Search Results

Comunicacones

Description: Recording of Miguel Azguime's Comunicacones. The sound materials in this piece come from concrete sounds from a Lisbon port, communication satellites, and texts in more than 30 different languages, as well as synthetic and instrumental sounds. This work was commissioned by the Lisbon World Fair Expo'98 and the concert version premiered at the "Musica em Novembro" festival in Lisbon.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: 1999
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Azguime, Miguel

The Turning of the Tide

Description: Recording of Eduardos Reck Miranda's The Turning of the Tide. The sounds of the piece can be divided into two main groups: continuous sounds and discrete sounds. Continuity is given by the vowel-like sounds, which were digitally synthesized using three synthesis techniques: frequency modulation, wave shaping and formant synthesis. Articulation, on the other hand, is produced by noise-like sounds generated by the violin, samples of the composer's speech, and amplitude modulation using an analogu… more
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: 1992
Duration: 24 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Miranda, Eduardo Reck, 1963-

Voo

Description: Recording of alcides lanza's Voo. The lyrics of this composition are primarily in Portuguese, but the composer specifically chose to play with the source material, basing lyrics on poems which appear in NO OUVIDO DO TEMPO/NO OLVIDO DO TEMPO, a remarkable book of poetry by the Brazilian poet and composer Gil Nuno Vaz. Special acknowledgement is given to the Brazilian poet Raul de Leoni (1895-1926), since Gil Nuno Vaz integrated into his own poems some lines from an unpublished book by de Leoni, … more
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: 1992
Duration: 12 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Lanza, Alcides
Back to Top of Screen