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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Concrete Sound Poetry: Record Notes / Cobbing, Bob; Chopin H; Dufrene F; Heidsieck B; Johnson BE; Hanson S; Cobbing B; Novak L; Jandl E., 1970

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Identifier: CC-17667-18035
Scope and Contents

The text consists of notes for the record of the same title; the record is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

[Letter to Henri Chopin Sep 7, 1983] / Cobbing, Bob; Heidsieck B; Wolman G; DeVree P; Dufrene F; Gysin B; Johnson BE; Bodin LG., 1983

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Identifier: CC-19985-20373
Scope and Contents

This letter is a lengthy polemic in which Cobbing argues with Chopin's assertions on contesting the history of sound poetry. He dates and mentions his own performances of sound poetry from his first attempts in 1942. He argues with Chopin on the dating of the works of Heidsieck, Wolman, de Vree, Lockwood, Dufrene, Gysin and Jandl. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

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

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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