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Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest John Blake transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest John Blake

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews violinist John Blake and Blake and the Billy Taylor Trio play several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience. Also included are NPR promotional spots from the original program.
Date: 2001
Creator: Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 & Owens, Tim (Timothy Gene Owens)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Jeannie Bryson transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Jeannie Bryson

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews singer Jeannie Bryson and Bryson and the Billy Taylor Trio play several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience. Also included are NPR promotional spots from the original program.
Date: 2001
Creator: Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 & Owens, Tim (Timothy Gene Owens)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Don Byron transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Don Byron

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews clarinetist Don Byron and Byron and the Billy Taylor Trio play several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience. Also included are NPR promotional spots from the original program.
Date: 2001
Creator: Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 & Owens, Tim (Timothy Gene Owens)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center: Miles Davis 75th Birthday Tribute transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center: Miles Davis 75th Birthday Tribute

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor celebrates trumpet player and composer Miles Davis's 75th birthday and various guests and the Billy Taylor Trio play several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience. Also included are NPR promotional spots from the original program.
Date: 2001
Creator: Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 & Owens, Tim (Timothy Gene Owens)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Lou Donaldson transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Lou Donaldson

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews saxophonist Lou Donaldson and Donaldson and the Billy Taylor Trio play several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience. Also included are NPR promotional spots from the original program.
Date: 2001
Creator: Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 & Owens, Tim (Timothy Gene Owens)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Chico Freeman transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Chico Freeman

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews saxophonist Chico Freeman and Freeman and the Billy Taylor Trio play several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience. Also included as the NPR promotional spots for the original program.
Date: 2001
Creator: Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 & Owens, Tim (Timothy Gene Owens)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Gary Foster transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Gary Foster

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews saxophonist Gary Foster and Foster and the Billy Taylor Trio perform several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience. Also included are the NPR promotional spots from the original program.
Date: 2001
Creator: Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 & Owens, Tim (Timothy Gene Owens)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Greg Floor transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Greg Floor

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews saxophonist Greg Floor and Floor and the Billy Taylor Trio perform several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience. Also included are the NPR promotional spots from the original program.
Date: 2001
Creator: Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 & Owens, Tim (Timothy Gene Owens)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bolids & Contemplation

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Recording of Iancu Dumitrescu's Bolids & Contemplation. This is a work for electronics that the composer considers a numerical composition, starting from some proportions and numerical series, which gives it structure. The rhythmic aspect of the instruments' performing must interact with the numerical relations in the pre-registered computer-assisted musical part.
Date: 2001/2002
Creator: Dumitrescu, Iancu, 1944-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Intersezione 01

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Recording of Giuseppe Di Giugno's Intersezione 01. This is a work for electronics that includes sounds of robotic voices. The composer of this work is known for his work as both an inventor and physicist. During the early 1970's he turned his focus away from particle physics and began working on electroacoustics and digital sound.
Date: 2001
Creator: Di Giugno, Giuseppe
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Nell'aria o sulla terra?

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Recording of Laura Bianchini's Nell'aria o sulla terra?. This is a work for sound pipe, flute, and live electronics. It is based on the dialectic of alternation of two elements: earth and air, matter and spirit, breath and sound. The transformation of the coarse sound of the pipes to the well tuned sound of the flute is the result of a process obtained with electronic devices controlled by the performer and pre-recorded electronic sound sequences.
Date: 2001/2003
Creator: Bianchini, Laura, 1954-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cadaveres exquisitos

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Recording of Jésus Jara's Cadaveres exquisitos. This work is for electronics that includes tuba sound samples. It was performed at the Alicante International Contemporary Music Festival which fell under the theme of "The View of the World".
Date: 2001
Creator: Jara, Jesús, 1977-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

D.E.A.T.H.

