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Philemon and Baukis (1985-87). Lou Harrison

9/2018:

• "The lyrical opening of Harrison's Philemon and Baukis combines the rebab (the bowed fiddle of the gamelan) with the soft gendèr metallophones" (Lou Harrison: American Musical Maverick)
• "Philemon and Baukis, the old loving couple who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes" (Online Archive of California)

 

Mnemonics I (1965). Pauline Oliveros

9/2018: I take this citation to mean Mnemonics I was recorded at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1965. But the 12-CD set has a more generic 1964-1966 range.

Water above Sky Below Now (2015). Pauline Oliveros

9/2018: Recorded in 2015, the year before she died. "Pauline performs a uniquely tuned accordion, harmonica and electronics, whilst Ione provides spoken word vocals in a rich vein of experimental NYC tradition, swept into hall-of-mirrors refractions with dynamic processing." boomkat

In C (1964). Terry Riley

9/2018:  A quick count on Spotify shows 18 versions of In C and one track called "Not Riley in C."