Anaconda

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"Anaconda" could be labelled as a "naturalistic" work. Conceptually, the piece relies on the imagery provoked by the sound, and on the immediacy of the sound world and the integration of the flute part in terms of sound texture and musical material. Broadly, this work can be divided in three parts: 1) The very beginning represents the location : jungle, unfamiliar, exotic, moist, exuberant and very importantly, claustrophobic ( this last is maintained throughout the piece). It is here that we get our first glimpse of the anaconda, who, very soon embarks with his song, which is not unlike a … continued below

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Rosas Cobian, Michael, 1953- 1989/1990.

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  • Main Title: Anaconda
  • Series Title: MISAME

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"Anaconda" could be labelled as a "naturalistic" work. Conceptually, the piece relies on the imagery provoked by the sound, and on the immediacy of the sound world and the integration of the flute part in terms of sound texture and musical material. Broadly, this work can be divided in three parts:
1) The very beginning represents the location : jungle, unfamiliar, exotic, moist, exuberant and very importantly, claustrophobic ( this last is maintained throughout the piece). It is here that we get our first glimpse of the anaconda, who, very soon embarks with his song, which is not unlike a requiem, but at times, this song or narrative, is interrupted by the sound of the anaconda itself and by its environment. It is very much like moving between 1st and 2nd person.
2) The environment is disrupted. Foreign sounds and activities invade our location. The jungle moves, everything is in motion, fear and flight take over. But, suddenly, we realize that there is a certain gracefulness in all this motion, that the flight is but a retreat, a withdrawal into itself, nature and eternal life, with the certainty of a return.
3) The rebirth. Like the Phoenix, the Anaconda is reborn, as myth, and as the reality of wisdom. A reflective and poised character, strengthened by the experience, the Anaconda reasserts itself, its place in relation to the environment, and its place in relation to us, the spectators, and at times participants of its story.

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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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  • 1989/1990

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  • June 12, 2019, 9:59 p.m.

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  • Aug. 20, 2020, 1:11 p.m.

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Rosas Cobian, Michael, 1953-. Anaconda, audio recording, 1989/1990; Bourges, France. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1506068/: 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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