Yes. I wrote it with that judgment, my version of it, much in mind. I
nearly added "and it doesnt get better than that" but realised it was
superfluous.
Beyond doubt the horseman knew him. I recall somewhat vaguely it's so long
ago a night in Toronto, the year of SOUND POETRY A CATALOGUE perhaps with
him and many others in the same (bar) space. I couldnt swear to who was
there; but most of us! Whoever us were
A propos nothing much, in the 70s he and his then wife had a dog called
Ludwig, who, if you turned up announced and found them out, would let you
in with professions of delight but not let you out again unless you were
prepared to risk his dog threats. I never was.
This was a small village called Rö. Cobbing liked to joke (repeatedly) that
it was the only case of a village named after a dog's bark that he knew
L
On 12 May 2014 15:19, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I did not know him, but I bet the members of The Four Horsemen did.
>
> You couldn't offer a much better RIP than that last sentence, Lawrence...
>
> Doug
> On May 12, 2014, at 7:05 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Sten Hanson. Born Klövsjö, Sweden on 15th April 1936; died Stockholm,
> > Sweden on 1st November 2013.
> >
> > Sten Hanson was a fine poet and composer but I don't think his death was
> > remarked in the UK press. A few days ago it ran through my head that he
> > might be dead. Not a particularly uncanny thought. Four years ago, I did
> a
> > web search on Bengt-Emil Johnson to check a reference to him; and I found
> > the man had died a little while before. So it has been somewhere in my
> head
> > since...
> >
> > You can read about Sten Hanson at *
> http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sten_Hanson
> > <http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sten_Hanson>*
> >
> > and there is a translation to bring the basic details of Stone Hanson.
> But
> > is a basic page
> >
> > These two are in English
> >
> > *http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Hanson-Sten.htm
> > <http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Hanson-Sten.htm>*
> >
> >
> > *http://www.discogs.com/artist/156896-Sten-Hanson
> > <http://www.discogs.com/artist/156896-Sten-Hanson>*
> >
> > You'll find text-sound compositions by him on the web.
> >
> > I'll leave you to those and say something else.
> >
> > The late Bob Cobbing went to Fylkingen and its (with Sveriges Radio)
> > text-sound composition festival from 1965, most years, through to 1977.
> For
> > most of those years, the agent of his invitation was Sten Hanson. Hanson
> > saw some of the quality of Bob's work and did what he could to support
> it.
> >
> > Hanson was one of the small group from Fylkingen who came to UK in 1972
> to
> > participate in ICES 72; and thus I met him at National Poetry Centre on
> an
> > evening convened by Cobbing of which I have written elsewhere.
> >
> > Subsequently, invitations were extended to me and he helped me and my
> work
> > too. I remember Sten sitting down beside me in the studio in
> Folkungagatan
> > with editing block, chinagraph and editing tape beside a reel to reel
> tape
> > recorder that seemed to weigh as much as I did, and teaching me well how
> to
> > edit tape soundlessly. He was generous with his time and very patient.
> >
> > In truth, the stereo piece I was trying to make could only be improved so
> > far; and it is now beyond the reach of human; but before it was let go as
> > unviable, Sten also took it, muttering to himself no doubt, and edited it
> > *as a sound piece. I learned a lot from that. He made me see that what I
> > had been doing could only ever have been decorative.
> >
> > I knew theoretically what I was trying to do and had access to the
> accepted
> > "standards" of text-sound composition and the people who had made them;
> yet
> > by giving up his time that way, Sten gave me a quick route to absorbing
> the
> > knowledge until it was truly mine. He saved me from years of being too
> > literary.
> >
> > Quadraphonic work by me was presented at the Fylkingen s about a year
> > later; and I owe that to Sten's support and encouragement.
> >
> > It was Sten who arranged the funding to get the other 2 members of the
> > group jgjgjg to Stockholm so that we could perform together in front of a
> > festival audience.
> >
> > It's now years since I saw him but I am happy to praise him for his many
> > achievements and qualities. He was one of those who did more good than
> harm.
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
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>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2
> (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> Something else is out there
> godamnit
>
> And I want to hear it
>
> C.D.Wright
>
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