitchell, record columnist for the London Daily Mail, reviewer for the Spectator, novelist and poet, reads his poems of war, sex, and the Bomb, and talks of his approach to poetry. Produced by Mike Tigar at the BBC in London. March 16, 1963. [Program 646 - The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord] Continuing the weekly series of excerpts from the Library of Congress recordings made in 1938 by pianist Jelly Roll Morton. March 16, 1963. [Program 647 - Lost Lake] Russell Kirk reads an uncanny story based on fact from his new collection 'The Surly Southern Belle'. March 16, 1963. [Program 648 - Golden Voices] Anthony Boucher presents the earliest recordings of vocal music by Jacques Ibert, Hanns Eisler, and Marcel Delannoy. Singers include Feodor Chaliapin, Paul Robeson and Irene Joachim. March 16, 1963. [Program 649 - British Symphony Orchestra] Performance of Haydn's Toy Symphony. March 19, 1962.

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Programs 662-665 ars0047_b01_r40 1963-03-03 1963-03-19

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[Program 662 - Rene Leibowitz] The composer talks with Eric Salzman about his approach to the problems of serial composition in a fast-changing world. The program includes some of his music. March 3, 1963. [Program 663 - The Holy Sonnets of John Donne] Read and produced by Eric Vaughn and Patrick Omeirs of San Francisco's Labyrinth Theatre Club. March 3, 1963. [Program 664 - The Man in the Man Made Moon] Poet X.J. Kennedy reads his comic ballad. March 19, 1963. [Program 665 - The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee] A review of the Subcommittee's history, taken largely from transcripts of its hearings. Produced by Burton White. March 4, 1963.

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Programs 673-675 ars0047_b01_r41 1963-03-19 1963-03-23

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[Program 673 - From the Center] Technology and the Public Good. How can technology serve the public good, who shall define it, and how are value judgements made? In an effort to answer these questions, a group of West German scientists and philosophers from the Studiengruppe fur Angewandte Radio and Strahlenchemie visited the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara. In this discussion with the Center staff members and the visitors explain how they set up political and sociological criteria for their scientific programs. March 19, 1963. [Program 674 - Phyllis Diller versus Herbert Feinstein] Diller takes on the San Francisco State professor. They discuss motherhood, sex, Edith Sitwell, Mark Twain, Chaucer, and wives who stay in bed until 5:30 in the afternoon. March 19, 1963. [Program 675 - The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord] Continuing the weekly series of excerpts from the Library of Congress recordings made in 1938 by pianist Jelly Roll Morton. Produced by Joe Boyd. March 23, 1963.

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Programs 681-684 ars0047_b02_r01 1963-02-23 1963-03-23

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[Program 681 - Swann in Love, IV] Ralph Richardson climaxes the passion progression from Proust's 'Remeberance of Things Past'. February 23, 1963 [Program 682 - The Writers' View of Television] The problems that writers face from the writing viewpoint are discussed by Ray Bradbury, Paul Monash, and Barry Trivers in an all-writers' program moderated by David Chandler. February 24, 1963. [Program 683 - Edgard Varese] Varese talks to Eric Salzman about his life and his music. February 25, 1963. [Program 684 - Young Crankshaw] A review of Cecil Hemley's second novel by Stanley Burnshaw, editor and critic. March 23, 1963.

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Programs 685-688 ars0047_b02_r02 1963-02-09 1963-02-10

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[Program 685 - Primitive Survivals in European Music] Examples from Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia and Spain, in a program compiled and introduced by A.L. Lloyd. February 9, 1963. [Program 686 - The Elliots of Birtley] A musical portrait of a Durham mining family. Compiled and edited from material collected by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl. February 9, 1963. [Program 687 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti] 'A Dinner for the Impeachment of President Eisenhower'. Poem read by the author himself. February 9, 1963. [Program 688 - Conrad Aiken] The poet, novelist, critic reads selected passages from his autobiographical novel 'Ushant'. Recorded at the Library of Congress. February 10, 1963.

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Program 689 ars0047_b02_r03 1963-04-02 1963-04-04

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[Program 689 - Music in Korea, I and II] Robert Garfias begins an eight-part series on the traditional music of Korea. Part 1, Styles of Korean court music. Part 2, Discussion of Korean court music with an emphasis on wind instruments. April 2-4, 1963.

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Programs 715-719 ars0047_b02_r04 1963-03-23 1963-03-31

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[Program 715 - Leadbelly's Last Sessions] Selections from the Folkways recording produced by Fred Ramsay Jr. March 23, 1963. [Program 716 - Humor and Social Criticism] Victor S. Navasky, editor and publisher of the quarterly 'Monocle' and the weekly parody 'The Outsider's Newsletter', talks with Harry Ashmore, Pulizer prize-winning editor, about satiric publications in general and about his own experiences as a publisher and editor of political satire publications. March 23, 1963. [Program 717 - John Cage] Construction in Metal (1937), performed by the Manhattan Percussion Ensemble. March 31, 1963. [Program 718 - La Voix Humane, the Human Voice] An opera by Francis Poulenc to a text by Jean Cocteau. Denise Duval, soprano; with the Opera-Comique Orchestra conducted by Georges Pretre. March 23, 1963. [Program 719 - Phyllis Diller at the Hungry-i] Recorded live in San Francisco. March 23, 1963.

