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Mithril Canticles

Description: Recording of Michael Christopher's Mithril Canticles. This piece is a heavily edited work utilizing two opposing sound ideas. One is "noise-oriented" sound achieved through fast sequential activity processed by ring modulating the reverb. This activity is opposed to the three-to-five note tune which permeates the work.
Date: 1972
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Christopher, Michael
Partner: UNT Music Library
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[Odyssey Tapes]

Description: Audio reel from the Steven Fromholz Papers, Odyssey Tapes recorded on Scotch Magnetic Tape RB-7.
Date: 1972
Duration: 32 minutes 15 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #1

Description: The first program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program introduces the first half of the 1940s, with discussion of wartime culture, celebrity participation in the war effort, and the Golden Age of Radio.
Date: 1972
Duration: 53 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #2

Description: The second program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1940, with discussion of the "sweet" bands and the influence of Bing Crosby.
Date: 1972
Duration: 53 minutes
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #3

Description: The third program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program continues to highlight songs from 1940 (and slightly before and after), with discussion of vocalists, and the impending war.
Date: 1972
Duration: 53 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #4

Description: The fourth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1941, with discussion of the ASCAP boycott and BMI, and the Second World War.
Date: 1972
Duration: 54 minutes 01 second
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #5

Description: The fifth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program continues the previous program's emphasis on 1941, with discussion of the music of Freddy Martin, as well as of "sweet" bands and gimmick (or "Mickey Mouse") bands, and wartime novelty songs.
Date: 1972
Duration: 54 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #6

Description: The sixth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1942, with discussion of wartime music and culture, and cultural reflections of domestic mobilization in the U.S.
Date: 1972
Duration: 53 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #7

Description: The seventh program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program continues the previous program's emphasis on the year 1942, with discussion of the songs of Johnny Mercer, Capitol Records, and mass migration connected to the war effort.
Date: 1972
Duration: 54 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #8

Description: The eighth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1942 and 1943, with discussion of Frank Sinatra, and the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma.
Date: 1972
Duration: 54 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #9

Description: The ninth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1943, with discussion of wartime movies.
Date: 1972
Duration: 54 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #10

Description: The tenth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1944, with continued discussion of wartime culture.
Date: 1972
Duration: 52 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #11

Description: The eleventh program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the time frame around 1944, with discussion of Hollywood's output during the war.
Date: 1972
Duration: 55 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #12

Description: The twelfth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program is the finale of Part I of the series, which covered 1940 through 1945, and was originally broadcast in October and November of 1972. It highlights the end of the Second World War, with discussion of armed forces' return home, and "dream" songs.
Date: 1972
Duration: 52 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library

Signal Messe

Description: Recording of Peter Tod Lewis's Signal Messe. "Signal-messe" is an attempt to make a single coherent "bi-sensory" experience from two independent media expressions. The "performers" were the creators, having long since stored their improvisations on magnetic tape or film. The "mess" of stored "signals" was severely cut, edited, processed, mixed, according to a structure that seemed to be dictated by the material itself (though, naturally, in light of subjective considerations). The structure con… more
Date: 1972
Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Lewis, Peter Tod
Partner: UNT Music Library

Tape 906 Side A

Description: Traditional musical performances and chanting.
Date: 1972~/1977~
Duration: 33 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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[April 7, 1972, Meeting]

Description: Audio tape recording of a Liquid Paper Corporation meeting held on April 7, 1972.
Date: April 7, 1972
Duration: 4 hours 26 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Liquid Paper Corporation Records
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Reminiscenses of an Oral Historian

Description: Sound recording of Dr. Charles Morrissey giving a talk titled "Reminiscences of an Oral Historian" during an address to the Oral History Conference at Fullerton.
Date: April 21, 1972
Duration: 46 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Tape 910 Side A

Description: Public performance including traditional musical instruments, chants, and singing.
Date: May 12, 1972
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information

Tape 912 Side A

Description: Traditional musical performances and chanting recorded in Taipei.
Date: July 27, 1972
Duration: 1 hour 10 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information

Tape 912 Side B

Description: Traditional musical performances and chanting recorded in Taipei. Continued from Side A.
Date: July 27, 1972
Duration: 59 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information

Tape 903 Side B

Description: Traditional music and chanting recorded during morning worship.
Date: August 1972
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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