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YAM FESTIVAL. 1963.

paul robertson — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:37:16 +0000

NYC: Yam Festival, 1963 27.9 x 21.6cm, 1pp mimeograph (aniline purple) leaflet for the all-night concert held at the Hardware Poet's Playhouse, NYC, on May 11, 1963 as part of the month-long Yam Festival The festival was conceived by George Brecht and Robert Watts, who invited Charlotte Moorman to organise a concert of new and experimental music as part of a continuous performance on May 11-12 ('YamDay') featuring about 140 works by 37 artists. The flyer lists the concert performers (as well as Moorman, they included Earl eBrown, Joseph Byrd, Max Neuhaus, and the dancer, Yvonne Rainer), and the compositions she chose (work by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Joseph Byrd, Christian Wolff, Edgard Varèse, and Luciano Berio).

JOSEPH BYRD AT CARNEGIE HALL. 1962

paul robertson — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:13:32 +0000

NYC: Carnegie Hall, n.d. (March 9 1962)

21.5 x 13.5cm, 2pp, black on white concert programme for a recital of Joseph Byrd's music at the Carnegie Hall, NYC, March 9 where the compositions include 'Fish', a ballet for wind players' and 'Animals' (the musicians are not listed, it is apparently documented elsewhere that Charlotte Moorman was amongst them). VG+ condition.

JOSEPH BYRD AT CARNEGIE HALL. 1962

paul robertson — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:11:51 +0000

NYC: Carnegie Hall, n.d. (March 9 1962)

21.5 x 13.5cm, 1pp, black on yellow promotional leaflet for a recital of Joseph Byrd's music at the Carnegie Hall, NYC, March 9 where the compositions include 'Fish', a ballet for wind players' and 'Animals' (the musicians are not listed, it is apparently documented elsewhere that Charlotte Moorman was amongst them). There is a faint vertical crease to flyer, else VG+ condition.