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Programs 720-724 ars0047_b02_r05 1963-03-27 1963-03-30

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[Program 720 - Artist Concert] Bethany Beardslee, soprano, and Robert Helps, pianist, perform music by Babbitt, Mendelssohn, and Debussy, including Babbitt's "The Visions", for electronic synthesizer and voice. Recorded live at UC Berkeley. March 27, 1963. [Program 721 - To the Stone-Cutter and Other Poems] The series of Robinson Jeffers' poems having to do with the building of his house. Read by Eric Vaughn. March 29, 1963. [Program 722 - Leslie Strickland reads "Dusk in Fierce Pajamas" by E.B. White] March 29, 1963. [Program 723 - 'Durations'] Composed in 1960-61 for alto flute, tuba, piano, vibraphone, violin and cello by Morton Feldman. March 30, 1963. [Program 724 - Youth and Leisure] One of a series of discussions sponsored by the Berkeley Combined School District entitled 'Community Enlightenment Series'. The Panel consists of three adults who opine, and students who have back at them. This is followed by an informal discussion of the evening's events. March 30, 1963.

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Programs 728-731 ars0047_b02_r06 1963-03-04 1963-03-28

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[Program 728 - Pierrot Lunaire] George Perle discusses Arnold Schoenberg's work in a talk given at Queen's College. Perle is assisted by Morey Ritt, pianist, for musical illustrations. March 4, 1963. [Program 729 - Pierrot Lunaire] A complete performance of this work by Arnold Schoenberg on a new recording conducted by Robert Craft, with Bethany Beardslee, soprano. March 4, 1963. [Program 730 - Midnight Court] Siobhan McKenna reads Frank O'Connor's translation from the Gaelic of this satiric vision poem by Brian Merriman. The subject is matrimony. March 4, 1963. [Program 731 - A Portrait of Henry Miller] Charles Siegforth, a close friend of Miller's, reminisces about conversations and ideas he and Miller shared. March 28, 1963.

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Program 740 ars0047_b02_r07 1963-03-24

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[Program 740 - Contemporary Music in Evolution] Gunther Schuller continues his survey of music since 1900 with the year 1954. Includes unscheduled program of humor selections by Mike Nichols and Elaine May. March 24, 1963.

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Programs 745-748 ars0047_b02_r08 1963-04-18 1963-04-21

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[Program 745 - The Eleventh Hour] Dr. Timothy Leary talks with Fred Hain on his experiences with drugs to expand consciousness. April 18, 1963. [Program 746 - People to People Global TV] In this interview with Chris Koch, Nicholas Wardy, television producer and writer, proposes a global television system independent of any national or world government. April 18, 1963. [Program 747 - The Spanish Harpsichord] Music by Fray Antonio Soler and his pupils, performed by Fernando Valenti. April 21, 1963. [Program 748 - Leonardo's Lady Waiting] Tom Hurwitz explores some of the events and ramifications of the recent American adventure of the Mona Lisa. April 18, 1963.

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Programs 749-751 ars0047_b02_r09 1963-04-13

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[Program 749 - Adventures in Music, IV] For young people of all ages, the last in a series of four programs about music. Presented live from the Westside Jewish Community Center, conducted by Myron Sandler. Titled 'Joining In', a program with young people joining professional musicians in performances. April 13, 1963. [Program 750 - The New York Review of Books] A publication first appearing in New York on February 1963, during the New York Times strike. It's purpose was to provide serious reviews and essays about books which, in the opinion of the editors, do not receive intelligent and continuing critical attention elsewhere. In this interview with Dick Elman, Elizabeth Hardwick and John Thompson discuss their plans and the general critical situation which makes them necessary. April 13, 1963. [Program 751 - The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord] Continuing this series of excerpts from the Library of Congress recordings made in 1938 by pianist Jelly Roll Morton. Produced by Joe Boyd. April 13, 1963.

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Programs 770-771 ars0047_b02_r10 1963-04-23 1963-04-27

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[Program 770 - Music in Korea, VII] Robert Garfias presents instrumental styles of South Korea. April 23, 1963. [Program 771 - Mandala Music] A scheme for group improvisation by Loren Rush, to be later heard on the 'Performers' Choice' concert. Two versions of the work are heard after Rush discusses the work with Will Ogden of KPFA and composers Phil Winsor and Glenn Glasow. April 27, 1963.

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Programs 773-774 ars0047_b02_r11 1963-04-09 1963-04-11

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[Program 773 - Music in Korea, III] Robert Garfias continues his examination of Korean court music, especially music for plucked string instruments. April 9, 1963. [Program 774 - Music in Korea, IV] Robert Garfias concludes his discussion of court music with an examination of vocal music. April 11, 1963.

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Programs 775-776 ars0047_b02_r12 1963-04-16 1963-04-18

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[Program 775 - Music in Korea, V] Robert Garfias' focus on South Korean art music. April 16, 1963. [Program 776 - Music in Korea, VI] Robert Garfias presents vocal forms of South Korean art music. April 18, 1963.

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Programs 777-779 ars0047_b02_r13 1963-04-25 1963-04-26

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[Program 777 - Music in Korea, VIII] Robert Garfias concludes his series on Korean folk music. April 25, 1963. [Program 778 - Who's Afraid of Edward Albee] A discussion of Albee's play, 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', by playwrights Albee and Lionel Abel, author John Simon, and moderator Patricia Marks. April 25, 1963. [Program 779 - Should American Socialists be Anti-Communists] Bogdan Denitch, national executive committee member of the Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation, in a debate with Dr. Herbert Aptheker, editor of the Communist theoretical journal 'Political Affairs', before a meeting sponsored by the Berkeley Young People's Socialist League. Topic for the Community Discussion Project. April 26, 1963.

