Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Shelton, Lucy.
2. Oldfather, Christopher.
3. Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011.
4. Cornicello, Anthony.
5. Lubman, Brad.
6. Hollander, John.
7. Fulton, Alice, 1952-
8. Peyser, Joan.
9. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
10. Group for Contemporary Music.
11. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (87 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program includes a panel discussion about collaborations between poets and composers, interspersed with performances of three such collaborations, and with unaccompanied readings by the poets. Panelists discuss the origins of and processes involved in the creation of their works, and the employment of technology such as synthesizers and computers in their compositions.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 151

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
2. Poetry
3. Cornicello, Anthony
4. Fulton, Alice, 1952- > Musical settings
5. Readings
6. Artistic collaboration
7. Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011 > Philomel
8. Video
9. Hollander, John > Musical settings
10. Music

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.
3. Readings.

Contents

1. The virginal book / music by Milton Babbitt ; words by John Hollander ; sung by Lucy Shelton ; pianist, Christopher Oldfather -- Turns and turns into the night / music by Anthony Cornicello ; words by Alice Fulton ; sung by Lucy Shelton ; music performed by Group for Contemporary Music ; conducted by Brad Lubman -- Philomel / music by Milton Babbitt ; words by John Hollander ; sung by Lucy Shelton.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1155

Performer (note)

1. Musical pieces performed by Lucy Shelton, Christopher Oldfather, and Group for Contemporary Music. Poems read by Alice Fulton and John Hollander. Panelists: Anthony Cornicello, Alice Fulton, Milton Babbitt, and John Hollander. Moderator: Joan Peyser.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Feb. 3 and 4, 2001. (Viewer copy is Feb. 4, 2001.)

Funding (note)

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography (note)

1. Turns and turns into the night was commissioned by Words & process at the Guggenheim from Anthony Cornicello, who set his music to pre-existing poems by Alice Fulton. The composition received its premiere performance during this program. The words for Philomel, which was commissoned by singer Bethany Beardslee and premiered in 1964, were specifically written by John Hollander to be set to a synthesized score by Milton Babbitt. The virginal book was a pre-existing John Hollander poem that Babbitt set to music.

Title

1. Poets & composers [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 2001.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 151
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

1. Musical pieces performed by Lucy Shelton, Christopher Oldfather, and Group for Contemporary Music. Poems read by Alice Fulton and John Hollander. Panelists: Anthony Cornicello, Alice Fulton, Milton Babbitt, and John Hollander. Moderator: Joan Peyser.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Feb. 3 and 4, 2001. (Viewer copy is Feb. 4, 2001.)

Funding

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography

1. Turns and turns into the night was commissioned by Words & process at the Guggenheim from Anthony Cornicello, who set his music to pre-existing poems by Alice Fulton. The composition received its premiere performance during this program. The words for Philomel, which was commissoned by singer Bethany Beardslee and premiered in 1964, were specifically written by John Hollander to be set to a synthesized score by Milton Babbitt. The virginal book was a pre-existing John Hollander poem that Babbitt set to music.

Added author

1. Shelton, Lucy. voc
2. Oldfather, Christopher. Instrumentalist
3. Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. Composer
4. Cornicello, Anthony. Composer
5. Lubman, Brad. Conductor
6. Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. Interviewee
7. Hollander, John. Interviewee
8. Cornicello, Anthony. Interviewee
9. Fulton, Alice, 1952- Interviewee
10. Peyser, Joan. Moderator
11. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
12. Group for Contemporary Music.
13. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1155