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La Feria Fantástica

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Recording of Igor de Gandarias' La Feria Fantástica. This work was realized at the University of Maryland Electronic Music Studio using a Fairlight Series III station. The sound sources come from live recordings made in 1991 during the celebration of the most important popular feast in Guatemala City, called “Feria de Jocotenago” (Jocotenango’s fair). The feast, dedicated to celebrate the city’s patron anniversary (Virgin of the Assumption), takes place in August every year, enduring the complete month. Its activities contain not only religious ceremonies and processions with their particular musical environment (choirs and processional bands) but folk dances, food, games and entertainment. The recordings include: voices of a children's choir and voices of congregated people singing into the church, Indian speaking voices, snare drum processional patterns and rolls, a popular processional band piece, and a traditional Indian marimba piece which accompanies popular Indian dances during the procession. The sound of rhythmic patterns played on the rattles by the dancers; electronic games, church bells and the little bell of an ice-cream vendor were also recorded at the fair. Other sounds coming from three musical toys, which are usually on sale on these feasts, were recorded in studio.
Date: 1995
Creator: Gandarias, Igor de
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Moin Mor

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Recording of Manuel Rocha Iturbide's Moin Mor. In music using concepts or ideas which belong to other domains is something that has been realized by composers for a long time. The central element of sound work is language, which is what characterizes a determinate culture. Language is made out of sound and meaning, out of syntax (rhythm) and out of words (signs) For this work English, Gaelic, and Spanish are used.
Date: 1995
Creator: Rocha Iturbide, Manuel, 1963-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Two small boys go shopping

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Recording of Peter Cusack's Two small boys go shopping. The piece is a representation of composer Peter Cusack and his son simply shopping together in North London. This trip includes a visit to a toy store and a musical instrument shop where Peter tries out a guitar by playing a few notes from Stairway to Heaven.
Date: 1995
Creator: Cusack, Peter
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

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

Personal relations

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Recording of Milos Betko's Personal relations. This piece is segmented into 9 parts by the composer: 1. just before, 2. micado of mammoths, 3. speech of birds, 4. celestial threats, 5. song 1, 6. up and down, 7. song 2: "How many times it sings...", 8. emotions, 9. trio. It's comprised of background noise, violin, voices of the composer's friends, etc. The piece seems to be a collection of sounds that the composer relates to his personal life and day to day.
Date: 1997
Creator: Betko, Milos
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Toundra

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Recording of Richard Loiselle's Toundra. This work is an homage to the Inuit, a Northern Canadian indigenous group, and the hardships that come with living in the tundra. The composer uses recordings of the Inuit's specialized throat-singing called "katajjait" throughout the work.
Date: 1997
Creator: Loiselle, Richard
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

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

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

Palabras del sur

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Recording of Federico Schumacher Ratti's Palabras del sur. This work was composed in response to the call for an open work "Le monde devenu Musique l'écoute du siècle". The sound materials in this piece come from instrumentals and vocals from the Kaweskar and Yamana indigenous groups as well as the Mapuche ethnic group and sheds a light on the perspective from the south.
Date: 1999
Creator: Schumacher, Federico, 1963-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Quasi una missa

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Recording of Frank Corcoran's Quasi una missa. This work is comprised of 4 movements and was composed as a mass. Sound materials for this piece include English and Irish spoken word.
Date: 1999
Creator: Corcoran, Frank
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Souvenirs linguistiques II

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Recording of Henri Heuze's Souvenirs linguistiques II. This work is an homage to the Picard language and culture, which has been slowly disappearing. It includes samples of a woman and her son speaking the language as they both come from Picardy, a region in Northern France.
Date: 1999
Creator: Heuze, Henri
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Guest Artist: 1999-09-19 Sri Umayalpuram Sivaraman, mridangam

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A guest artist concert of traditional Indian music performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: September 19, 1999
Creator: Sivaraman, Sri Umayalpuram
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

Everything is sound

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Recording of Simo Lazarov's Everything is sound. The composer's note simply states: "Everything around is sounds…and has a composer!" This piece utilizes quoted material and samples including J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, sung Bulgarian folk music, dog barks, and sweeping orchestral chords.
Date: 2000
Creator: Lazarov, Simo, 1948-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Petrounka

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Recording of Simo Lazarov's Petrounka. This recording is a collection of mixed and modified folk melodies from regions in Bulgaria, encapsulating the atmosphere of Bulgarian villages.
Date: 2000
Creator: Lazarov, Simo, 1948-
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

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

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

Globalcom

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Recording of Lennart Westman's Globalcom. The title comes from the combination of the words "global communication" and is meant to represent people expressing themselves in a universal acoustic room. This piece is for electronics and includes concrete sounds of violin, voice, percussion, etc.
Date: 2002
Creator: Westman, Lennart
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

La mousson

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Recording of Marie-Hélène Bernard's La mousson. This work is meant to represent a Cambodian summer, punctuated by the sounds of rain and children playing outside despite the weather.
Date: 2002
Creator: Bernard, Marie Hélène
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library