Anne Tardos

PoemTalk #116, Discussing Anne Tardos' "Uxudo", feat. Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Ariel Resnikoff, and Stephen Ross

For complete recording and program notes go to Jacket2

• Refrigerator Defrosting (14:21): MP3
• Refrigerator Defrosting, with Vocal Improvisation (10:03): MP3

Tardos' drawing of the recording setup, "the score as it were" (click on image for larger version)

Among Men, 1992

• Cello: Sara Hohenstein
• Clarinet: Diego Montes
• Oboe: Peter Veale
• Violin: Clemens Merkel


• English: Jackson Mac Low
• French: Francis Gay
• German: Jacqueline Kornmüller
• Hungarian: Judith Koncsek
• Italian: Renzo Brizzi


• Engineered by Theresia Singer
• Produced by Klaus Schöning
• Written and Directed by Anne Tardos

(click here to view the musicians' scores for this piece)


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Alter-Englishes, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1999

1. Introduction (1:55): MP3
2. Nothing (3:15): MP3
3. Buffalo Gram (1:22): MP3
4. How I Love You (0:37): MP3
5. Ablation Therapy (0:20): MP3
6. For Bill Luoma (4:44): MP3
7. She Put It Mildly (0:49): MP3
8. Introduction to Uxudo (0:37): MP3
9. "All sins of all cats rolled into one" (0:48): MP3
10. "Da saßen sie also" (1:09): MP3
11. Introduction to "Affengespenst" (0:21): MP3
12. Affengespenst (0:24): MP3
13. Introduction to "Efnogla" (0:19): MP3
14. Efnogla 1 (0:19): MP3
15. Efnogla 2 (0:15): MP3
16. Efnogla 3 (0:23): MP3
17. "Hochgeduld after nine from a fountain" (0:43): MP3
18. "Steigen Sie in den Tram?" (0:32): MP3
19. ArbeitsAmeisen (0:15): MP3
20. A Switch, A Stretch, A Rivertwist (0:24): MP3
21. Escargots (0:26): MP3
22. "Lorraine, hug-a-bee hiába" (0:27): MP3
23. Who Knew? (0:17): MP3
24. Szép anyag didn't run Summerdrum (0:39): MP3
25. Toowomba 1 (0:17): MP3
26. Toowomba 2 (0:11): MP3
27. Toowomba 3 (0:10): MP3
28. Toowomba 5 (0:11): MP3
29. Toowomba 6 (0:09): MP3
30. Toowomba 7 (0:09): MP3
31. Toowomba 8 (0:09): MP3
32. Let's Try This (0:37): MP3
33. Furfangos (0:40): MP3
34. "Fodrász pink apricot" (0:57): MP3
35. Dee Eye-Luh (0:47): MP3
36. Reading from Uxudo (Complete) (13:46): MP3

Complete Reading (29:35): MP3

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Reading as part of The Line Reading Series, December 3, 2002

1. Introduction by Lytle Shaw (1:35): MP3
2. for Lytle Shaw (2:09): MP3
3. Boomerang Suntan (2:13): MP3
4. Rich Rotting Glossy Chestnuts (0:42): MP3
5. Intimacy Glittering (0:49): MP3
6. Pillow Kindness (0:39): MP3
7. Caught in a cage is a Congo Bar (3:49): MP3
8. The Air (5:39): MP3
9. Dancing Salmon Timidity (2:02): MP3
10. Four Birds (2:52): MP3
11. Shightenberby Kickerley (2:25): MP3
12. Camouflage Shoe Collage (1:40): MP3

Complete Reading (27:10): MP3

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Reading at the Belladonna* Reading Series, NYC, November 7, 2003


Complete Reading unfortunately incomplete (20:10): MP3

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Reading at the Segue Series at the Bowery Poetry Club,February 5, 2005



1. Introduction (4:16): MP3
2. The Aim of All Nature Is Beauty I: Introduction (7:01): MP3
3. The Aim of All Nature Is Beauty II: Now That You're Gone (2:28): MP3
4. The Aim of All Nature Is Beauty III: Intermezzo by a Lake (0:52): MP3
5. The Aim of All Nature Is Beauty IV: Going Away (9:55): MP3
6. Boomerang Suntan (2:10): MP3

Complete Reading (27:15): MP3

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Salon Reading, April 7, 2007