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Programs 789-790 ars0047_b02_r14 1963-04-28

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[Program 789 - Studio Recital, Arthur Bloom] The clarinetist and conductor in a recital of contemporary music for solo clarinet. Igor Stravinsky: Three pieces for solo clarinet; Donald Martino: Set for unaccompanied clarinet; Germaine Tailleferre: Sonata in three movements; Judith Dvorkin: Monologue in three movements; Charles Whittenberg: Study for solo clarinet with electronic extensions. April 28, 1963. [Program 790 - Sounds from Here at the Water's Edge, I] The first part of a soundtrack from a documentary described as a voyage in sound in and around New York by Leo Hurwitz and Charles Pratt. April 28, 1963.

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Programs 791-792 ars0047_b02_r15 1963-04-27

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[Program 791 - Boulez, Martirano, and Oliveros] In a second program pianist Dwight Peltzer demonstrates the difficulties of the Boulez Sonata for Will Ogden. This is followed by a discussion with Pauline Oliveros and Salvatore Martirano on their compositions. April 27, 1963. [Program 792 - The State of Jazz] Author, editor, and broadcaster Martin Williams gives a lecture as part of the "Art of Listening" series held in Philadelphia. April 27, 1963.

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Programs 793-797 ars0047_b02_r16 1963-04-20

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[Program 793 - A Resounding Tinkle] Play by N.F. Simpson, introduced by Martin Esslin. With Deryck Guyler, Alison Leggatt and Betty Hardy. Produced for the BBC by Charles Lefeaux. April 20, 1963. [Program 794 - The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord] The final program in series excerpted from the Library of Congress recordings made in 1938 by Jelly Roll Morton. Produced by Joe Boyd. April 20, 1963. [Program 795 - Two Young American Writers] Norman Fruchter, author of the novel 'A Coat Upon a Stick' and Pamela Moore, author of 'Chocolates for Breakfast' and 'The Horsey Set', chatted together in the WBAI studios on being expatriots, problems of the novel, and America, with the assistance of Dick Elman. April 20, 1963. [Program 796 - From Ferry Building to Twin Peaks] The story of the 1963 Wolfgang (Mozart) Walk held under the auspices of KSFR-West on February 16 in San Francisco. This documentary is an enquiry into its true significance. Produced by Ernest Lowe from field recordings by Joan McIntyre and Clair Isaacs. April 20, 1963. [Program 797 - In Memoriam, William Carlos Williams] Paul Sawyer, minister of the Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, talks about the American poet in his dual role of writer and physician. April 20, 1963.

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Programs 798-799 ars0047_b02_r17 1963-04-21

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[Program 798 - Montage of a Mad Mad World] or Christmas time to tomorrowland with the voices of Allen Ginsberg, the UCLA cheering squad, American Savings and Loan, Betty Coed, Kenneth Patchen, Winston Cigarettes, the LA police department, and other madmen. Mounted for KPFK by Carlos Hagen of UCLA's Map Library, from sounds around. April 21, 1963. [Program 799 - Contemporary Music in Evolution] Gunther Schuller continues his survey for years 1954 and 1955. Works include Stockhausen's Electronic Study No. 2, Varese's Deserts, and Xenakis' Metastaseis. April 21, 1963.

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Programs 800-803 ars0047_b02_r18 1963-04-20

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[Program 800 - Tito Schipa] The Italian tenor is interviewed by fan Anthony Boucher, who also plays Schipa records his collection. April 20, 1963. [Program 801 - Interview with Peter Ustinov] April 20, 1963. [Program 802 - Kora in Hell] Improvisations on the theme of the rape of Persephone by William Carlos Williams. This program of selections was produced for Pacifica Radio by John Leonard. April 20, 1963. [Program 803 - Cal Tjader Jazz Quartet in Concert] Excerpts from the album 'Saturday Night at the Black Hawk in San Francisco'. KPFK unscheduled 30-minute segment. April 20, 1963.

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Programs 826-828 ars0047_b02_r19 1963-04-10 1963-04-11

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[Program 826 - African Poetry, II: Poetry of South Africa] The second in a series of four readings by translator and poet Willard Trask. April 10, 1963. [Program 827 - Jazz Archives] Big bands of the 1920s and 1930s are featured by Phil Elwood. April 10, 1963. [Program 828 - Music from Historic Houses, X: Ingatestone Hall]. Music by Byrd, Gombert, and Oker performed by the Ambrosian Singers and Players, conducted by Denis Stevens, with Charles Spinks at the virginals. April 10, 1963. [Program 829 - Music from Historic Houses, XI: Dartington Hall]. Performances by the Ambrosian Singers and the Dartington String Quartet. April 11, 1963.

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Programs 854-856 ars0047_b02_r20 1963-04-22 1963-04-28

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[Program 854 - Spoleto Festival 1962, V] Ravel: Ma Mere L'oye, John Browning and Charles Wadsworth, pianos. Mozart: 'Dissonant' Quartet, K. 465, Lenox Quartet. Ravel: Sonatine, John Browning, piano. April 22, 1963. [Program 855 - Book Report] John Leonard talks about 'The Madness of Art', a new study of Henry James by Walter F. Wright, published by the University of Nebraska Press. April 22, 1963. [Program 856 - Shomyo Chant, II] Katsumasa Takasago tells Will Ogden how Shomyo has influenced other Japanese music. Includes recorded examples. April 28, 1963.

