Verlag: and/or, Seattle, 1979
Anbieter: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, USA
Erstausgabe
Pocket folder. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 4to. Red paper pocket folder, titles offset printed on the cover, publisher statement and contents labels mounted inside with seventeen loose pieces offset printed on various paper sizes and colors, some folding out and others staple bound, in the two pockets. Cover edges sunned with short closed tears at pocket corners, contents well preserved. Small ink stamp of former owner on each interior label. Soundwork was a contemporary music organization founded in 1975 by David Mahler that was a satellite of the alternative gallery and/or in Oddfellows Hall on Seattle's Capitol Hill, both supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. "Soundwork is a composer-oriented organization in Seattle. Soundwork is this publication - a reflection of some of the varied compositional activity in the Seattle area." This publication appears to be its first.The pieces range from traditional piano scores (Martin's "Un Jour,") to elaborate diagrams (Winkler's "Microtonal Design for a Sonic Pyramid,") performance instructions (Dewar & Knapp's "Drone Piece,") a performance review (Mahler's report on Phill Niblock at and/or,) building unique musical instruments (Hamilton-Nunnally,) and an appreciation of gospel-preacher radio (Woog.) The graphic presentation of each piece appears to have been produced by the artist, some with hand lettering and drawings, then professionally offset-printed for this collection. Several of these artists performed at Soundwork Hall.