1. The Ego Lets Go of the Ego (5:10): MP3; Text
2. Fait Accompli or Fat Accomplice (4:59): mp3; Text
3. The Aim of All Nature is Beauty (16:02): mp3; Text

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Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, April 12, 2008

1. Introduction (3:22): MP3
2. Letting Go (16:38): MP3
3. E-rotica (14:30): MP3
• Complete Reading (35:20): MP3

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Reading and Interview on Ceptuetics Radio, April 16, 2008

Hosted by Kareem Estefan

1. Introduction (1:18): MP3
2. On multilingualism (2:23): MP3
3. Efnogla (1:29): MP3
4. From "Considerations" (1:04): MP3
5. From "Gingko Knuckle Nubia" (0:52): MP3
6. From "Four Plus One K" (0:59): MP3
7. On the personal (3:35): MP3
8. The Inability From Letting Go (0:48): MP3
9. On movement of self (2:06): MP3
10. Boomerang Suntan (2:48): MP3
11. Letting Go (3:54): MP3
12. From "E-rotica" (4:04): MP3
13. On constraints (2:21): MP3
14. From "E-rotica" (1:46): MP3

Complete Recording (29:29) MP3

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"Three American Poets," Swedish Radio, June 2008

Produced by Lars Hermansson, with Kenneth Goldsmith and Charles Bernstein (46:32): MP3

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Appearing on Cross-Cultural Poetics #186

Reading from "I Am You," March 8, 2009

Complete Program (29:35): MP3

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Reading at KGB Bar, October 4, 2010

1. Nine 1 (0:51): MP3
2. Nine 2 (0:56): MP3
3. Nine 3 (0:47): MP3
4. Nine 4 (0:51): MP3
5. Nine 5 (0:44): MP3
6. Nine 6 (0:49): MP3
7. Nine 7 (0:53): MP3
8. Nine 8 (0:47): MP3
9. Nine 9 (0:37): MP3
10. Nine 10 (0:48): MP3
11. Nine 11 (0:41): MP3
12. Nine 12 (0:42): MP3
13. Nine 13 (0:43): MP3
14. Nine 14 (0:51): MP3
15. Nine 15 (0:42): MP3
16. Nine 16 (0:51): MP3
17. Nine 17 (0:42): MP3
18. Nine 18 (0:55): MP3
19. Nine 19 (0:48): MP3
20. Nine 20 (0:45): MP3
21. Nine 21 (0:40): MP3
22. Nine 22 (0:43): MP3
23. Nine 23 (0:48): MP3
24. Nine 24 (0:37): MP3
25. Nine 25 (0:44): MP3
26. Nine 26 (0:44): MP3
27. Nine 27 (0:38): MP3
28. Nine 28 (0:41): MP3
29. Nine 29 (0:46): MP3
30. Nine 30 (0:48): MP3
31. Nine 31 (0:45): MP3
32. Nine 32 (0:41): MP3
33. Nine 33 (1:03): MP3
34. Nine 34 (0:55): MP3
35. Nine 35 (0:46): MP3
36. Nine 36 (0:37): MP3
37. Nine 37 (0:39): MP3
38. Nine 38 (0:37): MP3
39. Nine 39 (0:39): MP3
40. Nine 40 (0:42): MP3
41. Nine 41 (0:39): MP3
42. Nine 42 (0:42): MP3
43. Nine 43 (0:46): MP3
44. Nine 44 (0:47): MP3
45. Nine 45 (0:41): MP3
46. Nine 46 (0:54): MP3
Nine 1-46 (34:48): MP3

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From the CD Music by Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos

Recorded Live at Roulette, New York, 18 November 1999

1. For Armand Schwerner [first realization] (10:13) MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1999
   Flute: Andrew Bolotowsky; Violin: Theresa Salomon; Soprano: Mary Hurlbut
   
2. Three Cycles (21:10) MP3
   by Anne Tardos
   a. Nine Considerations
   Flute: Andrew Bolotowsky; Violin: Theresa Salomon; Voice: Anne Tardos
   b. Uxu-Duo, for Flute and Violin
   Flute: Andrew Bolotowsky; Violin: Theresa Salomon
   c. Songs from her book Uxudo, 1999
   Flute: Andrew Bolotowsky; Violin: Theresa Salomon; Soprano: Mary Hurlbut
   
