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Sound poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1295 Collections and/or Records:

Fugitive Poem for Ernst Jandl, 1965

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Cobbing, Bob (3 of 3): [Barcode: 31858072491347]
Identifier: CC-17686-18054

Full Throttle / Paul Dutton., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-30989-32447
Scope and Contents

Also designated #47 in series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

futura: 5 Vokaltexte. No.16 / Hiro Kamimura., 1967

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Identifier: CC-27473-28521
Scope and Contents

Although the layout design appears to depict six poems written in Japanese ideograms, the German notes indicate that only five are present. One is a conventional poem that presents different attributes to the color red including references to flowers and the Soviet government and another to a picture. There is also a sound poem that has a made-up language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

futura: Chamber Music. No.19 / Bob Cobbing., 1967

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Identifier: CC-27476-28524
Scope and Contents

Single words are arranged vertically, horizontally, and diagonally to simulate the shape of twelve snowflakes. This arrangement is scored for sound or performance poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

futura: January Fish. No.21 / Dick Higgins., 1967

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Identifier: CC-27471-28519
Scope and Contents

The two major poems of the four in this presentation are two sound poems that use permutations of repetitions of English words to create a catchy musical rhythm. The first poem, seven box bus its, the first begins, 1 boxes boxing 2 busses boxes - busses - boxes - busses - busses bussing - busses bussing bounds - busses bussing - busses bussings busses... The second poem, animals yes animals begins, animals how come animals animals with newpapers animals quickly animals shoo skat animals observing winches animals... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

futura: Rotapoems. No.12 / Emmett Williams., 1966

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Identifier: CC-27469-28517
Scope and Contents

Rotapoems, dedicated to Dieter Roth, are in fact 6 versions of a poem in Roth's lyrical collection "Scheisse," Providence 1966. They are a return to a form Williams first used in his book "Konkretionen," Krefeld 1959, and the "Litanies for Alison Knowles," placed in a musical landscape by Dick Higgins in 1966. The vowels of Roth's original poem are shifted progressively from version to version, resulting in constant sound changes and frequent alterations in sense. They are meant to be read aloud." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Fylkingen: Cover Design, 1977

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Cobbing, Bob (3 of 3): [Barcode: 31858072491347]
Identifier: CC-17749-18118

Fylkingen Och Sveroges Radio Presenterar / Higgins D ; Novak L ; Heidsieck B ; Hanson S ; Chopin H ; Cobbing B ; Giorno J ; Johnson BE ; Roth D ; Williams E ; Hodell A ; Lille C., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-12224-12448
Scope and Contents

Bob Cobbing has made notations for the actual performance times on Swedish radio on this personal copy. He notes that Valoch's contribution was not received in time for the festival. This copy is stored with Cobbing material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Ga: First and Last Sound Poems / Valoch, Jiri., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-00759-778
Scope and Contents

Designated Fives No.1. All phonemes in poems consist of repetitions and variations of "ga." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Gail Song / Cobbing, Bob., 1971

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Identifier: CC-17606-17974
Scope and Contents

This piece is present in the recording (33rpm) also held by the Sackner Archive entitled "Experiments in Disintegrating Language: Konkrete Canticle" (1971). In the recording the title Has been changed to Ga(il)o(ng). Work was previously stored in binder as a typwriter piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971