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Program 870 ars0047_b02_r21 1963-05-05

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[Program 870 - Contemporary Music in Evolution] Gunther Schuller facilitates an entire program focused on composer Pierre Boulez. May 5, 1963.

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Programs 875-877 ars0047_b02_r22 1963-05-04

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[Program 875 - Missa Luba] A Mass in pure Congolese style, created by the Baluba of the Kasai and Katanga, and performed by the Troubadours of King Baudouin, directed by Father Guido Haazen. Following the Mass, some secular songs by the same performers. May 4, 1963. [Program 876 - The Psychoanalysis of Hans Christian Anderson] Erik Bauersfeld reads two of Anderson's more diabolic tales, 'The Naughty Boy' and 'The Girl who trod upon Bread', and appends his own impersonation of a German Freudian psychoanalyst discussing them. May 4, 1963. [Program 877 - John Collier] 'Ah, the University', a story. KPFK unscheduled segment. May 4, 1963.

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Programs 881-883 ars0047_b02_r23 1963-04-29 1963-04-30

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[Program 881 - Traveling through the Dark] William Stafford reads selections from his book of poems, as well as uncollected work. Introduced to the University of California Berkeley audience by poet Thomas Parkinson, professor of English. April 29, 1963. [Program 882 - American Foreign Policy for Europe] Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson speaks at Cal Tech about the political obstacles to the defense of the West. April 29, 1963. [Program 883 - A Profile of Stefan Wolpe] The German-Israeli-American composer discusses his life, music, and musical ideas with Eric Salzman. Musical illustrations included. April 30, 1963.

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Programs 951-954 ars0047_b02_r24a_24b_24c 1963-04-21 1963-05-13

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[Program 951 - Child Welfare in the Welfare State] Reverend Arthur Morton, director of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in England and Wales, talks with Chris Koch and Frances Berry during a recent research and lecture visit to the United States. April 21, 1963. [Program 952 - The Drug Experience] A program of the literature on hallucinogenic drug dreams and visions, with selections from Baudelaire, de Quincey, Havelock Ellis, Allen Ginsberg, Aldous Huxley and others. Experiences which appear to be similar are grouped in a semiconversational style, with electronic or jazz music. Voices include Erik Bauersfeld, Ed Schell, Bernard Mayes, Erik Vaughn, Fred Seiden, and others. Produced by John Leonard. April 28, 1963. [Program 953 - The Hunger Artist] Franz Kafka's short story, read by Lotte Lenya. May 13, 1963. [Program 954 - Shomyo Chant, I] Discussion of the ancient chant by Will Ogden and Katsumasa Takasago. Examples taped by Katsumasa in Japan are presented. April 21, 1963.

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Programs 1005-1006 ars0047_b02_r25 1963-06-17

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[Program 1005 - Apropos of 'Le Sacre'] Igor Stravinsky talks about his famous prodigal and what comes back to him about it. Stravinsky then turns to conduct the 1947 version of the 1913 original with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. June 17, 1963. [Program 1006 - An Interview with Raja Rao] The Indian author talks with Arthur Cohen in the WBAI studios. June 17, 1963.

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Programs 1012-1016 ars0047_b02_r26 1963-05-09 1963-06-06

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[Program 1012 - Urfaust] Part one of Goethe's Faust, recorded in Austria by Amadeo in German and distributed by Folkways. With Walter Reyer as Faust, Boy Cobert as Mephisto, Sonja Sutter as Gretgen, Susi Nicoletti as Martha, and Peter Weck as the student. May 9, 1963. [Program 1013 - Religion, Science, and Philosophy] Dr. Paul Tillich, professor of theology at the University of Chicago, speaking at the University of California, Berkeley in February of 1963. Aired May 12, 1963. [Program 1014 - The Art Scene] Marlon Gore interviews California artist Roger Kuntz. The artist discusses a theme he used in his paintings "The Freeway". May 12, 1963. [Program 1015 - Japanese Poetry] A program of traditional Japanese poetry chanted by Kansetsu Uno, Ransui Uno, Josui Omi, and Sensui Hoshino. Glenn Glasow talks with the singers and poet Tseng Tai-yiu, who translated the poems. Each chant is prefaced by the translation, read by Judy Brundin. May 16, 1963. [Program 1016 - Disillusionment] Thomas Mann's short story, read by Erik Bauersfeld. June 6, 1963.

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Programs 1065-1067 ars0047_b02_r27 1963-06-02 1963-06-18

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[Program 1065 - Brecht Festival] Songs to Brecht texts by Hanns Eisler and Paul Dessau, ranging from 1933 to 1953. All recorded in East Germany and introduced by Dr. Richard Raack of Long Beach State University's history department. June 2, 1963. [Program 1066 - Stravinsky, Thou Art Translated] Comparison of Stravinsky's Four Etudes and Two Suites for Orchestra with their originals for string quartet, piano four hands and other instruments. Beginning missing. June 17, 1963. [Program 1067 - Five Pieces of Lulu] Selection of excerpts from Berg's unfinished opera, with Catherine Gayer, soprano and the RAI Symphony Orchestra of Turin under the direction of Bruno Maderna. June 18, 1963.

