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Refraction

Description: Recording of Kim Dyett's Refraction for tape. The piece is composed from words that are twisted and transformed moving from meaning to sound images.. The work was inspired from poems by E. E. Cummings.
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Date: 1980
Duration: 12 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Dyett, Kim, 1956-

Zoo logical

Description: Recording of Andrew Bentley's Zoo-logical for tape. The piece functions as a sort of trilogy (if it is called a dialogue between three people) between a poem, sounds of animals that are electronic in origin. The work is related to the themes of the Helsinki Agreements which mainly are contained in the words "participant nations" and "United Nations." The poem that is spoken is Finnish in origin.
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Date: 1980
Duration: 11 minutes 01 second
Creator: Bentley, Andrew

Go

Description: Recording of Alejandro Vinao's Go. The text used in "Go" was written by Ian Cross. It consists of 10 phonemes that as a set may form interrelationships analogous to those implicit in the 10 chords of chorale on which the piece based. The most prominent phoneme is the one, which gives the tittle to the piece, and the idea of the piece is to convey the concept of action as an absolute phenomenon in itself, without subject or object.
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Date: 1980
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Viñao, Alejandro, 1951-

Pro Patria Mori

Description: Recording of Stephen Perry's Pro Patria Mori. This piece has as its inspiration the first stanza of Wilfred Owen's poem, Apologia Pro Poemate Meo.
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Date: 1980
Duration: 44 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Perry, Stephen

From the Tripod

Description: Recording of Ton Bruynèl's From the Tripod. This program music musically retraces a kind of history of the West commented by a group of women, from Greece to American society. Charles Baudelaire's quote "Give me the strength and courage to contemplate this world without disgust," is heard at the end of Bruynel's work as a mechanical bird passes by and bells are ringing. From the Tripod is a piece for speakers, women and listeners.
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Date: 1980
Duration: 15 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Bruynèl, Ton

Les accords d'Helsinki

Description: Recording of Steve McCaffrey and François Dufrêne's Les accords d'Helsinki. These pieces are part of a suite for electronics. Sound materials include vocalizations and spoken text.
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Date: 1980
Duration: 20 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: McCaffery, Steve & Dufrêne, François, 1930-1982
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