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Die Mauer

Description: Recording of Armand Gutheim's Die Mauer. The sight of the former wall, which divided Europe in two, and the feeling that it evoked, was the perfect subject for an electroacoustic piece. Divided into three parts (1. Construction 1961, 2. Checkpoint 1975 and 3. Destruction 1989). Several acoustic instruments, tools and sounds were originally used at the recordings as well as a choir. Nevertheless, they were all processed and adapted into the electroacoustic concept that can be heard. The result b… more
Date: 1961/1989
Duration: 9 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Gutheim, Armand

Musica Para Danza

Description: Recording of Juan Blanco's Musica Para Danza. This is the composer's first work for electroacoustic tape and was created using an oscillator and tape recorders.
Date: 1961
Duration: 5 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Blanco, Juan, 1919-2008

Piano Concerto No. 2 - "Aux fins de quelques siècles"

Description: Recording of Clarence Barlow's Piano Concerto No. 2 - "Aux fins de quelques siècles". This work started as the second movement of the composers Piano Concerto No. 1 in D and as years past and music changed, the piece changed as well. The composer notes the musical differences throughout the progression of the piece as a reflection of the decade it was written. It was premiered as an orchestral piece in Reykjavik with soloist Deborah Richards and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Date: 1961/1998
Duration: 15 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Barlow, Klarenz, 1945-

Cadenza

Description: Recording of Lucien Goethals Cadenza. This composition is part of a work for orchestra and electroacoustic music. It is a solo for tape recorder, placed in the middle of the work. The basic material is electronic sounds and concert sounds (instrumental sounds). The overall shape is the result of superimposing a large number of fairly simple sound layers.
Date: 1963
Duration: 4 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Goethals, Lucien

Microstructures

Description: Recording of Włodzimierz Kotoński's Microstructures. This piece utilizes sections of fragmented tape to create a montage of sound layers in very dense structures. The composer used the sound of knocking on wood, metal, and glass to form a new sound material and spatialization of sound. These sounds recorded on magnetic tape were cut, melted, and glued randomly into random sequences from which loops of different length were formed and copied onto a layer which finally resulted in this desirable … more
Date: 1963
Duration: 5 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Kotoński, Włodzimierz

Cellotape

Description: Recording of Lucien Goethals' Cellotape. The electroacoustic part of this work was produced in three versions: one-track, two-track, and four-track tapes. It is meant to be played with two performers, a cellist and pianist who become responsible for the synchronicity of the piece. The piece premiered in Brussels with cellist, Herman Sabbe and pianist, Pierre Bartholomé.
Date: 1964
Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Goethals, Lucien

Dialogos 1

Description: Recording of Francisco Kropfl's Dialogos 1. This work uses complexes of short of electronic sounds with long reverberations of the round 10 seconds each, thanks to the natural reverberation chamber build at the studio at that time. The name of the piece relates to the "dialog" between the long transparent sounds obtained through the aforementioned procedure and the original electronic pulses.
Date: 1964
Duration: 14 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Kropfl, Francisco

Electronic Compositions (1964-1965)

Description: 1. Lemon Drops: commissioned by Magnavox Corp.; Darmstadt, W. Germany, 3.22.67; Pub. Lingua Press 2. For Harry: (dedicated to Harry Partch); Electronic Music Concert, U. Illinois, 3.10.64 3. Fat Millie's Lament: (dedicated to MF); Electronic Music Concert, University of Illinois, 3.10.64 Pub. Lingua Press 4. The Wasting of Lucrecetzia; Electronic Music Concert, University of Illinois, 1.2.65; Pub. Lingua Press 5. Dante's Joynte; incorporated into Lingua I: Poems & Other Theaters (cf. below for … more
Date: [1964,1965]
Duration: 23 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Gaburo, Kenneth
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