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Programs 1083-1085 ars0047_b02_r28 1963-07-22 1963-07-23

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[Program 1083 - Contemporary Techniques, I] First of a weekly series devoted to some of the principal devices of contemporary music. Eric Salzman discusses changing attitudes toward tonality. July 22, 1963. [Program 1084 - From the Center: Labor and Capitol Today] Two talks from the Fund for the Republic's 10 anniversary convocation. Speakers are Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, and Adolf A. Berle Jr., economist and former assistant secretary of state. July 23, 1963. [Program 108 - What's Wrong with Broadway?] Edward Albee, author of 'Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf', blames the audience in a talk on 'the pursuit of excellence in a dictatorship'. Recorded at Princeton during the Esquire Literary Symposium in April 1963. Aired July 23, 1963.

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Programs 1097-1099 ars0047_b02_r29 1963-07-04

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[Program 1097 - The Role of the Professoer in the American College] A discussion presented by the Student Forum at Sacramento State College, including State Superintendant of Public Instruction Max Rafferty, William Stanton, assemblyman from San Jose, and attorney and teacher Al Bendich of Berkeley, California. July 4, 1963. [Program 1098 - Guitar Impressions and Rhythms] An impressionistic view of guitarist Django Reinhardt. July 4, 1963. [Program 1099 - Benjamin Britten's War Requiem] Performers Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the Bach Choir, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Melos Ensemble all under the direction of Benjamin Britten. July 4, 1963.

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Programs 1100-1102 ars0047_b02_r30 1963-07-22

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[Program 1100 - The Republic] Plato's dialogue arranged by R.H.S. Crossman from the Cornford translation and produced by Rayner Heppenstall for the BBC. The debate about justice and Socrates' description of the ideal state are acted by Carleton Hobbs, Leslie Perrins and Allen McClelland. July 22, 1963. [Program 1101 - The Autobiography of Kenneth Rexroth] July 22, 1963. [Program 1102 - Alban Berg] Violinist Josef Szigeti in a performance of Berg's Violin Concerto. Dimitri Mitropoulos conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra on this special tape made available by the RAI. July 22, 1963.

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Programs 1132-1136 ars0047_b02_r31 1963-04-01 1963-08-06

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[Program 1132 - Music by Hindemith] Sonata for viola, Irving Ilmer, violist. Sonata for trumpet and piano, Wilson, Lettvin. Sonata No. 1 for organ, Robert Noehren, organist. Octet, New York Woodwind Quintet and Fine Arts Quartet. April 1, 1963. [Program 1133 - Movies] Pauline Kael. Review of films 'Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner', 'Lawrence of Arabia', and general comments on American teenagers. April 1, 1963. [Program 1134 - The Modern Jazz Scene] Phillip F. Elwood with an examination of three jazz organists, Richard 'Groove' Holmes, Shirley Scott, and Jimmy Smith. April 1, 1963. [Program 1135 - Poems of Heresy] Bay area poet Floyd Salas reads a selection from his work, including two poems on the Black Muslim movement. April 1, 1963. [Program 1136 - Music from Historic Houses, I: Hampton Court] Music performed by Edgar Fleet, tenor; Roger Stalman, bass; the Ambrosian Singers and the strings of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. April 1, 1963. [Additional track without program number] Walton's Johannesburg Festival Overture, performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andre Kostelanetz. August 6, 1963.

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Programs 1140-1141 ars0047_b02_r32 1963-07-29

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[Program 1140 - A.M. American Firsts] Carter: Symphony No. 1, Louisville Symphony Orchestra, Whitney. Sessions: Symphony No. 1, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Watanabe. Vincent: Symphony in D, Louisville Symphony Orchestra, Whitney. Hanson: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 21 'Nordic', Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Walther. July 29, 1963. [Program 1141 - Contemporary Techniques, II] Eric Salzman discusses the development of new tonal techniques, including 'neo-classicism'. July 29, 1963. [Unnumbered program - Am I Insane?] Short story by Guy de Maupassant, read by Norman Belkin. July 29, 1963.

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Programs 1149-1151 ars0047_b02_r33 1963-06-21 1963-07-01

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[Program 1149 - Contemporary Music] William Walton: Symphony No. 2, Cleveland Orchestra, Szell. Skrowaczewski: Symphony for strings, Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by the composer. Robert Ward: Symphony No. 4, National Orchestra Association, Barnett. [Additional unnumbered track] Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 2, conducted by Leopold Stokowski. June 21, 1963. [Program 1150 - Recorded Treasury] Stravinsky recordings with the composer at the keyboard performing Piano Rag Music, Serenade en la, and Capriccio for piano and orchestra with Walter Straam Orchestra, conducted by Ernest Ansermet. June 21, 1963. [Program 1151 - Something Like Love] Jackson Burgess reads a selection from the first chapter of his novel, which concerns the effect of an automobile accident on the people involved. June 21, 1963. [Additional unnumbered track] CBS 'The World Tonight', comments on the trip of the president to Europe, specifically Italy. July 1, 1963.

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Programs 1152-1154 ars0047_b02_r34 1963-08-05

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[Program 1152 - Contemporary Techniques, III] Eric Salzman takes up the 12-tone techniques in another program aimed at the informed listener rather than the specialist. August 5, 1963. [Unnumbered program] Sea shanties and Irish songs by the Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem, and audience. [Program 1153 - Drama Festival: The Emperor Jones] Eugene O'Neill's play in a BBC production with William Marshall in the title role. August 5, 1963. [Unnumbered program] Brecht-Solomon song. Song from 'Mother Courage', sung by Lotte Lenya. [Program 1154 - Drama Festival: Music from Hamlet] Dramatic and musical excerpts from Olivier's film rendition of the play. Score by William Walton. August 5, 1963. [Unnumbered program] Music from 16th century England.

