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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-
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-
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-
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sing a song

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Recording of Simo Lazarov's Sing a song. This is a work for electronics and includes singing by a Bulgarian Folk group.
Date: 2002
Creator: Lazarov, Simo, 1948-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble Concert: 2002-10-01 - Spectrum 1

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: October 1, 2002
Creator: Spectrum
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.
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.
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.
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.
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-
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-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Gilgamesh

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Recording of Dirk Stromberg's Gilgamesh. This work was commissioned by Musik Gavleborg. This piece was inspired by the story of Gilgamesh which was written four thousand years ago. The story is considered a heroic epic and includes many adventures and battles. It ends with him finding the fountain of wisdom and asking timeless, philosophical questions.
Date: 2003
Creator: Stromberg, Dirk, 1979-
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
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
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Ensemble: 2003-04-04 – Wind Symphony and Grand Chorus

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Concert presented at Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Art Center.
Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: North Texas Wind Symphony
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-04-18 – Canticum Novum

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Ensemble concert presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: April 18, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Canticum Novum.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2003-11-13 – African Percussion Ensemble

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Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.
Date: November 13, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. African Percussion Ensemble.
System: The UNT Digital Library