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Prince prospero's

Description: Recording of Natasha Barrett's Prince prospero's. The composer describes this piece as a "sonification" of Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Mask of the Red Death'. The music follows closely to the events and evocations found within the text and includes samples of "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saëns. Although the story follows a path of inevitable doom and gloom, it has the capacity to evoke amazingly surreal, multi-faceted space within which the drama is placed. This work was commissioned… more
Date: 2002
Duration: 15 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Barrett, Natasha
Partner: UNT Music Library

Eleventh of the ninth, two thousand and one

Description: Recording of Robert Andrew Mackay's Eleventh of the ninth, two thousand and one. This is a work for electronics that includes spoken word as well as environmental sounds that reflect the tragedy of 9/11. There are also samples of the piece "O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)" by Carl Orff.
Date: 2002
Duration: 12 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Mackay, Andrew, 1967-
Partner: UNT Music Library

Pre-composition

Description: Recording of Mark Applebaum's Pre-composition. This work consists of several voice recordings of the composer discussing with himself the process of writing a new electroacoustic work.
Date: 2002
Duration: 12 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Applebaum, Mark
Partner: UNT Music Library

Joyces vision

Description: Recording of Robert Andrew Mackay's Joyces vision. This is a work for electronics that includes English spoken word and distorted voices.
Date: 2002
Duration: 4 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Mackay, Robert Andrew, 1973-
Partner: UNT Music Library

Shalala ware

Description: Recording of Gérard Torres' Shalala ware. This work reflects a love story between a virtual couple, Fred and Cathy, who sing their song "Shalala" throughout the piece. The composer has separated this work into four parts: 1. R.A.M., 2. Shalala Song, 3. Love is bossa nova, and 4. Free loop. Each part has its own mode of composition.
Date: 2002
Duration: 18 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Torres, Gérard
Partner: UNT Music Library

Of Shape and Action 2 - The Dying of the Light

Description: Recording of Marco Marinoni's Of Shape and Action 2 - The Dying of the Light. This is a work for electronics that premiered at the Synthése Festival 2003 in Bourges, France. The underlying material of this composition is the poetry of Dylan Thomas which itself is imbued with death and a call to heroism. The first draft of this piece was finished in 2002 and lasted 1'48"; later on those materials were furthered processed to create the current version.
Date: 2002
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Marinoni, Marco
Partner: UNT Music Library

Summer storm bellagio

Description: Recording of Larry Austin's Summer storm bellagio. This work is a soundscape and all the materials were recorded on the grounds of Villa Serelloni, overlooking Lake Como in the Italian Alps. The sounds of the storm that morning and accompanying environmental sounds were edited and processed.
Date: 2002
Duration: 6 minutes
Creator: Austin, Larry
Partner: UNT Music Library

Micro-trottoire

Description: Recording of Roxanne Turcotte's Micro-trottoire. This is a radio work that explores the idea of confrontation and was created from the voices of people from different backgrounds and ethnic origins. Each voice offers a different opinion on current affairs, lifestyles, dreams, and disillusions across generations and personalities.
Date: 2002
Duration: 6 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Turcotte, Roxanne
Partner: UNT Music Library
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