The Conqueror Worm

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Recording of Krysztof Knittel's The Conqueror Worm. The music structure of this composition depends on the word structure of the poem of the same title written by Edgar Allan Poe. The sound material is based on electronic sounds as well as on the violin and trombone sounds transformed electronically and recorded by Weronika Szrajber-Knittel and Stanislaw Pierozek. The work was realized at the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio in collaboration with Barbara Okon in 1974 and premiered at the Warsaw Young Festival in Stodola Student Club in 1976 (March 18th). The version presented now was made on the basis of … continued below

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Knittel, Krzysztof 1974/1976.

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  • Main Title: The Conqueror Worm
  • Series Title: MISAME

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Recording of Krysztof Knittel's The Conqueror Worm. The music structure of this composition depends on the word structure of the poem of the same title written by Edgar Allan Poe. The sound material is based on electronic sounds as well as on the violin and trombone sounds transformed electronically and recorded by Weronika Szrajber-Knittel and Stanislaw Pierozek. The work was realized at the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio in collaboration with Barbara Okon in 1974 and premiered at the Warsaw Young Festival in Stodola Student Club in 1976 (March 18th). The version presented now was made on the basis of quadraphonic recording realized in 1976.

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1 sound recording (13 min., 14 sec.)

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Mnemothèque Internationale des Arts Electroacoustiques

Sound recordings of electroacoustic music from the archive of the International de musique électroacoustique de Bourges (IMEB). The works were created in the IMEB studios or submitted by participants of the Festival Synthèse or the Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition. Access is restricted to the UNT community.

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  • 1974/1976

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  • Jan. 23, 2018, 7:43 a.m.

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  • July 13, 2020, 8:38 a.m.

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Knittel, Krzysztof. The Conqueror Worm, audio recording, 1974/1976; Bourges, France. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062146/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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