[silence] Betty Freeman

Tue Jan 6 12:47:26 EST 2009

Check out this recording, originally broadcast in 1991 on Berkeley's  
KPFA, in tribute to Betty Freeman, hosted by Charles Amirkhanian. The  
program includes discussion with Ms. Freeman about her relationships  
with Cage, Partch, et al.

http://radiom.org/detail.php?omid=MC.1991.06.14.A

(free to listen, registration required)

--
Adam Fong
Associate Director
Other Minds
333 Valencia Street, Suite 303
San Francisco, CA  94103
(415) 934-8134
(415) 934-8136 fax
adam@otherminds.org
http://www.otherminds.org
http://www.radiom.org

On Jan 6, 2009, at 9:04 AM, silence-request@list.mail.virginia.edu  
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>    1. Question on Composition (Patrick OReilly)
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>    3. Re: Betty Freeman, 1921-2009 (Kraig Grady)
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> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:07:00 -0800 (PST)
> From: Patrick OReilly <irishrover8914@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [silence] Question on Composition
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> Hello Silencers,
> I?figure?I better introduce myself first?if I'm going ask question.
> my name is Patrick O'Reilly, I'm a teacher / student /  
> percussionist / composer studying and working in New York City?and  
> I've remained rather?silent myself receiving information on this  
> mailing list for about a year now, i must say its?been very helpful  
> to my understanding of John Cage and his work.?
>
> ?
> ?
> are there any composers that focus their work on the idea of  
> combining many ideas into small amounts of time? in other words:  
> assuming a broom stick represents a piece of music, this type of  
> composition being perhaps the isle in home depot where they keep  
> all of the broom sticks.
> ?
> if so who, if not then why?
> if this makes no sense, ignore it
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> and?Happy New Year!
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> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:35:22 -0800 (PST)
> From: David Badagnani <davidbadagnani@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [silence] Betty Freeman, 1921-2009
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> Some sad news today:? the greatest American patron of new music in  
> recent decades, Betty Freeman, has passed away January 4, 2009, at  
> the age of 87.
>
> She had largely impeccable taste in new music and supported  
> composers working in a wide variety of styles such as Cage, Lou  
> Harrison, Harry Partch, La Monte Young, Harrison Birtwistle, and  
> Steve Reich.
>
> Obituaries:
> http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2009/01/betty_freeman_rip.html
> http://www.abouttheimage.com/4019/ 
> remembering_betty_freeman_photographer_patron_of_the_arts/author2/
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> Brief biography:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Freeman
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> Did anyone on this list know her and have any stories to share?
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> --
> David Badagnani
> Kent, Ohio
> USA
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> From: Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@anaphoria.com>
> Subject: Re: [silence] Betty Freeman, 1921-2009
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> She told me once that the most important artist she thought she had  
> ever
> supported was Harry Partch.
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> /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_
> Mesotonal Music from:
> _'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere:
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> Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http:// 
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> David Badagnani wrote:
>> Some sad news today:  the greatest American patron of new music in
>> recent decades, Betty Freeman, has passed away January 4, 2009, at  
>> the
>> age of 87.
>>
>> She had largely impeccable taste in new music and supported composers
>> working in a wide variety of styles such as Cage, Lou Harrison, Harry
>> Partch, La Monte Young, Harrison Birtwistle, and Steve Reich.
>>
>> Obituaries:
>> http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2009/01/betty_freeman_rip.html
>> http://www.abouttheimage.com/4019/ 
>> remembering_betty_freeman_photographer_patron_of_the_arts/author2/
>>
>> Brief biography:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Freeman
>>
>> Did anyone on this list know her and have any stories to share?
>>
>> --
>> David Badagnani
>> Kent, Ohio
>> USA
>>
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