Max Neuhaus

1969
Max Neuhaus, A Max Sampler, in: Source. Music of the Avant-garde, 1966-1973, issue 5, January 1969] (Catalog)


-Six Sound Oriented Pieces for Situations Other Than That of the Concert Hall-

Listen, Public Supply, Bi-produit, American Can, Drive in Music, Telephon Acces. Source: Music of the Avant-garde. 

"A Max Sampler" Author: Max Neuhaus, first published 1971 in:

In THE SOURCE BOOK: Music of the Avant Garde, 19661973 edited by Douglas Kahn and Larry Austin

Music of the Avant-garde, 1966–1973, by Larry Austin (Editor), Douglas Kahn (Editor), Nilendra Gurusinghe (Editor), 1st Edition, University of California Press 

Co‐Editor, The Source Book, 2011

Source: Music of the Avant-garde, 1966–1973: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1png6w

A "Max Sampler" is a compilation of six sound-oriented pieces by Max Neuhaus that was published in a 1969 issue of the journal 
Source: Music of the Avant-garde. The collection, edited by Larry Austin, documents works that moved beyond the traditional concert hall and into public spaces.

Works included in "A Max Sampler"

  • Listen

    © Copyright Neuhaus Estate

    A work that encourages people to actively listen to their environment, described by Neuhaus as a way of "re-training a relationship to sound".
  • Public Supply 

    © Copyright Neuhaus Estate

    A project that used a radio network and telephone lines as a medium for sound, with the goal of creating a "nonverbal dialogue" for listeners.
  • Bi-produit© Copyright Neuhaus Estate

 A piece where a sound is created as a "by-product" of another activity.

  • American Can

    © Copyright Neuhaus Estate

    A piece first performed in 1966 that involved distributing a large number of products from the American Can Company on a hard surface for participants to interact with, creating sound.
  • Drive in Music

    © Copyright Neuhaus Estate

     One of Neuhaus's first site-specific sound installations (1967-1968), in which he placed low-power radio transmitters along a road for drivers to hear over their car radios.
  • Telephon Acces

    © Copyright Neuhaus Estate

     An experimental piece that used the telephone network as a medium for sound, allowing people to "sonically walk in from any telephone".