Janice Giteck / produced by April McMahon

This program features an interview with American Composer Janice Giteck and selections from her musical works, L'ange Heurtebise and A'Agita (previously spelled Wi'igita). Giteck grew up in Tucson, Arizona and started playing piano at the age of five, composing at age six. She studied at Mills College in California and at the Paris Conservatory, and taught at Cal State University at Hayward and at UC Berkeley. Giteck is also a member of the Newport Costa Players and the Composers Cooperative. Giteck is married to John Duykers, a tenor with the San Francisco Opera.

L'ange Heurtebise (The angel Herutebise) is based on a text by Jean Cocteau written in 1925, and is performed in French by John Duykers, with piano by Karl Goldstein. This is from a home recording provided by Giteck. A'Agita is based on legends of the Pima and Papago Indians of Southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, and is the name given to the harvest ceremonies. The performers of this piece are John Duykers singing the part of Corn Man; Michael Kissin as Old Man Tobacco; Thomasa Eckert as Tobacco Man's Daughter; and Scott Paulin as I'Itoi. The libretto is by Ron Giteck, Janice's cousin. This recording was made for KPFA by George Craig from live performances of the opera in April, May, and June 1977.
Track list: 1. "A'Agita (Wi'igita)" (faded down and out) -- 2. continuity -- 3. "L'ange Heurtebise" -- 4. continuity -- 5. "A'Agita" - prologue -- 6. interview with Janice Giteck & outro -- 7. "A'Agita" (faded down and out)

This program is presented by April McMahon and Renee Roatcap. Published by April McMahon. Audio engineers were Susan Sailow and Joan Medlin.

Genre:

American Women -- Music and musicians

pbcoreAnnotation:

Duykers: http://www.johnduykers.com/ Goldstein: http://www.karlgoldstein.com/about.html Kissin and Paulin's name spellings from other theater mentions in KPFA Folios of the era: https://archive.org/stream/kpfafolioapr76paci#page/n13/mode/2up/search/kissin Eckert in LoC.

The title and character name of I'Itoi spellings were confirmed in an email exchange between HRL and Janice Giteck on 2014-11-09. She confirmed that the title should be spelled A'Agita and that the last character mentioned is spelled I'Itoi.

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AZ0111

INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY):

1976-07-31

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1/4 inch audio tape

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10-1/2 inch

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University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell

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00:57:42

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Master: audio

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1297_D01

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INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY):

2014-03-13

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00:57:39

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Contributor:

Janice Giteck

Role:

Composer

Contributor:

April McMahon

Role:

Producer

Contributor:

Renee Roatcap

Role:

Host

Contributor:

John Duykers

Role:

Performer

Contributor:

Karl Goldstein

Role:

Performer

Contributor:

Susan Sailow

Role:

Audio Engineer

Contributor:

Joan Medlin

Role:

Audio Engineer

Distributor:

Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archives, 1976

Rights Summary:

RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org

Grant Tracking Information:

Grant ID:

NHPRC: American Women Making History (1963-1982)

Shipping Batch Number:

Batch 1A

Assessment Completed Date:

2014-01-28

Box and labels scanned:

2014-01-28

Re-labeled box (1980s)--Mylar?:

Date tape pulled from vault (or box printed):

2014-01-30

Pre-digitization cataloging done (Date):

2014-01-30

Pre-digitization cataloging done (INITIALS):

jmb

First level cataloging notes:

Contains music.

Possible restriction issues:

Yes

Sensitive language:

First level catalog completed by (Initials):

jmb

Date first level cataloging completed:

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Portable HD ID:

Touro_01_NHPRC1_Batch1A

HD Receipt Date:

2014-03-25

Location on PRA drive:

Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\GBlood complete drive_1_20140327_Batch 1_A

Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Date:

2014-03-27

Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Initials:

Audio file QC (Pass One) notes:

Contains musical performance.

Post dig--dup, numbering issue, etc.:

Post dig--Complete songs in intro/outro:

Post dig--Mostly pre-recorded music:

Post dig--Contains reading of published materials:

Post dig--Other rights issues:

Post dig--Major audio issues:

Post dig--Editing required for bcast:

Post dig--Minor audio issues (see notes):

CD Receipt Box ID:

Batch 1_A Spool 1

CD Receipt Date:

2014-03-25

CD plays:

Second Level Cataloging completed Date:

2014-11-06

Second Level Cataloging completed Initials:

HRL

Second Level Cataloging Notes and Issues:

Lots of discrepancies on the name of the Indian-inspired piece and one of the characters, plus some of the performers. Emailed composer on 2014-11-06, hope to follow up! The program has some very abrupt edits that make it sound like it's skipping, which is impossible in tape. And the very end is cut off, not like the fade-down the tape box describes)

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Plastic insert put in box:

Reel sent to Univ. Maryland:

storeItem:

Janice Giteck / produced by April McMahon

Streaming Audio Link:

Click here to listen to streaming recording

View Folio here (at Archive.org):

KPFA Folio, July 1976, p. 18

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