Abominable A

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Recording of Luigi Ceccarelli's "Abominable A" for magnetic tape. The piece includes the voices of Kadigia Bove, Francesca Furlanetto, Eugenio Giordani, Luciano Martinis, Michela Mollia, Achille Perilli, Marina Poggi, Enrico Pulsoni, Giovanni Puma, Kerstin Riemer, Claudio Rufa, Stefano Scodanibbio, Gaetano Trusso, and Catherine Verwilgen. The piece contains a recitation of all the words in the Italian vocabulary that begin with the letter A, read in sequence from voices with different stamps, rhythms, and intonations. To these are added other sequences in French, German, and English. The work is divided into fifteen sections, each of which has a different criterion for processing the timbre, rhythm, and space. It was realized at the Electronic Laboratory for Experimental Music at the Conservatory "G. Rossini" in Pesaro from 1978 to 1980.
Date: 1978/1980
Creator: Ceccarelli, Luigi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Aguiro

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Recording of Stefan Beyst's Aguiro for tape.
Date: 1974
Creator: Beyst, Stefan
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Alba

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Recording of Mauro Cardi's Alba. This is a work for electronics, zarb, and spoken word. The composer references the Persian God, Shams Tabrizi, in their description of the piece.
Date: 2002
Creator: Cardi, Mauro
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Amarcord - Chilhood (l'enfance)

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Recording of Bor Turel's Amarcord - Chilhood (l'enfance). This piece is the third movement of the work "Amarcord" that the composer describes as a trilogy of sonorous memories. This work was conceived as a combination of electronic, electroacoustic, and ambient instrumental recordings that were all produced in the years from 1976 to 1996.
Date: 1996/1997
Creator: Turel, Bor
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Angels and devils

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Recording of Natasha Barrett's Angels and devils. This piece is one of two shorter acousmatic works underlying a theatre creation called "Agora". This recording is meant to explore the psychology of good versus evil and includes fragments from an old Norse poem: Volundkvadet.
Date: 2002
Creator: Barrett, Natasha
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

En Babel éclatée

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Recording of Michel Karsky's En Babel éclatée. Mourning waltzes around Besieged Babels. The man is in the world. And the creator is not exempted from being in the world with the full enjoyment of his faculties of intelligence and sensitivity of intimate and collective memory, echo of history and art. In addition, when he is a musician, the sense of dance works on his sound material until he imprints an irresistible program on him. How can a frail waltz subject become a song of mercy for a wounded humanity? How can an armful of the languages ​​of the earth bear witness suddenly to the history of human life, to their pains and their songs? How is the sensation amplified in the painful exchange in the attentive listener, open to the message of the things of the spirit, the resonance of being as cradled as a child, subjected to madness, wounded by history? With his personal writing, Michel Karsky once again takes up the challenge. His aesthetics of fragment, collage and superimposition, his subtle technique of intertwining themes and sound material, his lyricism of captured sounds, torn voices and his singular breathing produce here, in about thirty minutes, a block of …
Date: 1996
Creator: Karsky, Michel, 1936-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Balthasar's Traum

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Recording of Frank Corcoran's "Balthasar's Traum" performed at the Electronic Studio of the Berlin Technical University in close cooperation with Folkmar Hein. The work is based on an idea of a short story by Jorge Luis Borge and the Gospel of St. Mark about Balthasar Espinosa, a man who becomes involved with the Gutres people of Pampa and eventually dies by being hanged on a cross by the same people with whom he was so fascinated. It takes place in the great plains of the Pampa where Baltasar Espinosa is invited to his friend's ranch. To escape the monotony of continuous rain, he begins every night to read aloud to the fascinated Gutres people. They ask for him to reread the Gospel of St. Mark. Mysterious things begin happening during the dark days -- Baltasar cures an animal through 20th century means, something the Gutres have never seen before. The rain eventually stops. That night a virgin Gutre girl visits Baltasar's bed. The next day, he reads the Gospel to the Gutres for the last time. They then ask Baltasar, who is not a believer, if even those who crucified the Savior can receive salvation. They ask for his blessing, …
Date: 1981
Creator: Corcoran, Frank
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bitter Orchids

