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11.09.01

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Recording of Edgar Guzman's 11.09.01. This is a work for electronics and was written as an homage to the victims of 9/11. It includes various sound samples from radio and TV broadcasts as well as fragments from Mozart's 'Lacrimosa'. The composer has included a recommended speaker layout in which all 8 channels are surrounding the audience in a circle.
Date: 2001
Creator: Guzmán, Edgar, 1981-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Aboji

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Recording of Tae Hong Park's Aboji. This work is a companion piece to "Omoni", both works being composed originally for two channel playback and subsequently for eight channels. The sound samples used in this composition are mostly speech, environmental, synthesized, and processed sounds that were a result of numerous interviews with various individuals.
Date: 2001
Creator: Park, Tae Hong, 1969-
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-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Akashiya

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Recording of Shinchi Morita's Akashiya. This work derivied from collected sounds from the composer's home, these sounds were processed and constructed via computer.
Date: 2001
Creator: Morita, Shinchi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Allegoriae sonantes

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Recording of Konstantinos Karathanasis' Allegoriae sonantes. This piece is based on sounds derived from a grand piano by a small copper bar. The composer felt that this piece held something allegoric to it, something beyond its sonic nature, and attempted to explore that idea through the sound.
Date: 2001
Creator: Karathanasis, Konstantinos
System: The UNT Digital Library

Allegro Moderabile

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Recording of Paolo Besagno's Allegro Moderabile. This work consists of train sounds and the voice of the composer's grandpa, to whom the piece is dedicated. The composer states that this work is a short story of a man who has spent 40 years of his life watching his country through the windows of a train. The title of the work is the combination of musical term, Allegro, and the Italian word, moderabile, which refers to a train's braking system.
Date: 2001
Creator: Besagno, Paolo
System: The UNT Digital Library

Alphamega

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Recording of Eric Mulard's Alphamega. This work was produced in 2001 as part of "The Open Work on the Creation of the World", proposed by the IMEB. This work represents the birth of speech by using articulated language to showcase the alphabet.
Date: 2001
Creator: Mulard, Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ancienne Etude - Introduction

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Recording of Catalina Peralta's Ancienne Etude - Introduction. This work is dedicated to the baritone, Guido Ebi, and acts as a reflection on the book "Igitur ou la Folie d'Elbehnon" by Stéphane Mallarmé. This work was commissioned by the Culture Ministry of Colombia.
Date: 2001
Creator: Peralta, Catalina, 1963-
System: The UNT Digital Library

And I think to myself...

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Recording of Rajmil Fischman's And I think to myself.... This is a work for electronics that was inspired by the song "What a Wonderful World". The idea of the piece comes from the idea of taking a virtual "stroll" through a utopia described by Plato in his book, The Republic. There are three central movements that correspond to the realization of wisdom, courage, and temperance.
Date: 2001
Creator: Fischman, Rajmil, 1956-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Angorum Catena

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Recording of Magdalena Buchwald's Angorum Catena. This is a work for electronics and was commissioned by the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw. This piece is dedicated to Krzysztof Szlifirski.
Date: 2001
Creator: Buchwald, Magdalena
System: The UNT Digital Library

O ar do texto opera a forma do som interior

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Recording of Miguel Azguime's O ar do texto opera a forma do som interior. The composer describes this as a sound poetry stage work for a speaker/actor. This piece is made of 4 sections that follow each other without interruption and have the following subtitles: "Ar do Texto" (the Air in the Text), "Formant-Melodies", "Sem Recurso" (Without Resources), and "O Som Interior" (the Inner Sound). Although there are some spoken words in Portuguese, most of the text is meaningless and was written as sound compositions.
Date: 2001/2002
Creator: Azguime, Miguel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Arco

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Recording of Robert Wright's Arco. This is a work for cello and tape and is based on the saltando technique of bouncing the bow upon the strings. The tape part of the work was constructed from recordings of both a real cello and a software physical model of bow/string interactions.
Date: 2001
Creator: Wright, Robert, 1970-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Arrok

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Recording of Edgardo Hugo Martinez's Arrok. The composer notes the title as being "the primitive sea", the first element of nature in the creation of the cosmic worldview of the Tehuelches, an indigenous community from the south of Argentina.
Date: 2001
Creator: Martinez, Edgardo Hugo
System: The UNT Digital Library

L'aube célestre

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Recording of Delphine Dupre's L'aube célestre. This work is based off of the theme "starry night" and includes various sampled sequences and mixes. It is composed of two moving pieces that move towards each other from dark to light.
Date: 2001
Creator: Dupre, Delphine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Augustine's Message

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Recording of Robert Andrew Mackay Augustine's Message. This is a work for voice and electronics. It includes samples of text from the book of Romans in the Bible.
Date: 2001
Creator: Mackay, Robert Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library

Auto portrait

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Recording of Pierre Alexandre Tremblay's Auto portrait. This work was commissioned by the Rien à voir festival to mark its tenth anniversary and premiered during the Rien à voir concert series presented by Réseaux at Espace GO in Montréal. Like the title suggests, this piece is meant to act as a means for reflection, introspection, and renewed consciousness.
Date: 2001
Creator: Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre
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-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Becalmed

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Recording of Adrian Moore's Becalmed. This is a work for electronics and is the first piece in a song cycle called "Sea of Singularity". This song cycle explores the interrelationships of sound and was influenced by the theories and artworks of the Fauves. The composer sees this piece as a gentle reflection upon natural sounds after years of working with harsh sounds of rhythm.
Date: 2001
Creator: Moore, Adrian, 1969-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Blue Balloons

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Recording of Ewan Stefani's Blue Balloons. This work is an attempt to integrate a pitch-based musical structure with abstract sound objects. The composer states that the work holds a narrative theme about death and the absurdity of the afterlife.
Date: 2001
Creator: Stefani, Ewan
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-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Byzantine

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Recording of Friedrich Guen's Byzantine. A central sound material used in this work is Byzantine chant, which the composer used as a way to highlight the Byzantine culture and it's significance in the "creation of the world". This work focuses on the combination of speech and music.
Date: 2001
Creator: Guen, Friedrich
System: The UNT Digital Library

C(o)lonization

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Recording of Matias Giuliani's C(o)lonization. This work explores the colonization of South America and uses the two primary instruments to represent the different groups of people: Spaniards (cello) and natives (clarinet). The material itself is made up of only 10 sounds, which were then expanded upon to create a larger piece.
Date: 2001
Creator: Giuliani, Matías
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-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Calvario

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Recording of César Daniel Alarcón's Calvario. This work started as an exploration of sound sources from everyday life. The composer recorded various items while walking through his house and due to their strong identity, found he could barely transform them, and so their original sounds were kept throughout the work.
Date: 2001
Creator: Alarcón, César Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library