Busk

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Busk was commissioned by BRMB Radio as a celebration of Birmingham, and the piece attempts to achieve this using recordings of buskers along with other environmental sounds which we recorded in the city. Rather than direct the listener to recognition of the music we recorded, our interest lay in the possibilities offered in the transformation of these sounds. Whilst such material might easily suggest a narrative or other extra-musical meaning, we didn't aim to explore this. The "journey" which the listener takes, then, is a surreal one as images melt, distort, change colour or become sharply focused. The original recorded … continued below

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MacDonald, Alistair, 1962- & Virgo, Nicholas, 1960- 1988.

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  • Main Title: Busk
  • Series Title: MISAME

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Busk was commissioned by BRMB Radio as a celebration of Birmingham, and the piece attempts to achieve this using recordings of buskers along with other environmental sounds which we recorded in the city.

Rather than direct the listener to recognition of the music we recorded, our interest lay in the possibilities offered in the transformation of these sounds. Whilst such material might easily suggest a narrative or other extra-musical meaning, we didn't aim to explore this. The "journey" which the listener takes, then, is a surreal one as images melt, distort, change colour or become sharply focused.

The original recorded music becomes part of a bigger musical discourse and never appears as musical quotation, since even the most familiar sound is transformed in ways which lead the ear to concentrate on shapes and gestures derived from, but often unnoticeable in the original.

Composed in 1988, Busk won a prize at the Bourges Festival of Electroacoustic Music and a Special Mention in the Prix Italia.

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1 sound recording (15 min., 3 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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  • 1988

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  • June 12, 2019, 9:59 p.m.

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  • July 10, 2020, 2:47 p.m.

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MacDonald, Alistair, 1962- & Virgo, Nicholas, 1960-. Busk, audio recording, 1988; Bourges, France. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505805/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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