Cathy Berberian was an American opera singer and composer who wrote this work using “comic onomatopoeia”. The graphics are by Italian abstractionist Eugenio Carmi, who was exploring the use of this type of language in his work. With an introductory text by Umberto Eco, who was a good friend of Carmi, this work represents an era of experimentation with not just the written form but the verbal as Berberian exploits her vocal technique to explore these sounds. In good condition, there is some light soiling and the page between “whreeeeeee” and “Zoom” looks to have the top layer lifted at the gutter. Both green envelopes, the one at the front holding a glossary and the one at the rear holding a 7” 33 1/3 rpm record, have tears with the bottom out at the rear. Good condition: 4to: half cloth with red and black pictorial cover with white “moon”, black lettering on front and black and white lettering on rear: green envelop inside front with “glossary” inside”: graphics printed on one side of heavy weight stock: some dryness at the gutters: slight discoloration at the edges of the pages: split gutters within causing uneven edge: green envelop at rear with record inside: “Stripsody”: EugenioCarmi (artist): Vocal Interpretation by Cathy Berberian: Introductory Text by Umberto Eco: Arco d’Alibert Edizione D’Arte & Kiko Galleries: English translation by Toni Del Renaissance: Printed in Italy; November 1966
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