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Programs 1163-1164 ars0047_b02_r35 1963-08-12 1963-08-13

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[Program 1163 - Contemporary Techniques, IV] The final program in Eric Salzman's series, in which are heard words and music on and of serialists, post-serialists, rew realists and others. August 12, 1963. [Program 1164 - A.M. Organ and Orchestra] Haydn: Organ Concerto in C, Anton Heiller, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Gillesberger. Poulenc: Concerto in G for organ strings, and timpani, Biggs, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Burgin. Hindemith: Concerto for organ, Op. 46, No. 2, Biggs, Columbia Chamber Orchestra, Burgin. Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C, Henriette Roget, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Cluytens. Handel: Organ Concertos, Op. 4, Nos. 2-3, More, Unicorn, Concert Orchestra, Liepmann. August 13, 1963.

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Programs 1174-1176 ars0047_b02_r36 1963-04-21 1963-07-22

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[Program 1174 - The Scope of Jazz] Mait Edey presents and discusses some of the founders of modern jazz, Charlie Parker, Billie Holliday, Leroy Catt, and Bud Powell. April 21, 1963. [Program 1175 - Tebaldi, Corelli, and Adriana] Renata Tebaldi and her co-starin the recent Metropolitan production of Cilea's 'Adriana Lecouvreur', discuss and defend the production in an interview with Eric Salzman. Also present from the cast is Irene Dalis. April 21, 1963. [Program 1176 - Why Americans Emigrate] A brief editorial from the March issue of the American Emigrants' League (AEL) newsletter, read by author J.W. Massecar. The AEL shares ideas and information among those departing the Northern hemisphere in anticipation of a nuclear misunderstanding. July 22, 1963.

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Programs 1202-1204 ars0047_b02_r37 1963-06-08 1963-06-26

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[Unnumbered program] Copland: Lincoln Portrait, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, Rodzinski, Kenneth Spencer, narrator. [Program 1202 - People to People] In this case, farmer to farmer. Dr. Frank Meissner of the San Francisco State College faculty, has had wide experience in the economics of agriculture. He was one of an official delegation of farm leaders from California who visited the Soviet Union, Poland, and Yugoslavia. He tells Elsa Knight Thompson about his experiences and the conclusions he drew from it. June 8, 1963. [Program 1203 - Golden Voices] Anthony Boucher presents the Polish soprano Marcella Sembrich, one of the leading prima donnas of the nineteenth century, in operatic excerpts by Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, and Moniuszke, and songs by Schubert and Hahn. June 8, 1963. [Program 1204 - Jazz Archives] Phil Elwood talks about and plays the music of Joe 'King' Oliver in the first of two programs. June 26, 1963.

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Programs 1287-1288 ars0047_b03_r01 1963-08-06

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[Program 1287 - Music of Modern Japan, II: Tokyo Festival of Contemporary Music] Four chamber compositions by contemporary Japanese composers. Sacrifice, for alto flute, lute, vibraphone and antique cymbals by Toru Takemitsu. Music for two pianos (Hymn for an atheist), by Yoshinao Nakada. 'White' by Akira Sagawa. Music for strings by Yasushi Akutagawa. The festival broadcast is followed by a performance of Hisatada Otaka's posthumous Flute Concerto, played by an unnamed soloist and the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki. August 6, 1963. [Program 1288 - Music of Modern Japan, continued] August 6, 1963.

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Programs 1392-1394 ars0047_b03_r02 1963-01-30 1963-08-14

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[Program 1392 - Vienna Festival, 1962] Music by Beethoven performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. Soloists include Wilma Lipp, Christa Ludwig, Waldemar Kmentt, and Walter Berry. First three movements from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125. January 30, 1963. [Program 1393 - Vienna Festival, 1962 continued] Fourth movement from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125. January 30, 1963. [Program 1394 - Jazz Archives] Phil Elwood and the concluding program on Kid Ory. August 14, 1963.

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Programs 1443-1448 ars0047_b03_r03 1963-10-03 1963-10-07

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[Program 1443 - From the IGY Conference, IV] Bruce Henstell interviews Dr. Morton J. Rubin of the U.S. Weather Bureau. October 3, 1963. [Unnumbered program] BBC documentary on automatic guidance of automobiles. October 3, 1963. [Program 1444 - From Here to Sunday on a Thursday Afternoon] One in an occasional series with Ed Cray. Here Ed talks and plays Slavic folk music with Mike Janus. End missing. October 3, 1963. [Program 1445 - Modern Jazz] Phil Elwood and the second of two programs on Bill Smith. October 7, 1963. [Program 1446 - About Alice B. Toklas] Connacht Davis tells in an interview for KPFA of his talks with Alice in Paris. October 7, 1963. [Program 1447 - Ganja, I: Cannabis Sativa] The history of marijuana, traced by K.L. Stuart of the University of the West Indies and recorded by the Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation. October 7, 1963. [Program 1448 - The Memorable Marimba] The Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band of Guatemala perform on rare Victor "Black Label" recordings. October 7, 1963.