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Recording of Steven Naylor's Bitter Orchids. This work was created with the support of the Nova Scotia Arts Council. The sound materials in this piece were recorded in northern Thailand and have been transformed to create a sonic fabric of memory and consciousness.
Date: 2000
Creator: Naylor, Steven, 1956-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cantata dialetica

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Recording of Joaquin Orellana's Cantata dialetica.
Date: 1974
Creator: Orellana, Joaquín
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cantos Rituales

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Recording of Manuel Rocha Iturbide's Cantos Rituales. The main idea behind this work was to search for different kinds of field sound recordings based in prayers and ritual singing from all around the world. These recordings were then processed through a computer and combined in order to make this composition. The composer describes this piece as a hymn dedicated to all humankind, where they are seeking a spiritual unity common to all, regardless of their culture and beliefs.
Date: 2003
Creator: Iturbide, Manuel Rocha, 1963-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Catchwave 71

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Recording of Takehisa Kosugi's Catchwave 71.
Date: 1971
Creator: Kosugi, Takehisa
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Chimera in Kosovo

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Recording of Pekka Sirén and Agnieszka Waligórska's Chimera in Kosovo. This work represents the suffering of Kosovo refugees during wartime and utilizes radio mediums to further give the impression of the horrors and fears experienced by the victims. The piece uses radio voices and imaginary female cries as well as looped international newscaster voices.
Date: 1999
Creator: Sirén, Pekka & Waligórska, Agnieszka
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Come la voce della coscienza

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Recording of Juan Manuel Marrero's Come la voce della coscienza.
Date: 1998
Creator: Marrero, Juan Manuel, 1970-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Comunicacones

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Recording of Miguel Azguime's Comunicacones. The sound materials in this piece come from concrete sounds from a Lisbon port, communication satellites, and texts in more than 30 different languages, as well as synthetic and instrumental sounds. This work was commissioned by the Lisbon World Fair Expo'98 and the concert version premiered at the "Musica em Novembro" festival in Lisbon.
Date: 1999
Creator: Azguime, Miguel
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Eden

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Recording of Robert Normandeau's Eden. This work is based on the music composed for the play "L'Éden cinéma" by Marguerite Duras. The stage and concert music were composed in parallel as part of the same fiction but corresponding to different purposes. Given Duras' music, which was filled with instruction, the composer of this work responded to this by playing continuous music in the room. In the concert version sound elements are added to represent different facets of Duras' life.
Date: 2003
Creator: Normandeau, Robert, 1955-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2000-11-08 - African Percussion Ensemble

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Concert presented at the UNT College of Music.
Date: November 8, 2000
Creator: African Percussion Ensemble
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2001-04-12 - Music of the Americas: The Zapotlán Project

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Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: April 12, 2001
Creator: Ryan High School Chamber Choir
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2001-04-21 - African Cultural Festival

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Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: April 21, 2001
Creator: African Cultural Festival
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2002-11-18 – Men's Chorus and Women's Chorus

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Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.
Date: November 18, 2002
Creator: University of North Texas. Men's Chorus.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2002-11-19 – African Percussion Ensemble

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Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.
Date: November 19, 2002
Creator: University of North Texas. African Percussion Ensemble.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2002-11-19 – Concert Choir

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Concert presented at Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Date: November 19, 2002
Creator: University of North Texas. Concert Choir.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2002-11-22 – Jazz Singers

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Concert presented at Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Date: November 22, 2002
Creator: University of North Texas. Jazz Singers.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-03-29 – 6th Annual African Cultural Festival

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Concert presented at Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center
Date: March 29, 2003
Creator: Afrikania Cultural Troupe of Denton
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-04-03 – Wind Symphony and Grand Chorus

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Concert presented at Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Art Center.
Date: April 3, 2003
Creator: North Texas Wind Symphony
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library