Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Recording of Joseph Lloyd Anderson's ChAnGE'S Music. A translation of the composer's words, from a letter to pianist Hadley McCarroll, illuminate that the composer tends "to think of ChanG E S Music as a phonographic fantasy because it plays out in each of Dellaria's three sound recording modes: Record-as-Document, Pseudo-Document, and abstraction. In order to really begin to understand him, I believe the listener needs to have an idea of ​​who [composer John] Cage is and why he is interesting. It is also useful to be aware of the Music of Changes, since the version edited by Wergo is the pseudo document with which my piece begins, and it constitutes one of the first 'silent' pieces of Cage (with 4'33''). It is about the need for the composer's ego to step aside before the music so that it can speak clearly. The pseudo document is fun because it allows us to make someone play what has never been played, and say what has never been said, while passing it off as a kind of auditory truth. Cage's opening text where he puts forward the beginnings of all this using recordings as instruments is actually taken from a statement explaining why …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jean Balch. Balch was born in Abilene, Texas and was attending Hardin-Simmons University in 1941. On 8 December, he volunteered for duty in the Navy, but was too young. He joined later that spring. He trained as a radioman and gunner before being assigned the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the fall of 1944. Balch mentions striking targets in the Philippines and on Formosa in late 1944. On one bombing mission over Hong Kong, China, the plane Balch was in was hit, forcing him to bail out. He landed among some Chinese civilians. In a short time, Balch was captured by Japanese soldiers. After several days, he was transported to Ofuna. Balch recalls several anecdotes about life as a prisoner of war in Japan. He mentions other POWs and tells stories about various guards. When the war ended, Balch was placed aboard the hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13). After the war, Balch returned to Tokyo to testify at the war crime trials.

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Recording of Roland Cahen's Rappel à l'ordre. This is a work for electronics and includes the story of a deep-sea diver spoken in both English and French.

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, June 18, 1996 at Abilene Christian University