Cathy Berberian: Pioneer of Contemporary Vocality
Edited by
PAMELA KARANTONIS Bath Spa University, UK
FRANCESCA PLACANICA National University o f Ireland Maynooth
ANNE SIVUOJA-KAUPPALA Sibelius Academy, Finland
PIETER V ERSTRAETE Bilgi University Istanbul
Associate Editor: Carla Brü nott
ASHGATE Contents
List of Figures ix List of Tables and Music Examples xi Notes on Contributors xiii Notes on Interviewees xix Acknowledgements xxiii Foreword: Cathy Berberian— Modernism's Bette Midler xxv Susan McClary
Creed 1
Introduction/Overture 3 Pamela Karantonis and Pieter Verstraete
Special Reprint — The Tenth Oscillator: The Work of Cathy Berberian 1958— 1966 From Tempo Number 58 19 David Osmond-Smith
Special Transcript— Cathy's Solo Talk Show 33 Transcription by Pamela Karantonis
PART I A RADICAL TRADITION: RE-WRITING (FOR) THE VOICE
1 “The New Vocality in Contemporary Music” (1966) 47 Cathy Berberian Translation by Francesca Placanica
2 “La nuova vocalità nell’opera contemporanea” (1966): Cathy Berberian’s Legacy 51 Francesca Placanica
3 Cathy Berberian’s Stripsody — An Excess of Vocal Personas in Score and Performance 67 Pieter Verstraete v i Cathy Berberian: Pioneer of Contemporary Vocality
4 Cathy Berberian and the Creation of a Stravinsky Vocality Rokus de Groot
5 Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) : A Listening Experience as Homage to Cathy Berberian Hannah Bosma
PART II VOCAL PERFORMANCE AS META-COMMENTARY: ARTISTRY AND CULTURAL POLITICS
6 Cathy Berberian’s Notes on Camp Anne Sivuoja-Kauppala
7 Cathy Berberian and the Performative Art of Voice Pamela Karantonis
8 Beatles Arias: Cathy Berberian Sings The Beatles Kate Meehan
PART III PERSPECTIVES ON NEW VOCALITY: ARTISTS REFLECT ON THE INFLUENCE OF CATHY BERBERIAN
9 What We Owe to Cathy: Reflections from Meredith Monk, Joan La Barbara, Rinde Eckert, Susan Botti, Theo Bleckmann and Pamela Z Kristin Norderval
10 All with Her Voice: A Conversation with Carol Plantamura Juliana Snapper
11 My Five Years with Cathy Berberian Candace Smith
AFTERWORD
In Memoriam (Cathy Berberian) Sylvano Bussotti Translated by John Satriano Contents v ii
Allegory Actually. Cathy Berberian ... 223 Sylvano Bussotti Translated by Francesca Placanica and Pamela Karantonis
Allegoria nei fatti. Cathy Berberian, ... 225 Sylvano Bussotti
Select Bibliography 221 Index 241