The label, named after the company's address in Berkeley, California, was founded in 1974 by vocalist Thomas Buckner, who was also responsible for starting 1750 Arch Concerts, which presented over a hundred concerts a year for eight years, and the Arch Ensemble, which performed and recorded music by 20th century composers.[1][2][3][4] Over the course of roughly ten years, it released over fifty albums in a wide range of styles, including the complete player piano music of Conlon Nancarrow.[5][6] In the early 1980s, 1750 Arch began to wind down its operations, closing in 1984, at which time the master recordings were returned to the composers and musicians.[3][7][8] A number of albums were reissued on other labels, including Buckner's Mutable Music.[3][7]
A statement in the label's final catalogue read:
This catalog represents ten years of activity and growth on the part of 1750 Arch Records. Most of the records contain music you won't find anywhere else. I like to think of it as exciting, unusual and interesting music—music to really listen to—that demands attention and, one hopes, rewards that attention— music, as Charles Ives put it, to 'stretch your ears,' and also engage your mind and your heart.[9]
Releasesedit
Contemporary music
S-1752 Various Artists: 10+2: 12 American Text Sound Pieces
S-1760 Janet Millard: 20th Century Flute
S-1765 Various Artists: New Music for Electronic and Recorded Media
S-1768 Conlon Nancarrow: Complete Studies for Player Piano, Vol. #1
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^"Alumni News". Harvey Magazine. Winter 2016. p. 42.
^ abcd"1750 Arch Records". JazzLists. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^Taitte, W.L. (March 1976). "Beyond the Fringe". Texas Monthly. p. 45.
^Penchansky, Alan (April 14, 1979). "Indie Labels Project 'Firsts'". Billboard. p. 36.
^McLellan, Joseph (January 22, 1984). "Conlon Nancarrow: Piano Beyond Human Limits". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ ab"Thomas Buckner Re-Enters the Record Business". NewMusic USA. April 1, 2001. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^Sawyer, Phil. "Arch Records". PreCambrian Music. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ ab"Mutable Music: About". Mutable Music. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
April 13, 2024
1750, arch, records, independent, record, label, that, focused, experimental, avant, garde, music, jazz, classical, music, founded1974, 1974, founderthomas, bucknerdefunct1984, 1984, genreexperimental, avant, garde, jazz, classical, music, country, originunite. 1750 Arch Records was an independent record label that focused on experimental and avant garde music jazz and classical music 1750 Arch RecordsFounded1974 1974 FounderThomas BucknerDefunct1984 1984 Genreexperimental avant garde jazz classical music Country of originUnited StatesLocationBerkeley CaliforniaHistory editThe label named after the company s address in Berkeley California was founded in 1974 by vocalist Thomas Buckner who was also responsible for starting 1750 Arch Concerts which presented over a hundred concerts a year for eight years and the Arch Ensemble which performed and recorded music by 20th century composers 1 2 3 4 Over the course of roughly ten years it released over fifty albums in a wide range of styles including the complete player piano music of Conlon Nancarrow 5 6 In the early 1980s 1750 Arch began to wind down its operations closing in 1984 at which time the master recordings were returned to the composers and musicians 3 7 8 A number of albums were reissued on other labels including Buckner s Mutable Music 3 7 A statement in the label s final catalogue read This catalog represents ten years of activity and growth on the part of 1750 Arch Records Most of the records contain music you won t find anywhere else I like to think of it as exciting unusual and interesting music music to really listen to that demands attention and one hopes rewards that attention