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Invocation

Description: Recording of Hugh Le Caine's Invocation. The piece opens with a trio of three recorded sounds: a glass that is broken with a hammer, a ping-pong ball hitting a racket, and a drop of water. These sounds are the "instruments" used throughout the piece. Drips are configured as fast ascending and descending glissandi. A series of chords is constructed from a sustained movement of glass stamps. The sound of the ping-pong ball - from the left to the right - gradually accelerates. Severe rumbling and … more
Date: 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Le Caine, Hugh, 1914-1977
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Partner: UNT Music Library

Ninety nine Generators

Description: Recording of Hugh le Caine's Ninety nine Generators. The title refers to the 99 organ sound generators sensitive keys - a separate generator for each note of the keyboard that can all be operated simultaneously. Le Caine here uses a resonance pedal and a device that can change the pitch to produce a vibrato or long glissandi impossible to achieve on an organ. The particular reverb of this piece is caused by the unusual acoustics of the place where it was realized.
Date: 1956
Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds
Creator: Le Caine, Hugh, 1914-1977
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Partner: UNT Music Library

Dripsody

Description: Recording of Hugh le Caine's Dripsody. It is an study for variable speed recorder. It was composed in one night. Le Caine used a recording of a drop of water falling into a bucket, which he re- recorded different speeds, obtaining the heights of a pentatonic scale. Using 25 connectors and the variable speed tape recorder, it produced thousands of sound effects. Dripsody begins with the original sound of the water drop, repetition loop. Shortly afterwards, by adding more loops, the density of th… more
Date: 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Le Caine, Hugh, 1914-1977
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Partner: UNT Music Library

Singer

Description: Vertically oriented oil painting depicts a singer playing a stringed instrument. The setting appears to be a small enclosed space.
Date: 1950
Creator: Tamayo, Rufino
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

John G. Diefenbaker Building

Description: The raking view is of the interior hallway of the top floor which runs the width of the building. The glass roof is visible as are the glass rails next to the exterior glass wall. A small space between the glass railings and the columns affords air space and an open feel to the floors below.
Date: 1958/1993
Creator: Bland, John & Safdie, Moshe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Location: 45.439786 -75.693934
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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