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Couleur de Pékin

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Recording of Yuanlin Chen's Couleur de Pékin. This is a work for electronics.
Date: 1999
Creator: Chen, Yuanlin (Composer)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

FX 1050

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Recording of Rubén Hinojosa Chapel's FX 1050. This piece explores the possibility of electroacoustic music creation with limited means. The entire piece was developed from a sound fragment of a dot matrix printer. It premiered at the "XIV Festival de La Habana de Música Contemporánea" in 1999.
Date: 1999
Creator: Hinojosa Chapel, Rubén
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Maquinaria del Ansia

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Recording of Rogelio Sosa's Maquinaria del Ansia. This composition is an attempt to translate into sound the sensations that are felt during a state of anxiety. The challenge was to create a musical discourse starting from a minimal number of elements, in this case only one recording of a stroke on a wood body was used. This sound, through transformation and manipulation, created all material for this piece.
Date: 1999
Creator: Sosa, Rogelio Ricardo, 1977-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Winter raven

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Recording of Matthew Burtner's The Winter raven. This recording is a collection of excerpts from a live performance of the opera. This is a large-scale multimedia composition for voice, instrumental ensemble, electronics, dance ensemble, video projection, and theatrical staging. The three act composition metaphorically connects an Inuit creation story, in which the world is created by "Raven" with snow, with the ecological seasonal approach of winter. Each act contains a chamber music piece with video and a "story" involving music, dance, and interactive video. This piece was inspired by the composers home in Alaska and was written as part of his dissertation at Stanford University. It premiered at the University of Virginia in 2003.
Date: 1999/2003
Creator: Burtner, Matthew, 1970-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Como explicar el Rojo

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Recording of Pablo Cetta's Como explicar el Rojo. This is a work for alto saxophone and electronic sounds and is divided into three sections. The first and third sections are constructed by structuring pitch in sets that modulate in terms of consonance or dissonance. The central part, in contrast, is developed around slightly tonic sounds or variable pitch sounds. The title of the piece alludes to the question and the answer as well as the difficulty to describe what is perceived by the senses.
Date: 1999
Creator: Cetta, Pablo, 1960-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Time well (la fontaine du temps)

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Recording of Christian Calon's Time well (la fontaine du temps). This work was commissioned by Ina-GRM with the help of the CAC and premiered at the Maison de Radio France in 2002. This work belongs to both a radio work (z | s) and sound installation (Time Corridor) that act as projects centered on the question of time. This piece is meant to create awareness of time through listening and is segmented into 4 tracks.
Date: 1999/2002
Creator: Calon, Christian, 1950-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Vocalises

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Recording of Serge Bouc's Vocalises.
Date: 1999
Creator: Bouc, Serge, 1955-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Breaking

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Recording of Mathew Adkins' Breaking. This work mixes electronic sounds with those of classic R&B music.
Date: 1999
Creator: Adkins, Monty
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dendrofonies

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Recording of Lucien Goethals' Dendrofonies. This is a work for electronics.
Date: 1999
Creator: Goethals, Lucien
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Aranea

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Recording of Rudolf Ruzicka's Aranea. This composition was inspired by the comparison of the spider and the possibilities of the world wide web. The title is Latin for "cobweb" and gives tribute to this concept. The work attempts to express both the characteristics of a spider and the typical features of the modern era amplified by the Internet.
Date: 1999
Creator: Růžička, Rudolf, 1941-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Windmills bordered by Nothingness

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Recording of Philip Samartzis' Windmills bordered by Nothingness. The original material in this work is made up of electroacoustic transformations of guitar and percussion. The composer altered them in a such a way to suggest the flow, texture, and sound of an ancient windmill.
Date: 1999
Creator: Samartzis, Philip
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ribbons

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Recording of Elizabeth Hoffman's Ribbons. This is a work for electronics.
Date: 1999
Creator: Hoffman, Elizabeth, 1961-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rotaciones

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Recording of Fernando D. Polonuer's Rotaciones. The sounds in this work were processed in order to be listened far or near the audience. The composer used this composition as a way to branch into more abstract sounds where he could focus more on each individual element.
Date: 1999
Creator: Polonuer, Fernando D.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Den devenu

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Recording of Paul Geladi's Den devenu. This work is meant to explore history as well as looking to the present and future. The composition itself consists of different layers inspired by musical themes from the 20th century, however all sounds have been synthesized to create historical reviews in a pedantic manner.
Date: 1999
Creator: Geladi, Paul
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Kontinuum

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Recording of César Amiguet Puig's Kontinuum. This work was made for electronics.
Date: 1999
Creator: Amiguet Puig, Cèsar
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Scratch

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Recording of Rubén Hinojosa Chapel's Scratch. This work is an homage to the scratch sound that accompanies many old songs when listening to vinyl discs, the composer considers this one of the staple sounds of the 20th century. This piece was chosen by the "Festival de Bourges 1999" and premiered in concert.
Date: 1999
Creator: Hinojosa Chapel, Rubén
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Materialismo

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Recording of Fernando Laub's Materialismo. The composer states that this work tries to express, in sonic terms, a point of view upon the aim that rules the 20th century.
Date: 1999
Creator: Laub, Fernando
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fragmentation

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Recording of Edson Zampronha's Fragmentation. Work meant for electronics.
Date: 1999
Creator: Zampronha, Edson S., 1963-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Deux mille et après ?

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Recording of Philippe Moënne Loccoz's Deux mille et après ?. This piece explores the journey through the 20th century and into the 21st. It includes brief musical quotations from Debussy, Varse, Scelsi, Henry, and another work by Loccoz.
Date: 1999
Creator: Moënne Loccoz, Philippe
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Secula Seculorum

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Recording of Octavian Nemescu's Secula Seculorum. The composer dedicates this piece to the end of the 20th century and the second Christian millennium. The sounds play off of intervals, mainly major and minor 3rds which contrast each other throughout the work.
Date: 1999
Creator: Nemescu, Octavian
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Homo Oneiris

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Recording of Jean François Minjard's Homo Oneiris. The composer describes this work as an exploration on evolution and the idea that homo sapiens can continue to grow and evolve into something more powerful. He also mentions the importance of intention and meaning when creating art of any kind, and that the art itself does not hold the value, but rather the meaning behind it.
Date: 1999
Creator: Minjard, Jean François
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

L'Ultima volta con decadenza

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Recording of Alexander Gabryś' L'Ultima volta con decadenza. The composer describes this work as a "collage" made up of grains of music created the the last few decades by musicians close to his heart. One piece included in this recording is "The Rite of Spring" by Stravinsky. This recording is meant to highlight the end of a century and the start of a new one.
Date: 1999
Creator: Gabryś, Alexander
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Random access memory

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Recording of Christian Eloy's Random access memory. This work is a journey through the electro-acoustic memory of this first half-century and acts as a tribute to the 50 years since Pierre Schaeffer made his first explorations into the audio world. The sound material in this recording was made up of various fragments from different composers.
Date: 1999
Creator: Eloy, Christian
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Exils

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Recording of Claude Hermitte's Exils. This recording was produced for the open work "Le monde devenu musique l'écoute du siècle". It explores the concept of exile and the various experiences of exile from different groups and circumstances.
Date: 1999
Creator: Hermitte, Claude
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library