music as Charles Ives put it to stretch your ears and also engage your mind and your heart 9 Releases editContemporary musicS 1752 Various Artists 10 2 12 American Text Sound Pieces S 1760 Janet Millard 20th Century Flute S 1765 Various Artists New Music for Electronic and Recorded Media S 1768 Conlon Nancarrow Complete Studies for Player Piano Vol 1 S 1771 Joseph Bacon Guitar Music of Villa Lobos S 1772 Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra Lou Harrison Elegiac Symphony Robert Hughes Cadences S 1774 David Rosenboom and Don Buchla Collaboration in Performance S 1775 Stuart Dempster In the Great Abbey of Clement VI S 1777 Conlon Nancarrow Complete Studies for Player Piano Vol 2 S 1779 Charles Amirkhanian Lexical Music S 1780 Mel Graves Three Worlds S 1781 Gardner Jencks Selected Works for Piano 1942 1980 S 1782 Various Artists The Music of Luigi Dallapiccola S 1784 John Adams Shaker Loops Phrygian Gates S 1785 Thomas Buckner Gerald Oshita Roscoe Mitchell New Music for Woodwinds and Voice S 1786 Conlon Nancarrow Complete Studies for Player Piano Vol 3 S 1787 Susan Allen New Music for Harp S 1789 Katrina Krimsky Villa Lobos The Baby s Family S 1792 Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra Daniel Kobialka Echoes of Secret Silence Charles Shere Nightmusic S 1793 Neil B Rolnick Solos S 1794 Peter Dickson Lopez The Ship of Death S 1795 Henry Brant Solar Moth Daniel Kobialka Autumn Beyond S 1797 Jon English Candace Natvig Triptych S 1798 Conlon Nancarrow Complete Studies for Player Piano Vol 4 S 1800 Michael McNabb Computer Music S 1801 Anna Carol Dudley Ronald Erickson Earle Shenk The Music of Charles Seeger 1886 1979 S 1806 Roscoe Mitchell Gerald Oshita Tom Buckner Space An Interesting Breakfast ConversationClassical musicS 1754 Martial Singher Opus 70 S 1761 Renee Grant Williams Dorothy Barnhouse Alden Gilchrist Brahms Duets S 1762 Jeanne Stark Claude Debussy Preludes Book I S 1763 Jeanne Stark Claude Debussy Preludes Book II S 1766 Martial Singher Dorothy Angwin An Album of French Songs S 1767 Bernhard Abramowitsch Schubert Sonata in B Flat Major Klaviersuck II S 1783 San Francisco String Quartet A Night in the Garden Court S 1796 Dennis Russell Davies Charles Holland My Lord What a Mornin Early musicS 1751 Musica Mundana Dufay Fifteen Songs S 1753 Music for a While Transformations Dufay and His Contemporaries S 1756 Paul Hersh Laurette Goldberg J S Bach The Leipzig Sonatas S 1757 Tom Buckner Joseph Bacon Wandering in This Place Elizabethan Lute Songs S 1764 Joseph Bacon Dowland Fantasies and Dances for the Lute S 1773 Music for a While La Fontaine Amoureuse Poetry and Music of Guillaume de Machaut 1300 1377 S 1776 Anna Carol Dudley Henry Purcell Songs and GroundsJazzS 1755 Infinite Sound Contemporary African American Music S 1758 Denny Zeitlin with George Marsh and Mel Graves Expansion S 1759 Denny Zeitlin Ratzo B Harris George Marsh Syzygy S 1769 Art Lande The Eccentricities of Earl Dant S 1770 Denny Zeitlin Soundings S 1778 Art Lande The Story of Ba Ku S 1790 Big Black Danny Rey Ethnic Fusion S 1791 George Marsh Marshland S 1802 Randy Weston Blue S 1804 George Marsh John Abercrombie Drum StrumSources 3 9 References edit Other Minds Festival 1 OtherMinds org Retrieved August 6 2023 Alumni News Harvey Magazine Winter 2016 p 42 a b c d 1750 Arch Records JazzLists Retrieved August 6 2023 Taitte W L March 1976 Beyond the Fringe Texas Monthly p 45 Penchansky Alan April 14 1979 Indie Labels Project Firsts Billboard p 36 McLellan Joseph January 22 1984 Conlon Nancarrow Piano Beyond Human Limits The Washington Post Retrieved August 6 2023 a b Thomas Buckner Re Enters the Record Business NewMusic USA April 1 2001 Retrieved August 6 2023 Sawyer Phil Arch Records PreCambrian Music Retrieved August 6 2023 a b Mutable Music About Mutable Music Retrieved August 6 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1750 Arch Records amp oldid 1182522806, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
