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Sound poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1304 Collections and/or Records:

or / ro / Cobbing, Bob., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-17471-17837
Scope and Contents

Each of the four pages of this book depicts a typewriter poem that consists of the text "or/ro" and other two letter words such as "we/we." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

OU - Cinqueme Saison / Chopin, Henri ; Amirkhanian C ; Chopin H ; Davies H ; Gysin B ; Heidsieck B ; Novak L ; Bekaert J ; Cobbing B ; DeVree P ; Hanson S ; Hodell A ; Rotella M ; Burroughs WS ; deSilva JA ; Dufrene F ; Hausmann R ; Johnson BE ; Wolman G ; Albert-Birot P ; Agam Y ; Bertini G ; Cage J ; Furnival J ; Lora-Totino A ; Lockwood A ; Orton R ; Phillips T ; Seuphor M ; Themerson S ; Ben ; DeVree P., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-43155-45211
Scope and Contents

The project was coordinated by Nicolas Zurbrugg, and edited and produced by Emanuele Carcano. It includes all the sound poems on CD's that were originally recorded in OU on 45 rpm records plus five additional recordings that were done later in other publications. The two pamphlets are duplicates. The soft cover book includes Chopin's comments about each issue, Chopin's autobiography, and statements from other artists/poets about his sound poems. Tom Phillips' work is the score of the opera "Irma." One of the compact discs includes recordings of his phonetic poems, "Kansas City Numero Collage." The drawing for this poem is held by the Sackner Archive. It is stored on a shelf near Revue Ou. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

OW 2 / Cobbing, Bob., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-20825-21233
Scope and Contents

This is the last book made on Cobbing's original photocopying machine. It broke down in 1996 and was replaced. The replacement was funded by the Sackners who received a few of Cobbing's concrete poetry wall works in exchange for the money. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

P Puissance B / Bernard Heidsieck; H Chopin., 1975

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Identifier: CC-53903-59906
Scope and Contents

This record is No.7 of a sound poetry series entitled "Radiotaxi: vibrazioni del sonoro." It was reissued in a CD format in 2003 by Al Dante. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Pack of Cards / Cobbing, Bob., 1991

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Identifier: CC-17362-17726
Scope and Contents

All the images on the outside covers of these greeting cards are abstract. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Partition V / Heidsieck, Bernard ; Franken, Ruth., 1973

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Identifier: CC-53896-58151
Scope and Contents

This work was designed by Ruth Franken (1924, Prague -- 12 September 2006, Paris) who was a Czech-American sculptor, painter, and furniture designer who was mostly active in Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Partitury, 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-37768-39647
Scope and Contents

This book is a compendium of experimental music scores that have been translated into the Czech language where appropriate. The title translated by Rodano Parmova & Petr Sevcik into English is Score: Graphic Music, Phonic Poetry Events, Paraphrases, INterpretations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Pattern of Performance / Cobbing, Bob., 1979

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Identifier: CC-17511-17877
Scope and Contents

The sound poems are read from abstract markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Peintres / Bryen, Camille ; Requichot, Bernard., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-34045-35723
Scope and Contents

This text consists of two sound poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

[Performance] / Curtay, Jean-Paul., 1983

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Identifier: CC-14585-14897
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Curtay's performance were taken by Marie-Helene Dhenin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

[Performance] / Curtay, Jean-Paul., 1981

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Identifier: CC-20356-20753
Scope and Contents

Depicts Curtay in diverse poses performing his body poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Phantasmic Radio / Weiss, Allen S. ; Artaud A ; Barthes R ; Breton A ; Burroughs WS ; Cage J ; Duchamp M ; Joyce J ; Mallarme S ; Marinetti FT ; Russolo L ; Valery P ; Eckersley R ; Ballard J., 1995

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Identifier: CC-31793-33309
Scope and Contents

In this work of cultural criticism, Weiss explores the meaning of radio to the modern imagination by weaving together cultural and technological history. His investigation reveals how radiophony transforms expression. He presents new perspectives on the avant-garde radio experiments of Antonin Artaud and John Cage. A great deal of attention is paid to sound poetry.The book was designed by Richard Eckersley with high usage of Italic typefaces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Pharoah On The Ferry, 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-37045-38885
Scope and Contents

This work is a modern enactment of the passage of the Sungod of night, or Osiris, through the first gate of the Neter-Khertet (divine underworld). The poem is accompanied by line drawings of New York scenes done by Kern. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981