YAM FESTIVAL
Published by Hardware Poet's Playhouse, New York, 1963
- Used
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United KingdomWilliam Allen Word & Image
AbeBooks seller since October 18, 2011
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 409.20
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Flyer advertising the all-night concert held at the Hardware Poet’s Playhouse, NYC, on May 11, 1963, part of the month-long Yam Festival (May spelled backwards). Single sheet, duplicated in aniline purple on recto only. 279 x 216mm. The Yam Festival was conceived of and organised 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). The concert featured around 140 works by 37 artists. The flyer lists the concert performers (as well as Moorman, they included Joseph Byrd, Max Neuhaus, and dancer Yvonne Rainer) and the compositions she chose (works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Joseph Byrd, Christian Wolff, Edgard Varèse, and Luciano Berio). Condition: Near fne.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- YAM FESTIVAL
- Author
- George Brecht, Robert Watts, Charlotte Moorman, John Cage, Yvonne Rainer, et al.
- Publisher
- Hardware Poet's Playhouse, New York
- Publication year
- 1963
- Condition
- Near Fine
William Allen Word & Image
London, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since October 18, 2011
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