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Madrigal

Description: Recording of Zoltán Pongrácz's Madrigal for tape. The aim of the composer was to create a madrigal, one of the most aristocratic of the choral genres of the Renaissance, through electronic means. He uses the characteristics of the Italian madrigal as an element of the musical color to create effects of the Gothic choral music. The raw material is based only on the recitation of the sonnet, as well as on sounds sung at various frequencies by the choir. Pongrácz also calls this work a concerto, b… more
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Date: 1981
Duration: 10 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Pongrácz, Zoltán

Any resemblance is purely coincidental

Description: Recording of Charles Dodge's "Any resemblance is purely coincidental" for tape. The piece aspires to represent the voice of Enrico Caruso in much the same way that Andy Warhol represented the figures of contemporary popular culture in his silk screen portraits: the voice is unmistakably that of Caruso, but with a difference. In "Any resemblance is purely coincidental," an operatic voice searches for an accompaniment: with the original orchestra, with copies of itself, with the piano, and with o… more
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Date: 1980
Duration: 8 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Dodge, Charles

La Materia e sorda

Description: Recording of Roberto Doati, Gianantonio Patella, and Daniele Torresan's "La materia è sorda" performed by Lorenzo Rizzato (speaker) and electronically realized by Granziano Tisato.
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Date: 1983/1984
Duration: 14 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Doati, Roberto; Patella, Gianantonio & Torresan, Daniele
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