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Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Randy Brecker transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Randy Brecker

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews trumpet player Randy Brecker and Brecker and the Billy Taylor Trio play several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience.
Date: 1997
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 Chris Conner transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Chris Conner

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews singer Chris Conner and Conner 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: 1997
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 Buddy DeFranco transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Buddy DeFranco

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews clarinetist Buddy DeFranco and DeFranco and the Billy Taylor Trio play several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience.
Date: 1997
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 Ethel Ennis transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Ethel Ennis

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews singer Ethel Ennis and Ennis and the Billy Taylor Trio perform several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience.
Date: 1997
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 Nnenna Freelon transcript

Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center with guest Nnenna Freelon

Recording from NPR's "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center" series. Taylor interviews singer Nnenna Freelon and Freelon and the Billy Taylor Trio perform several Jazz tunes in front of a live audience.
Date: 1997
Creator: Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 & Owens, Tim (Timothy Gene Owens)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sweeney's Vision

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Recording of Frank Corcoran's Sweeney's Vision. This work is an ecstatic sound vision and musical structure that was loosely inspired by the figure of the schizophrenic poet-outcast, Sweeney, from the Early Irish epic, Mad sweeney Buile Suibhne. The composer considers this work a four-movement "symphony" at the end of the 20th century. This work was commissioned by the Studio Akustische Kunst of WDR, Cologne and was first broadcast by WDR in 1997.
Date: 1997
Creator: Corcoran, Frank
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Filamenti I

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Recording of René Uijlenhoet's Filamenti I. The title of this piece refers to the impossibility of creating a steady, sustaining sound on a harpsichord. This work attempts to work through the problematic characteristics of the harpsichord and in doing so the instrument will not be spared. The composition ends with the "tuning and testing" of a new prototype. This piece was written by order of the harpsichord players Annelie de Man and Thora Johansen, with financial support by the Fund for the Creation of Music.
Date: 1997
Creator: Uijlenhoet, René, 1961-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

L'éveil

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Recording of Elizabeth Anderson's L'éveil. This piece is the first in a cycle that explores the paradox of opposition in the sense of physical appearance as well as in the psychological reality of mankind. The piece concerns itself with the creation of the universe and its two poles. The idea of contrasts presented in the introduction are then developed on a larger scale throughout the rest of the piece.
Date: 1997
Creator: Anderson, Elizabeth, 1960-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Radio 1

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Recording of Luz Maria Sanchez's Radio 1. This is a work for electronics that includes sounds of distorted voices.
Date: 1997
Creator: Sánchez Cardona, Luz María
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Satélites

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Recording of Rubén Hinojosa Chapel's Satélites. This work was created by means of the Fractal Composer system using the calculus of the Henon Map. Most notes were generated by the computer by means of the system's real time interactive capabilities. It premiered in the Havana's XII Contemporary Music Festival.
Date: 1997
Creator: Hinojosa Chapel, Rubén
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fête (3 mvt de Bruits)

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Recording of Yves Daoust's Fête (3 mvt de Bruits). This is a work for electronics that includes 3 movements: Children's Corner, Nuit, and Fête. This work was commissioned by the Sonic Art Network (Great Britain) in which they asked the composer to create an environmental painting. The dominant element is noise: "smooth" noise, constant noise, and immutable noise made up of the sum of human machines.
Date: 1997/2000
Creator: Daoust, Yves
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 1997-03-24 – Howard Hilliard, horn

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 24, 1997
Creator: Hilliard, Howard
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 1997-04-07 – Steven Dube, trumpet

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 7, 1997
Creator: Dube, Steven
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Handel variations

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Recording of Grant Cho Covell's Handel variations. Handel Variations: Theme with twenty-five variations on the Sonatina in B-flat Major (G. 40) by George Frideric Handel (1997) for tape. Each with differing sonic characteristics and sound processing. Designed to be played from a CD, so that any number of variations in any order can be performed (in fact, the variations’ numbering scheme purposely thwarts a chronological order). In an ideal performance, the variations and the theme would be played in random order, but so that the following program notes are useful, a random order is already provided.
Date: 1997
Creator: Covell, Grant Chu, 1967-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Twilight's Ritual Incantations

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Recording of Paul Dolden's Twilight's Ritual Incantations. This is a work for electronics and was inspired by the concept of twilight, a time between states. He states the the piece stands as a metaphor for the time it was written, situated between millennia. This concept is reflected through the constantly changing density, tempo, and mood.
Date: 1997/2000
Creator: Dolden, Paul, 1956-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pendlerdrom

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Recording of Barry Truax's Pendlerdrom. This is a soundscape composition that recreates a commuter's trip home from the Central Train Station in Copenhagen and was made for eight digital soundtracks. This work is available on the Cambridge Street Records CD Islands and the SKRAEP double CD Pendler.
Date: 1997
Creator: Truax, Barry
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

A l'ouest, Monsieur Wayne

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Recording of Gérard Torres' A l'ouest, Monsieur Wayne. This is a work for electronics that includes excerpts of dialogue from various John Wayne movies.
Date: 1997
Creator: Torres, Gérard
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

excess pitch

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Recording of Rose Dodd's excess pitch. This is a work for electronics.
Date: 1997
Creator: Dodd, Rose
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fear of flying

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Recording of Lutz Glandien's Fear of flying. This is a work for electronics that consists of plane sounds and spoken word.
Date: 1997
Creator: Glandien, Lutz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Les pensées de la terre

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Recording of Claude Hermitte's Les pensées de la terre. This work consists of various concrete sounds as well as recordings of a piano. The composer references a ceremonial Navajo song and urges the listener to think about the text while listening to his piece. The text speaks on the beauty of the world and the connection of everyone to it.
Date: 1997/1998
Creator: Hermitte, Claude
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fréquences de Barcelone

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Recording of Mario Verandi's Fréquences de Barcelone. This work is based on recordings made in Barcelona, comprising a wide range of environmental sounds from different locations. The composer's goal was to stage Barcelona's soundscape, to explore and unveil its dramatic potential through interconnected scenes and perspectives. This piece premiered at the Festival Musica in Strasbourg, France.
Date: 1997
Creator: Verandi, Mario
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Political science

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Recording of George Budd's Political science. This work is a contribution to the CD compilation "Turntable Solos", curated by Otomo Yoshihide. This was an international survey of the "state of the art" as practiced by a diverse group of artists using only turntables. This composer was chosen to represent Los Angeles.
Date: 1997
Creator: Budd, George, 1953-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Chrysalithe

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Recording of Eric La Casa's Chrysalithe. This work is comprised of various concrete sound materials that have been manipulated and assembled together to create a triptych. The composer has titled the three sections as: "L'inspir", "La traversée", and "L'expir". The composition represents a rebirth as well as the "everlasting motion of the self".
Date: 1997
Creator: La Casa, Éric, 1968-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

...des cantiques

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Recording of Frank Ekeberg's ...des cantiques. This work is based on excerpts from the Song of Songs from the Old Testament. The reading of this text has been processed and acts as the main sound source for the composition. The music reflects the content of the text and seeks to expose sides of the human psyche during loss and desolation.
Date: 1997
Creator: Ekeberg, Frank, 1970-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library