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Programs 1449-1452 ars0047_b03_r04 1963-09-25 1963-10-04

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[Program 1449 - Shostakovich] Polka from the "Age of Gold". Duo Piano. September 25, 1963. [Program 1450 - Contemporary Music in Evolution] Gunther Schuller continues his examination of contemporary composers and their work. Last program of the series. September 25, 1963. [Test of Emergency Broadcast System]. [Unnumbered Program] Lorenziti-Nanny: Gavotte. Gary Karr, double bass. [Unnumbered Program] Beverly Hills. KCBH program 'Enchantment of Music'. Concert live from Coldwater Canyon. Beethoven: Turkish March from the 'Ruins of Athens'. Boston Pops. Arthur Fiedler, conductor. Schubert: Serenade. Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. Carmen Dragon, conductor. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. William Steinberg, conductor. October 4, 1963. [Program 1451 - Gesualdo's First Book of Madrigals] Sung by a predominantly Italian group under the direction of Angelo Ephrikian. September 25, 1963. [Program 1452 - Delinquency and Underprivilege, III] The third of three programs. September 25, 1963.

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Programs 1463-1465 ars0047_b03_r05 1963-09-08 1963-09-10

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[Program 1463 - Shakukachi Music] Katsumasa Takasago, living in Sausalito, recorded these bamboo flute melodies and sounds in a Zen temple. September 8, 1963. [Program 1464 - Empty Boats and a Seagull] Jack Spicer reads selections from his book of poems. September 10, 1963. [Program 1465 - Toch's Quintet] Recording of the Ernst Toch work with Andre Previn, piano, and the American Art Quartet. September 10, 1963.

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Programs 1562-1563 ars0047_b03_r06 1963-08-30 1963-10-11

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[Program 1562 - A.M. Primitive Music/Experimental Music] Mix from both ends of the rainbow is peripherally related to IGY considerations. Strangely compatible incompatibles include Varese, Birger-Blomdahl, Bussotti, Raaymakers, Berio, Badings (people), and Africa, the Phillippines, Hawaii, New Guinea, Indonesia, and Bolivia (places). October 11, 1963. [Program 1563 - A.M. Primitive Music/Experimental Music] Strangely compatible incompatibles from either end of the musical spectrum. Places covered include parts of Africa, the Philippines, Hawaii, New Guinea, Indonesia, India, and Bolivia. People covered include Varese, Birger-Blomdahl, Bussotti, Raaymakers, Berio, and Badings. Prepared by Arnold Schwarzwald of Universal Studios. August 30, 1963. [Unnumbered program] Turina: La Oracion del Torero. String section of Orchestra Sinfonica de Madrid; Freitas; Branco.

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Programs 1590-1591 ars0047_b03_r07 1963-10-18 1963-10-20

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[Program 1590 - Scope of Jazz] Martin Williams with the first of three part series on the Aspects of Ellington. October 18, 1963. [Program 1591 - Oppression and Protest in Vietnam] A montage on Vietnam, produced by Burton White of KPFA. October 20, 1963.

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Programs 1604-1607 ars0047_b03_r08 1963-08-30 1963-09-02

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[Program 1604 - Blues in the Mississippi Night] Three delta blues men discuss life on the river around 1940 in a recording by pioneer folklorist Alan Lomax. August 30, 1963. [Unnumbered program] Two selections from 'A Night of Artesian Hall', with Wooden Jones. [Program 1606 - The Discovery of Meaning] Evelyn Ames, a poet and author, relates poetry of today to a search for meaning. She illustrates with reading from contemporary poets. August 31, 1963. [Unnumbered program] Sibelius: Tapiola. Concertgebouw Orchestra, Van Beinum, conductor. KCBH. September 2, 1963.

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Programs 1685-1688 ars0047_b03_r09 1963-08-17 1963-08-28

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[Program 1685 - Conversations with Merce Cunningham] Alma Hawkins, head of the UCLA dance department, talks with the modern dancer. August 17, 1963. [Program 1686 - John Cage] David Tudor plays Cage's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Recorded at Cage's 25-year restrospective concert at Town Hall, May 1958. Broadcast on KPFK, August 17, 1963. [Program 1687 - Drama Festival] Conversation with Arthur Kopit. Regina Fadiman talks with the author of 'Oh Dad, Poor Dad'. August 18, 1963. [Unnumbered program] KPFK News, mostly on Civil Rights March to Washington D.C., with special reports from the scene. August 28, 1963.

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Programs 1709-1711 ars0047_b03_r10 1963-09-22 1963-09-25

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[Program 1709 - Jazz Here and Now, I] Beginning a monthly series in which current and local jazz groups are talked about and their recorded music played. September 22, 1963. [Program 1710 - Jazz Archives] Phil Elwood and a half hour with Kid Ory. September 25, 1963. [Program 1711 - The Best and Wisest Man, II] Anthony Boucher and Jack Nessel continue their discourse on Sherlock Holmes. In this program we hear 'The Final Problem' enacted by John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Orson Welles; 'The Case on the Irene Adler Recording' explained by James Montgomery, and Rex Stout's monograph 'Watson was a woman', read by John Whiting. September 25, 1963.

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Programs 1715-1716 ars0047_b03_r11 1963-10-20

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[Program 1715 - A.M. Early European Music, I] Gregorian chant and works by De La Halle, and others. Taken from commercially-released recordings of the era. October 20, 1963. [Program 1716 - A.M. Early European Music, II] Works by Ockeghem, Traverner, Baumann, Frescobaldi, Gibbons, Susato and others. Taken from commercially-released recordings of the era. October 20, 1963.