3. 22nd Merzgedicht in Memoriam Kurt Schwitters [instrumental version] (14:49) MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1988
   Flute: Andrew Bolotowsky; Voices: Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1999
   
4. For Armand Schwerner [second realization] (15:28) MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1999
   Flute: Andrew Bolotowsky; Violin: Theresa Salomon; Soprano: Mary Hurlbut, Voices: Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos
   

CD available from Tarmac Books and Music




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From the CD for Doings: Assorted Performance Pieces 1955–2002

Granary Books, 2006

Book (with CD) available from Granary

1. Merzmix 2000 (excerpt) (1:56): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos
   Voices: Jackson Mac Low, Anne Tardos; Flute: Andrew Bolotowsky; Electronic Realization: Tardos
   
2. Milarepa Quartet for Four Like Instruments (3:53): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1982
   Flutes: Andrew Bolotowsky, Robert Dick, Barbara Held, Susan Stenger, 1982
   
3. Guru-Guru Gatha (excerpt) (2:12): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1975
   Voice: Jackson Mac Low, 1976
   
4. A Piece for Sari Dienes (3:55): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low
   Voices, Percussion Instruments: Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1990
   
5. 1st Milarepa Gatha (6:13): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1976
   Voice: Jackson Mac Low, Trombone: James Staley, 1982
   
6. Tara Gatha (5:52): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1975
   Voices: Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1984
   
7. Four Vocabularies in Memoriam Armand Schwerner (2:43): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1999
   Voices: Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 2000; Electronic Realization: Anne Tardos, 2000
   
8. Black Tarantula Crossword Gathas (excerpt) (3:38): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1973
   Voice: Jackson Mac Low, 1974
   
9. A Vocabulary for Sharon Belle Matlin (5:21): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1973
   Voices include: Susan Musgrave, George Macbeth, Sean O'Huigin, bpNicol, and Jackson Mac Low, 1974
   
10. The Bluebird Asymmetry (2:30): MP3
    by Jackson Mac Low, 1967
    Voices include: Susan Musgrave, George Macbeth, Sean O'Huigin, bpNichol, and Jackson Mac Low, 1974
    
11. Refrigerator Defrosting-Pseudoglossolalia (4:29): MP3
    by Anne Tardos and Jackson Mac Low
    Original recording of “Refrigerator Defrosting," Anne Tardos, 1975. Added vocalizations: Anne Tardos and Jackson Mac Low, 1984
    
12. Free Gatha 1 and Free Gatha 2 (5:19):MP3
    by Jackson Mac Low, 1978 and 1981, respectively
    Voices: Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1993
    
13. Vocabulary Gatha for Malcolm Goldstein (6:17): MP3
    by Jackson Mac Low, 1978 and 1981 respectively
    Voices: Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1993
    
14. Gatha in C for Theresa Salomon (4:12): MP3
    by Jackson Mac Low, 2000
    Violin: Theresa Salomon, 2002
    
15. Phonemicon from "Hereford Bosons 1" (excerpt) (3:02): MP3
    by Jackson Mac Low, 1984
    Voices: Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos
    



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From the CD Open Secrets

1. Free Gatha 1 & 2 (5:14): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1978 and 1982, respectively.
   Voices: Jackson Mac Low, Anne Tardos
2. Lucas 1 to 29, For One or More Instrumentalists (in memoriam Morton Feldman and for the musicians of Germany) (24:30): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1990.
   Flute: Andrew Bolotowsky; Clarinet: Daniel Goode; Trombone: Robert Bethea; Violin: Gabriela Klassen
3. 38th and 39th Merzgedichte (in memoriam Kurt Schwitters) (1:53):MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1993.
   Voices: Jackson Mac Low, Anne Tardos
4. Winds/Instruments (18:59): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1980.
   Flute: Andrew Bolotowsky; Clarinet: Daniel Goode; Trombone: Robert Bethea; Violin: Gabriela Klassen; Voice: Jackson Mac Low
5. Milarepa Quartet for Four Like Instruments (3:50): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1982
   Flutes: Andrew Bolotowsky, Robert Dick, Barbara Held, and Susan Stenger
6. Milarepa Gatha (5:17): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low, 1976.
   Voices: Jackson Mac Low, Anne Tardos
7. Phoneme Dance (in memoriam John Cage) (5:05): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1993.
   Voices: Jackson Mac Low, Anne Tardos
8. Thanks (9:57): MP3
   by Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, 1993.
   Voices: Jackson Mac Low, Anne Tardos



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A Celebration of Jackson Mac Low's Thing of Beauty(edited by Anne Tardos)

CUE Arts Foundation, January 18, 2008
Featuring Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Joan Retallack,  Drew Gardner, and others.


