East Wind

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A recording of Barry Truax's East Wind for amplified recorder and four soundtracks. This work creates an intimate relation between the soloist, who performs on both alto and tenor recorder, and the tape, whose sounds are entirely derived from the modern and Renaissance soprano, alto, tenor, and contrabass recorders. The transformed sounds on tape create a "larger than life" image of the recorder through its harmonic drones, its extensions of human breath, its pipe-like resonances and percussive transients, and moreover, through reference to its history of creating melody in the various related instruments that are found in many cultures. The … continued below

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5 sound recordings (55 min.,14 sec.)

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Truax, Barry 1981.

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A recording of Barry Truax's East Wind for amplified recorder and four soundtracks. This work creates an intimate relation between the soloist, who performs on both alto and tenor recorder, and the tape, whose sounds are entirely derived from the modern and Renaissance soprano, alto, tenor, and contrabass recorders. The transformed sounds on tape create a "larger than life" image of the recorder through its harmonic drones, its extensions of human breath, its pipe-like resonances and percussive transients, and moreover, through reference to its history of creating melody in the various related instruments that are found in many cultures. The live part interacts closely with the tape environment, mimicking it, commenting on it, riding its waves, and in the end, restraining it, as suggested by the I Ching hexagram Number 9, The Taming Power of the Small. Rain clouds in China, observes the I Ching, are brought by the east wind; it condenses water vapor into clouds, but in this case is not strong enough to create rain. The work is dedicated to Peter Hannan who commissioned it with the aid of the Canada Council. The tape part was realized in the Sonic Research Studio at Simon Fraser University, and the live part was written with the assistance of the composer's POD computer music system for sound synthesis and composition.

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5 sound recordings (55 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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  • 1981

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  • May 27, 2021, 11:21 a.m.

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  • June 18, 2021, 10:21 a.m.

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Truax, Barry. East Wind, audio recording, 1981; Bourges, France. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1808648/: 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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