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Program 1740 ars0047_b03_r12 undated

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[Program 1740 - Italian Phonetics, Tape I] Exercises I-VIII. Published by Rawdon Smith Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C.

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Program 1741 ars0047_b03_r13 undated

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[Program 1741 - Italian Phonetics, Tape II] Selected readings of prose and poetry. Published by Rawdon Smith Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C.

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Programs 1770-1771 ars0047_b03_r14 1964-01-10

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[Program 1770 - Schools Under Pressure, XIV: The State Superintendant of Public Instruction] Dr. Max Rafferty presents his views on progressive education and 'education in depth'. Part of the Community Discussion Project. January 10, 1964. [Program 1771 - Jive Talk] Albert Goldman, music critic of the New Leader and Robert Gold, lexicographer of jazz, discuss the language of jazz, its history and development with illustrations. January 10, 1964.

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Programs 1863-1867 ars0047_b03_r15 1964-05-26 1964-06-17

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[Program 1863 - Music by Claude Le Jeune] The Jean-Paul Kreder Ensemble performs fourteen songs to Baif poems composed by the 16th century Huguenot. May 26, 1964. [Program 1864 - Lord of the Flies: An Interpretation] Lee Whiting presents Dr. Kate Macus' view from the psychological standpoint of William Golding's much-discussed novel. June 8, 1964. [Program 1865 - Music by Leslie Bassett] Charles Russo, clarinet, Walter Trampler, viola, and Douglas Nordli, piano, play the Trio for those instruments composed by the University of Michigan Assistant Professor of Composition. June 8, 1964. [Program 1866 - Stravinsky in Rehearsal] In 1945, William Malloch recorded the composer rehearsing his revision of his Symphonies of Wind Instruments in memory of Debussy. Broadcast through permission of Stravinsky himself. June 17, 1964. [Program 1867 - Russell's Impromptu] N. Zabaleta, harp. undated.

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Programs 1877-1880 ars0047_b03_r16 1964-05-13 1964-05-23

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[Program 1877 - Remi Gassman: A Lecture on Electronic Sound] The composer talks about the new music, followed by a performance of his ballet, 'Electronics'. May 13, 1964. [Program 1878 - Delta Blues] Paul Chevegny with a collection of blues by lowland African Americans. May 17, 1964. [Program 1879 - The Woodwind Quintet] Flutist Sam Baron converses with Marianne Wurlitzer of WBAI about the Quartet's history and repertoire. Included in the program are performances of Hindemith's Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2, and Alvin Etler's Concerto for woodwind quintet and orchestra. May 14, 1963. [Program 1880 - The Golden Fruits] Natalie Sarraute, French novelist and leading protagonist of the nouveau-roman, discusses her work and that of her contemporaries with Richard Howard, poet and translator of contemporary French literature. May 23, 1964.

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Programs 1908-1909 ars0047_b03_r17 1964-05-14 1964-05-21

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[Program 1908 - History of Music, II] Medieval polyphony is Alan Rich's subject in this second program of the series. May 21, 1964. [Program 1909 - Girlie Magazines] Chris Koch talks with the editors of three 'men's magazines' (Cavalier, Nugget, and Escapade) about the 'sexual revolution', the market, and purposes of these magazines. May 14, 1964. [Unnumber program - La Bamba] Sung by Don Polland.

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Programs 1930-1931 ars0047_b03_r18 1964-07-26 1964-09-14

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[Program 1930] Alec Guinness stars as Dylan Thomas in Peter Glenville's production of the play by Sidney Michaels. July 26, 1964. [Program 1931 - New Music on a 1200-Year-Old Instrument] Andre Phillippe performs on a small pre-Colombian flute. September 14, 1964.

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Programs 1946-1950 ars0047_b03_r19 1964-09-27 1964-10-25

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[Program 1946 - Military Music of Chile] Favorite Chilean marches and band music. Produced by Carlos Hagen. September 27, 1964. [Program 1947 - The Changeable Japanese] Observations on the Japanese national character by Dr. Arthur Burton, a psychotherapist returned from Japan. September 27, 1964. [Program 1948 - Los Angeles Brass Ensemble] Mitzelfelt Chorale, String Ensemble with Mario Cajati conducting. Works of Eugene Zador. 'Cantata technica', 'Scherzo domestico', and 'Divertimento for strings'. Los Angeles County Museum of History and Science. October 9, 1964. [Program 1949 - An Entertainment of Poetry] Readings from works by modern American poets by Edward Field and Elia Braca. October 18, 1964. [Program 1950 - The Canterbury Tales, V] Robert Ross reads (in Middle English) the 'Pardoner's Prologue and Tale'. October 25, 1964.

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Programs 1953-1955 ars0047_b03_r20 1964-11-14 1964-11-15

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[Program 1953 - Harlow, is a Biography of Hollywood] Author Irving Shulman is interviewed by Burt White and Al Silbowitz. November 14, 1964. [Program 1954 - Jazz: Los Angeles] Petrie Mason comes on with early Chico Hamilton recordings. November 15, 1964. [Program 1955 - The Bee Colony] The society and structure is discussed by entymologist Norman Gary of UC Davis. November 15, 1964.

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Jean Cocteau Memorial ars0047_b03_cd1 1964-02-03 2010

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[Unnumbered program] KPFK program, 'The Lie that always told the truth'. Jean Cocteau memorial. February 3, 1964.