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Adventus

Description: Recording of Milan Slavicky's Adventus. The main source of inspiration for this composition was a Czech liturgical tune from Renaissance times which used to be sung during Advent. Its unusual melodic form and great poetic quality inspired a bow-formed composition which uses mostly different vocal phrases of this song, an imitation of an organ sound and finally a tower bell transposed into lower and lower register.
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Date: 1992
Duration: 11 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Slavický, Milan, 1947-2009

Aegror

Description: Recording of Alfonso Belfiore's Aegror, a composition for computer made in 12 voices grouped in three channels. Two generating forces are at the basis of the development of the work, where one tends to the stratification (process also identifiable in the structure of the same sound) of the sound materials in massified and crystallized events, the other, contrary presence, tends, in the disintegration of these structures, to the restitution of a perceptible individuality to each layer up to the … more
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Date: 1978
Duration: 57 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Belfiore, Alfonso

Aeolian confluence

Description: Recording of Maggi Payne's Aeolian Confluence. In this work, distortion is utilized in many technical ways. This piece is a soundscape, which results from using electro-acoustic technique such as: real time mixing on the Ling seismographic filter, intermodulation distortion, heterodyning, and time delay.
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Date: 1993
Duration: 10 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Payne, Maggi

The Aeolian Harp

Description: Recording of Heinrich Taube's The Aeolian Harp. This work was created with recorded tape and an aeolian harp, which creates musical sound from air passing through the strings. The composer dedicates this song to their sister, who died of cancer in 1997. The composer says that the piece acts as a reflection of their struggle to come to terms with her death.
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Date: 2000
Duration: 46 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Taube, Heinrich, 1953-

Aerial

Description: Recording of Monty Adkins' Aerial. This is a work for electronics and is included on the album "Mondes Inconnus" by the composer.
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Date: 2002
Duration: 9 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Adkins, Monty

Aerial

Description: Recording of Barry Truax's Aerial for solo amplified horn and four computer-synthesized soundtracks performed by Steven Field. Aerial is characterized by an interplay between the solo instrument and the taped sounds in terms of complementary and contrasting sound colors. It attempts a close blending of the horn with the tape, not only in terms of timbre, but also with frequent pitch references, similar rhythms and quadraphonic spatial amplification. The horn is not intended to be heard as a 'so… more
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Date: 1979
Duration: 46 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Truax, Barry

Aes * Aurichalcum * Galmei

Description: Recording of Ron Averill's Aes * Aurichalcum * Galmei. For electronics and pre-recorded manipulated sound.
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Date: 1996
Duration: 11 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Averill, Ron, 1962-

Affirmation

Description: Recording of Anna Elizabeth Hinkle Turner's Affirmation. This work uses pre-recorded sounds and electroacoustic technique to find new sound possibilities. The composer's utilized; ProTools, SoundEdit 16, StudioVision Pro and SoundHack for the generation and mixing of all sound files.
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Date: 1997
Duration: 9 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth

Afflux / Reflux

Description: Recording of Colby Leider's Afflux / Reflux. This is a work for electronics.
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Date: 2000
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Leider, Colby

Affranchi

Description: Recording of Alain Basso's Affranchi. This piece involves discourse between two sets of sounds, all of which are from sound recordings. The first set of sounds is comprised of aggressive tool and machine sounds, while the second set of sounds comes from soundscapes with more peaceful elements. As the composition progresses, the two sets of sounds mingle in a violent unison, while gradually a third element comes to weaken this turbulence: human breathing, calm and deep, described as a reminder … more
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Date: 1993
Duration: 7 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Basso, Alain

African Procession

Description: Recording of Ari Taskinen's African Procession. This piece is based on recordings of wildlife the composer took in East Africa. He also played certain phrases with various percussion. The composer separates the track into two parts: the first represents the nighttime and the second represents the day. The end of the track uses primarily synthesized sounds and creates a sense of a never-ending cycle of life.
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Date: 1998
Duration: 12 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Taskinen, Ari

African Violet

Description: Recording of Jo Thomas' African Violet. For electronics and pre-recorded audio.
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Date: 1997
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Thomas, Jo, 1972-

After the summer rain

Description: Recording of Hideko Kawamoto's After the summer rain. This is a composition for amplified piano and two-channel tape. This work is dedicated to the memory of Clarence Asher Peevey and written for his mother Cecilia Peevey. It was inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's poems, (Nos Pleurs) and Before the Summer Rain. The work as a whole is meant to capture the image of a summer forest and uses a note motif that closely spells out the name "Clarence".
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Date: 2000
Duration: 11 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Kawamoto, Hideko

The afterbirth of apollo

Description: Recording of Eric Lyon's The afterbirth of appollo. This work is for electronics and has a lot of noise elements. The synthetic sounds are harsh and posses an analog sound. This sound feels continuous and even though there is movement in the sound, the construction continues to stay the same. There is a true representation of electronic sound in this work, instead of shying away from the noise, this work embraces it and explores the importance of balance and musical transitions.
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Date: 1994
Duration: 9 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Lyon, Eric, 1962-

Agenda Ecclesiae Moguntinensis

Description: "Per reverendissimum in Christo patrem, et amplissimum principem, ac dominum, Dominum VVolfgangum, Archiepiscopum Moguntinum, S. Romani Imperii per Germaniam Archicancellarium, Principem Electorem, &c. Necessariis quibusdam additionibus auctior, et multis locis emendatior, iam denuò typis evulgata." Text in Latin and German, including tables, calendars, and a catechism in German, along with notated music. Two of the back end pages have handwritten notes, including a handwritten rendering of Psa… more
Date: 1599
Creator: Catholic Church — Archdiocese of Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Agenda Ecclesiae Moguntinensis

Description: Agenda ecclesiae from the Catholic archdiocese of Mainz. This extensive volume includes calendars for movable feasts, a daily listing of feast days for commemoration, days for fasting and abstinence from eating meat, and instructions for priests on administering the sacraments, texts of various blessings and prayers, with text in Latin and German. The volume includes notated musical settings, and a catechism in German.
Date: 1599
Creator: Catholic Church — Archdiocese of Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
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