Ted Houghtaling appears in the following:
Copland's Music for the Theatre
Thursday, July 20, 1972
A 1954 episode of Recordings E.T.C., re-introduced and re-broadcast in 1972, in which Canby examines some of the more radical composers of the 1920s, such as Copland and Weill.
Richard Goldstein & New Music Criticism
Sunday, December 06, 1970
Canby discusses the writings of music critic, Richard Goldstein, and the evolving role of the critic in shaping public perception of avant-garde music-making.
The Boradin Quartet and Wendy Carlos
Sunday, January 11, 1970
Canby plays a recording of a classical quartet that uses no microphones. He also plays a selection of music composed by Wendy Carlos for the Moog synthesizer.
John Cage and Lejaren Hiller - HPSCHD
Sunday, June 22, 1969
In this episode of Recordings, E.T.C., host Ed Canby explores composer John Cage's work, "HPSCHD" (1967-1969), a piece derived from computer-generated patterns and pre-recorded tape music.
John Field - Part 2 of 2
Sunday, February 09, 1969
A two-part survey of the life and work of Irish composer, John Field (1782-1837).
Private Press Recordings
Sunday, March 31, 1968
A look at the strange and wonderful world of private press recordings.
Electronic Music - Part 3 of 3 - Live and Recorded
Sunday, July 30, 1967
In the third and final part to his overview of electronic music, Canby uses The Beatles and the 'happenings' of the 1960s to illustrate the blurring of boundaries between popular music and avant-garde experimentation in electronic sound.
Electronic Music - Part 2 of 3 - Electronic Abstraction
Sunday, July 23, 1967
In this second episode of a three-part series on the history of electronic music up to the 1960s, Ed Canby discusses the shift from naturally derived sounds to the pure electronic abstraction made possible by electronic tone generators and musical synthesizers.
Electronic Music - Part 1 of 3 - Musique Concrète
Sunday, July 16, 1967
In this first episode of a three-part series, host Ed Canby discusses the history of electronic tape music from its origins in the 1940s to its subsequent influence on the vocabulary of experimental music and sonic expression in the 1950s and 1960s.
Baroque Beatles Book - Part 3 of 3
Sunday, December 05, 1965
The third episode of a three part series on the musical relationships between The Beatles and the Baroque era.
Baroque Beatles Book - Part 2 of 3
Sunday, November 28, 1965
In part 2 of 3, Ed Canby explores the similarities between the song structures of The Beatles and the music of the Baroque era.
Baroque Beatles Book - Part 1 of 3
Sunday, November 21, 1965
In this first of three parts, Canby provides commentary on The Beatles and their fascination with music of the Baroque era.
Handel and Harty - Music for Fireworks
Sunday, January 10, 1965
A comparison between Sir Hamilton Harty's "Suite from Music for the Royal Fireworks" (1924) and George Frideric Handel's "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (1749).
Balinese Gamelan & Diesel Locomotives
Sunday, May 26, 1963
Canby explores the growing interest in the study and performance of non-Western musical forms in post-WWII America.
Stockhausen: Kontakte & Gesang der Jünglinge
Sunday, May 19, 1963
In a piece from 1963, Ed Canby explores two works by German composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen
Cocteau, Chaucer
Sunday, January 27, 1963
A selection of readings from both the contemporary (Cocteau) and the Middle Ages (Chaucer).
Ditta Pásztory - "Mrs. Bela Bartok"
Sunday, November 19, 1961
A sampling of piano music by Béla Bartók — as played by the composer's wife, Ditta Pásztory and produced by Peter Bartók , their son and a recording engineer.
Edgard Varèse and Kid Baltan
Saturday, November 30, 1957
An overview of the work of Edgard Varese and the ever-increasing acceptance of electronic music in mid-twentieth-century popular culture
Edgard Varèse - Poeme Electronique
Saturday, November 23, 1957
Canby invites the listening audience to experience "a strange and compelling world of sonic surprises" in the work of composer Edgard Varese.
The Electronic Music Synthesizer
Sunday, July 17, 1955
A brief history of the Electronic Sound Synthesizer, the first programmable machine for the production of electronic music, created in 1955 at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)