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Christmas musik

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Recording of John Cousins's Christmas musik.
Date: 1973
Creator: Cousins, John
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Andere die Welt, sie braucht es

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Recording of Wilhelm Zobl's Andere die Welt, sie braucht es.
Date: 1973
Creator: Zobl, Wilhelm, 1950-1991
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ripsnorter

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Recording of Gerald Plain's Ripsnorter. The American slang term "ripsnorter" is defined in the dictionary as a thing that is unusually violent. "Ripsnorter" is one of a series of compositions that attempt to incorporate materials that are characteristic of Kentucky. The composer uses the folksong “Joe Clark,” changing the words slightly at the opening of the composition to achieve a gruff-like quality.
Date: 1973
Creator: Plain, Gerald, 1940-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Daisy: Opera in Two Acts

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This is the original conductor's score for the opera "Daisy" including the vocal parts as well as instrumental lines for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horns, trumpets, bass trombone, timpani and percussion, harp and piano, violin, viola, cello, and string bass. The introductory pages at the start of the score include acknowledgements and synopsis by Professor Kenneth L. Ballenger, the cast of characters and scene list (5 scenes). There is an index to the scenes for each act following their title pages (before page 1 for Act I and before page 262 for Act II).
Date: September 15, 1973
Creator: Smith, Julia, 1905-1989
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Speech Song

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Recording of Charles Dodge's Speech Song. The first movement, A man sitting in the cafeteria; second movement, The days are ahead; third movement, When I am with you; Fourth movement, He destroyed her image. Speech Songs was created at the Bell Laboratories in 1972 by composer Charles Dodge using a speech synthesis system of Joseph Olive. The four short Poems are by the distinguished American poet, Mark Strand. The songs, especially as articulated by the computer-synthesized voice, are ironic, surrealistic and humorous. One may trace the improvements in the quality of the computer-synthesized voice in the course of the four songs.
Date: 1973
Creator: Dodge, Charles, 1942-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library