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Cathy Berberian discusses her singing style

BROADCAST: 1967 | DURATION: 00:35:18

Synopsis

Cathy Berberian reflects on the evolution of her avant-garde singing style and her work with various contemporary music composers. Includes an interview with John Cage. Content Warning: This conversation has the presence of outdated, biased, offensive language. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion.

Details

Broadcast Date
1967

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 52.25 min.) : 10 1/2 in. Edited copy.

Duration
35 minutes, 18 seconds

Ownership
Chicago History Museum

Topics

Music Music - Classical Music & Opera

People

Musicians Music personnel

Tags

Berberian, Cathy. Audiotapes Radio programs WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Cage, John Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro, 1870-1966 Berio, Luciano, 1925-2003 Eco, Umberto Cage, John. Fontana mix Beatles. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 Columbia University Milan, Italy

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