Barriers

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Recording of Daniel Starr's Barriers. Barriers is a quadraphonic electronic composition, which was composed in the interval May-June of 1976 in the Yale Electronic Music Studio, using both classical and control-voltage technique. It comprises 30 brief sections lasting 8 to 45 second each, which are in turn divided into two larger sequences of 15 sections, separated from each other by several seconds of dead silence in the center of the piece. Each section on either side of the piece explores a unique combination of sound-points, short, long and continuous tones. The piece is thus loosely organized according to a durational … continued below

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5 sound recordings (40 min., 7 sec.)

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Starr, Daniel Victor 1976.

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Recording of Daniel Starr's Barriers. Barriers is a quadraphonic electronic composition, which was composed in the interval May-June of 1976 in the Yale Electronic Music Studio, using both classical and control-voltage technique. It comprises 30 brief sections lasting 8 to 45 second each, which are in turn divided into two larger sequences of 15 sections, separated from each other by several seconds of dead silence in the center of the piece. Each section on either side of the piece explores a unique combination of sound-points, short, long and continuous tones. The piece is thus loosely organized according to a durational scheme. The opening consists of only short tones, the ending only of long tones; the first half ends only with sustained tones and after the silence, the second half begins with “points” alone. The composition deals specifically with the development and dramatic aspects of those elements, which are carried over from one section to the next, and with the introduction and phasing out of the different kinds of material. Most of the sounds used in the work are pure in character, which is to say that they have a single clear pitch despite the fact that they may have been modulated reverberated or manipulated timbrally in some way. Extensive use is made of high-speed electronic panning, in which a tone or chord shuttles back and forth rapidly from one location to another or moves in circles or a helix in quadraphonic space.

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5 sound recordings (40 min., 7 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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  • May 27, 2021, 10:57 a.m.

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  • June 16, 2021, 2:36 p.m.

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Starr, Daniel Victor. Barriers, audio recording, 1976; Bourges, France. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1808502/: 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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