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Reading at Jerome Rothenberg's 80th Birthday Tribute, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, December 9, 2011





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Reading for the Segue Series at the Bowery Poetry Club, New York City, April 11, 2012

1. Introduction (2:45): MP3
2. From "Pronouns" (11:12): MP3
3. Nine 20 (1:14): MP3
4. Nine 21 (0:47): MP3
5. Nine 22 (0:48): MP3
6. Nine 28 (1:02): MP3
7. Nine 32 (0:50): MP3
8. Nine 33 (1:01): MP3
9. Nine 36 (1:32): MP3
10. Nine 38 (0:43): MP3
11. Nine 39 (0:43): MP3
12. Nine 58 (0:45): MP3
13. Nine 59 (0:54): MP3
14. Nine 64 (1:06): MP3
15. Nine 65 (0:38): MP3
16. Nine 66 (0:49): MP3
17. Nine 67 (0:45): MP3
18. Nine 68 (0:46): MP3
19. Nine 69 (0:50): MP3
20. Nine 70 (0:44): MP3
21. Nine 71 (0:43): MP3
22. Nine 72 (0:40): MP3
23. Nine 73 (0:40): MP3
24. Nine 74 (0:50): MP3
25. Nine 75 (0:53): MP3
26. Nine 76 (1:07): MP3

Complete Reading (36:05): MP3

Recorded Poem on Harry's House Vol. I CD

• Camouflage Shoe Collage (1:16): MP3

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Anne Tardos on PennSound Daily

• June 24, 2009: "Anne Tardos: Refrigerator Defrosting and Cross-Cultural Poetics" MP3

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Segue Series Reading at the Zinc Bar, NYC, April 18, 2015

1. Introduction (0:26): MP3
2. From "Power of Three" (10:38): MP3
3. Her Story (3:45): MP3
4. One Step Taken (1:07): MP3
5. Prototype Paradigm Epitome Quintessence Ideal Example Archetypal Pattern Hypothesis (1:11): MP3
6. Away Into the Great Unknown Again (2:11): MP3
7. I Have No Time To Write That I Have No Time To Write (0:55): MP3
8. Do Words Work As Good As Wood Works (1:31): MP3
9. The Earth Is Little Bend (2:17): MP3
10. The Cognitive Value of Happiness and Well-Being (2:56): MP3
11. There Is A Point From Which To Push Off (3:30): MP3
12. Longing and Uncertainty (1:30): MP3

Complete Reading (33:04): MP3

Reading for Multilingual Poetics Series, Kelly Writers House, March 15, 2016

introduced by Ariel Resnikoff

Watch on Media.sas

Complete Recording (1:10:50): MP3

Reading for Multilingual Poetics, Kelly Writers House, March 15, 2016

1. Introduction (14:33): MP3
2. On language background (3:20): MP3
3. Ami Minden (1:35): MP3
4. SeptemberDichtung WorldSprache (0:53): MP3
5. Efnogla 1 (2:05): MP3 | VIDEO
6. Uxudo (0:40): MP3
7. Boomerang Suntan (2:34): MP3
8. Four Plus One K (2:20): MP3
9. Considerations (3:05): MP3
10. Rachel Blau DuPlessis (1:59): MP3
11. It's So Quiet Somehow (0:40): MP3
12. The Masculine Sleep (0:47): MP3
13. Wittgenstein Says (0:53): MP3
14. The Formlessness of Nine (0:41): MP3
15. It Pedig Hunting (1:16): MP3
16. Compendium (1:21): MP3
17. It Changes (13:12): MP3
18. Kafka translation (3:36): MP3
19. On Hungarian (3:59): MP3
20. On musicality (2:17): MP3
21. On language confustion (3:33): MP3
22. On thinking in languages (4:56): MP3
23. On form (3:07): MP3
• Complete Reading (1:10:51) MP3



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