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Recording of Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf's D.E.A.T.H.. This work is part of a cycle of pieces dedicated to the American writer, Thomas Pynchon, that combines ensemble music, a solo piece for cello, music for tape, as well as live-electronics. All sound materials used in this piece are electronically treated oboe-multiphonics.
Date: 2001
Creator: Mahnkopf, Claus-Steffen
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

A punta de coccion

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Recording of Rodrigo Restrepo's A punta de coccion. This work was inspired by the washing of dishes and was elaborated using the sounds generated by the manipulation of kitchen tools. This is the first electroacoustic piece created by the composer.
Date: 2001/2004
Creator: Restrepo, Rodrigo, 1977-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Leccion de retorica

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Recording of José Iges' Leccion de retorica. This work revolves around the composer's interest in the problem of rhetoric which includes the works of musical Romanticism and those of the piano. To explore this idea, the composer used samples from a recording of Brahms' “Variations on a Theme of R. Schumann, Op.23”. The composer followed the example of the works Amici della Musica di Cagliari and Ricercare.
Date: 2001
Creator: Iges, José
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Abstract n° X

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Recording of Peter De Moncey-Conegliano's Abstract n° X. The composer describes this work as an abstract mindscape based on a distantly experienced reality. The basic materials are sounds the composer recorded in China.
Date: 2001/2003
Creator: De Moncey-Conegliano, Peter, 1948-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Trilogy

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Recording of Otto Laske's Trilogy. This work was conceived in the spirit of a symphonic work in three movements (Erwachen, Echo des Himmels, and Ganymed) and spans the range from epic, to dramatic, to lyrical. All three movements take their semantic cue from the German poet Hoelderlin. The composer states that this work is a "kind of Summa" of their compositional life. They would like to see this piece used by a choreographer in order to behold the movement of their life rather than be enmeshed in living it.
Date: 2001
Creator: Laske, Otto E. (Otto Ernst), 1936-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

...hasta el aire se rompe

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Recording of Guillermo Senn's ...hasta el aire se rompe. This piece was created for the dance work by the same name by the Gristenia group. It premiered at the "1st Contemporary Dance Festival" (2001) under the direction of Natalia Arrascaeta. The choreography tries to represent the relationships of human beings in a world full of conflicts.
Date: 2001
Creator: Senn, Guillermo
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

La dispersion d'un corps au crépuscule part 1-3

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Recording of Eric La Casa's La dispersion d'un corps au crépuscule part 1-3. This work is based on recordings created by Joël Leick while in his workshop on Rue Norvins. The composer describes this composition as being that of a live canvas. We can follow Joël Leick in the creation of a work, from preparation to completion.
Date: 2001/2002
Creator: La Casa, Eric
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

La violence (mix2)

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Recording of Roald Baudoux's La violence (mix2). This short piece was composed for the Phonurgia Nova 2001 competition the rules of which stated that at least one extract of a radio library provided by the organizers had to be included in the composition. The record that grabbed the composer's attention was one that included words by French writer, Jean-Paul Sartre: "La violence est la seule chose qui reste, quel que soit le système". The composer used this question of violence to inspire the rest of the piece.
Date: 2001/2002
Creator: Baudoux, Roald
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Helmet & sling

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Recording of Michèl G. Koenders' Helmet & sling. This is a work for trumpet and computer that has been composed for 4 tracks. This is the last piece in the composer's work "Armamentscycle" which includes three pieces for solo instrument and computer. It was commissioned by Theater Kikker for their reopening in September 2001. The composer describes this piece as a so-called "Algorithmic composition" in which complex calculations are used to form the basis of the pitch, dynamics, and duration of the notes while keeping much of the sound manipulation in the hands of the performer.
Date: 2001/2002
Creator: Koenders, Michèl, 1961-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Landmine

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Recording of Anna Rubin's Landmine. This is a work for amplified flute, live electronics, and digital audio. This audio contains spoken text interwoven with other musical material that dictate the experiences of David Levi Strauss in regards to landmines and demining in Cambodia. Other material is also drawn from the Human Rights Watch Report on Landmines. The work premiered at Bowling Green State University with flautist, Fiona Wilkinson.
Date: 2001
Creator: Rubin, Anna, 1946-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retrocoagulant Vox

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Recording of Bret Battey's Retrocoagulant Vox. This work was created for bass trombone and computer-realized sound. It was commissioned by trombonist, Chad Kirby, whose extended trombone techniques presented both a unique opportunity and a distinct challenge. The composer's method was to develop the computer part and the trombone part in parallel in a multi-track sound editor.
Date: 2001
Creator: Battey, Bret, 1967-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Barbarismes

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Recording of Pierre Jodlowski's Barbarismes. This work was created for an instrumental ensemble and electroacoustics and was commissioned by l'Ensemble Intercontemporain. The inspiration for this work is the meaning behind the term "barbaric", specifically throughout the Middle Ages. The composer states that this work is divided into three main parts: the Knight, the Fool, and the King.
Date: 2001
Creator: Jodlowski, Pierre, 1971-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library