Degree Department

States

Ensemble: 2001-11-27 – Electric Guitar Ensembles

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.
Date: November 27, 2001
Creator: University of North Texas. L-5 Guitar Ensemble.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2001-11-27 – Spectrum 2

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: November 27, 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2001-11-27 – Brass Band

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: November 27, 2001
Creator: University of North Texas. Brass Band.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2001-11-15 – The Zebras

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music at Stan Kenton Hall.
Date: November 15, 2001
Creator: University of North Texas. Zebras.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2001-11-15 – Concert Band

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Ensemble performance at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: November 15, 2001
Creator: University of North Texas. Concert Band.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Leccion de retorica

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

A punta de coccion

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

D.E.A.T.H.

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

Auto portrait

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Barbarismes

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

Retrocoagulant Vox

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

Helmet & sling

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

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

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

...hasta el aire se rompe

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

Trilogy

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

Abstract n° X

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

Residual

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recording of Hanns Holger Rutz's Residual. This work consists of 5 parts: 1st Residual, 2nd Residual, 3rd Residual, 4th Residual, and 5th Residual. The composer notes that "5th Residual" can also be called "Last Residual". This work explores what remains of the human memory under the process of temporal erosion. The composer has taken the original sound materials and put them through transformation, destruction, and confrontation to reflect what he was feeling the year before it was written.
Date: 2001/2002
Creator: Rutz, Hanns Holger
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

L'oraison des chauves-souris

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recording of Harold Vásquez Castañeda's L'oraison des chauves-souris. This is a work for alto flute and computer. This work was inspired by bats and attempts to combine the characteristics of bats with imperceptible sounds that have been transposed into something audible for humans. The composer states that this piece should be listened to with eyes closed.
Date: 2001
Creator: Vásquez Castañeda, Harold, 1964-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Eleven Miniatures

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recording of Fernando Laub's Eleven Miniatures. This work was created using multitrack recording and the sound materials of an ocarina and a violin. The composer describes this piece as including a strong contrast of colors that are almost complementary.
Date: 2001
Creator: Laub, Fernando
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dans les plis de la caverne

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recording of Marie-Hélène Bernard's Dans les plis de la caverne. This is a work for tuba and fixed mediums. The composer references poet, Henri Michaux, when describing the thought process behind this composition. The composer was especially inspired by the poem "Le Grand Violon" where the violin is described as a "violin-giraffe".
Date: 2001
Creator: Bernard, Marie-Hélène
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fluss

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recording of Karl Friedrich Gerber's Fluss. This is a work for electronics that includes piano samples.
Date: 2001
Creator: Gerber, Karl Friedrich, 1954-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Drawn from a Reality

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recording of Jonas Broberg's Drawn from a Reality. This work was commissioned by The Swedish Radio Broadcasting Corporation of Stockholm, Sweden. The main sound material used in this work was derived from an automobile being pushed forward along a floor. This sound was then processed and used together with purely synthetic sounds. The title has to do with different meanings of the word "draw" as in "to take from" and to "compose a picture".
Date: 2001
Creator: Broberg, Jonas, 1962-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Quadra

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recording of Per Samuelsson's Quadra. This work is based on synthetic and concrete sounds which have been processed to sound like the synthetic ones. The composer meant for this piece to explore how material and organisms from two different worlds can exist in harmony with each other.
Date: 2001
Creator: Samuelsson, Per, 1971-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Crazy Water

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recording of Stanislav Kreitchy's Crazy Water. This piece is dedicated to the lives that were lost in the flood during the summer of 2002 in Europe. The composer used recordings of human breathing, water streams, ANS synthesizer, and "Ovaloid".
Date: 2001
Creator: Kreitchy, Stanislav
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library