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Bulgarian-language documentary on Willis Conover

Description: Bulgarian-language documentary on Willis Conover in conjunction with the program Dobro Utro (Good Morning). The program features interviews with passersby on the street, as well as Jordan Rupchev, along with extensive footage of Conover inside VOA studios, performance footage from Milcho Leviev, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. Other topics continue at the 17:50 mark, concluding with the video of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" by Annie Lennox and Al Green for the movie S… more
Date: 1990~
Duration: 26 minutes 18 seconds
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Vision

Description: Recording of Roderik De Man's Vision. This composition is based on themes from the work of the Frisian painter Boele Bregman. He started out with a figurative and poetical approach of painting, later develop an abstract style. These aspects of his work form the basis of the composition: the idealism at the beginning of his career (boy soprano); the terror of war and meaningless speeches of politicians; and the final resignation and consolation found in his work (aria for baritone).
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Date: 1994
Duration: 11 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Man, Roderik de, 1941-
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The stairwell

Description: Recording of Roger Doyle's The stairwell. For violin, pre-recorded voice, and electronics.
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Date: 1992/1994
Duration: 18 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Doyle, Roger
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Singing more

Description: Recording of Simo Lazarov's Singing more. The language of this composition is Bulgarian, with vocal audio recorded from the mountains surrounding the Bulgarian region of Sofia serving as the basic sound source of the composition. The composer's goals are to submerge the listener in an atmosphere of Bulgarian folklore, and to attain an associative effect by means of overdubbing and modification of original sound and songs, bearing in mind the wide variety and richness of the Bulgarian folklore a… more
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Date: 1994
Duration: 10 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Lazarov, Simo, 1948-
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Moin Mor

Description: Recording of Manuel Rocha Iturbide's Moin Mor. In music using concepts or ideas which belong to other domains is something that has been realized by composers for a long time. The central element of sound work is language, which is what characterizes a determinate culture. Language is made out of sound and meaning, out of syntax (rhythm) and out of words (signs) For this work English, Gaelic, and Spanish are used.
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Date: 1995
Duration: 9 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Rocha Iturbide, Manuel, 1963-
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Personal relations

Description: Recording of Milos Betko's Personal relations. This piece is segmented into 9 parts by the composer: 1. just before, 2. micado of mammoths, 3. speech of birds, 4. celestial threats, 5. song 1, 6. up and down, 7. song 2: "How many times it sings...", 8. emotions, 9. trio. It's comprised of background noise, violin, voices of the composer's friends, etc. The piece seems to be a collection of sounds that the composer relates to his personal life and day to day.
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Date: 1997
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Betko, Milos
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Toundra

Description: Recording of Richard Loiselle's Toundra. This work is an homage to the Inuit, a Northern Canadian indigenous group, and the hardships that come with living in the tundra. The composer uses recordings of the Inuit's specialized throat-singing called "katajjait" throughout the work.
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Date: 1997
Duration: 17 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Loiselle, Richard
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Souvenirs linguistiques II

Description: Recording of Henri Heuze's Souvenirs linguistiques II. This work is an homage to the Picard language and culture, which has been slowly disappearing. It includes samples of a woman and her son speaking the language as they both come from Picardy, a region in Northern France.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Heuze, Henri
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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.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Azguime, Miguel
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Palabras del sur

Description: Recording of Federico Schumacher Ratti's Palabras del sur. This work was composed in response to the call for an open work "Le monde devenu Musique l'écoute du siècle". The sound materials in this piece come from instrumentals and vocals from the Kaweskar and Yamana indigenous groups as well as the Mapuche ethnic group and sheds a light on the perspective from the south.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 5 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Schumacher, Federico, 1963-
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Chimera in Kosovo

Description: Recording of Pekka Sirén and Agnieszka Waligórska's Chimera in Kosovo. This work represents the suffering of Kosovo refugees during wartime and utilizes radio mediums to further give the impression of the horrors and fears experienced by the victims. The piece uses radio voices and imaginary female cries as well as looped international newscaster voices.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 6 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Sirén, Pekka & Waligórska, Agnieszka
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En Babel éclatée

Description: Recording of Michel Karsky's En Babel éclatée. Mourning waltzes around Besieged Babels. The man is in the world. And the creator is not exempted from being in the world with the full enjoyment of his faculties of intelligence and sensitivity of intimate and collective memory, echo of history and art. In addition, when he is a musician, the sense of dance works on his sound material until he imprints an irresistible program on him. How can a frail waltz subject become a song of mercy for a wound… more
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Date: 1996
Duration: 34 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Karsky, Michel, 1936-
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Two small boys go shopping

Description: Recording of Peter Cusack's Two small boys go shopping. The piece is a representation of composer Peter Cusack and his son simply shopping together in North London. This trip includes a visit to a toy store and a musical instrument shop where Peter tries out a guitar by playing a few notes from Stairway to Heaven.
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Date: 1995
Duration: 15 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Cusack, Peter
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La Feria Fantástica

Description: Recording of Igor de Gandarias' La Feria Fantástica. This work was realized at the University of Maryland Electronic Music Studio using a Fairlight Series III station. The sound sources come from live recordings made in 1991 during the celebration of the most important popular feast in Guatemala City, called “Feria de Jocotenago” (Jocotenango’s fair). The feast, dedicated to celebrate the city’s patron anniversary (Virgin of the Assumption), takes place in August every year, enduring the comp… more
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Date: 1995
Duration: 8 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Gandarias, Igor de
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Amarcord - Chilhood (l'enfance)

Description: Recording of Bor Turel's Amarcord - Chilhood (l'enfance). This piece is the third movement of the work "Amarcord" that the composer describes as a trilogy of sonorous memories. This work was conceived as a combination of electronic, electroacoustic, and ambient instrumental recordings that were all produced in the years from 1976 to 1996.
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Date: 1996/1997
Duration: 11 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Turel, Bor
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Quasi una missa

Description: Recording of Frank Corcoran's Quasi una missa. This work is comprised of 4 movements and was composed as a mass. Sound materials for this piece include English and Irish spoken word.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Corcoran, Frank
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