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Stria

Description: Recording of John Chowning's Stria. The work uses the processes of computer synthesis to precisely control the spectral components - the partials - of sound. A non-tonal division of the frequency space is based on the golden ratio which is also used to determine relationships between inharmonic spectral components. Chowning received one of the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music's (IRCAM) first commissions to compose a piece for the first series of concerts of the Institu… more
Date: 1977
Duration: 15 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Chowning, John M.
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Partner: UNT Music Library

Ever-Livin' Rhythm

Description: Recording of Neil Rolnick's "Ever-Livin' Rhythm." All of the sound material comes from fragments of African music taken mostly from field recordings of music of the BaBenzele pygmies of Central Africa, which was then transcribed by Rolnick. The rhythmic drive of the piece is similar to the kind of infectious music which has come out of the African diaspora. The computer part was realized on a mainframe computer which would calculate the batch files, which is an aspect that endures in Rolnick's … more
Date: 1977/1978
Duration: 8 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Rolnick, Neil B.
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De onbesuijsde steenhoop

Description: Recording of Kees Van Prooijen's De onbesuijsde steenhoop. "De onbesuijsde steenhoop" was completed on March 30, 1977. The overall structure of the piece can be described as an introduction followed by variations on a theme. The introduction that occupies more than half of the work is composed in a free style, my first subject of interest being how the computer manufactures the sound and how this sound is perceived. The variations are the result of an analysis-synthesis process executed by the … more
Date: 1977
Duration: 7 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Van Prooijen, Kees
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