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Aï∂a ∂omi

Description: Recording of Mia Schmidt's Aï∂a ∂omi. The spoken word, on which the composers short composition for tape "a rose is a rose" is basing, transfers two antithetical messages. The poem "rose is a rose" written by Gertrude Stein is a love- poem. The composer added sentences, taken from newspaper articles discussing the brutality of the pornographic industry. The poem is represented by this overtone-spectrum in form of sinus-tones or slightly modified sinus-tones. The sentences from the newspaper a… more
Date: 1995/1996
Duration: 9 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Schmidt, Mia, 1952-
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At night they call the dragons

Description: Recording of Spyros Faros' At night they call the dragons. This piece is inspired by rock music. There is also samples which have been utilized to give the piece direction and stability such as the train signal and speech heard throughout the piece.
Date: 1992
Duration: 12 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Faros, Spyros
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Burning River

Description: Recording of Wayne Siegel's Burning River. This is a work for four channel tape and was commissioned by the New Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum with financial support from the Danish Arts Foundation. The composition was inspired by a section in The Iliad by Homer: Achilles running amok against the Trojans. The composer states his attraction to this section was due to the many references of sound within the passage and he attempts to emulate those in the composition.
Date: 1999
Duration: 13 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Siegel, Wayne, 1953-
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Mimoyecques

Description: Recording of Elizabeth Anderson's Mimoyecques. The piece consists of two sets of recordings and electronics. One set of recordings would be made in and around the fortress and would serve as the base where the imprisonment, death, and transfiguration themes would be built. The second recording is in the languages of the 18 nationalities of the laborers. The central section of the work illustrates the idea of terror freedom is suddenly, inexplicably removed. The final section explores the concep… more
Date: 1994
Duration: 14 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Anderson, Elizabeth, 1960-
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Thalis

Description: Recording of Paul Dibley's Thalis. This work is based on the Greek philosophy by Thalis, that water is the basis of all life. The composition includes three elements: water, the voice, and pitch. The vocal component takes the form of Greek text about the philosopher, Thalis. While the pitched element takes the form of sung notes and the manipulated sounds of pitched instruments.
Date: 1998
Duration: 10 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Dibley, Paul
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