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Porter, Bern, 1911-2004

 Person

Biographical / Historical

b. 1911; physicist & methodology specialist

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Ear Magazine East: 10th Anniversary Special Issue. No.1-2 / Cage J ; Anderson B ; Gibson J ; Porter B ; Friedman K ; LaBarbara J ; Frank P ; Knowles A ; Gordon C ; Adorno O ; Paik NJ ; Hayman R ; Curtay JP ; Johnson T ; Gerlovina R ; Tragtenberg L ; McCaffery S ; MacLow J ; Gerlovin V ; Neuhaus M., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-13938-14243
Scope and Contents

This issue presents a world-wide survey of avant garde music scores with documentation by the composers that forms a logical sequel to Cage's book "Notations" Something Else Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

I've Left: A Manifesto and a Testament of SCIence and -ART (SCIART), 1971

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Identifier: CC-04165-4244
Scope and Contents

Dick Higgins, in his introduction, describes Porter as a "one-man art and technology movement...a brilliantly inventive but uncrackable Maine hickory nut." This book relates to the period when Porter left for Australia and supposedly sums up all his knowledge as a physicist, poet, publisher, sculptor, illustrator, and humorist. Bern Porter was born February 14, 1911 and died June 7, 2004. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Score. No.8 / Jurgen O. Olbrich ; Bern Porter ; DiMichele B ; Groh K ; Higgins D ; Colombo JR ; Perkins S ; Dunn L ; Melnicove M ; Beckett T ; Grumman B., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-38755-40666
Scope and Contents

This issue deals with found poetry and includes contributions from other poets and writers on this genre beside Porter and Olbrich. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987