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Terminus II
Recording of Gottfried Michael Koenig's Terminus II
Concerto for tape
Recording of Bogusław Schäffer's Concerto for tape.
Microstructures
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 microstructure.
Lekcja
Recording of Eugeniusz Rudnik's Lekcja.
L'opéra abbandonata tace e volge la sua cavita verso l'estreno
Recording of Vittorio Gelmetti's L'opéra abbandonata tace e volge la sua cavita verso l'estreno.
Penetraciones
Recording of Eduardo Bértola's Penetraciones for tape.
Metacycles
Recording of Ramon Zupko's Metacycles
Gurges
Recording of Rudolf Ružička's Gurges. The composer calls this piece a "space matrix composition." It was created on the strength of promulgation of international trial electronic and concrete composition "Musica nova." It was composed in Pilsener Electronic Laboratory in November 1969 .
Cronaca
Recording of Walter S. Kimmel's Cronaca.
Through the mirror of thirst
Recording of Bengt Emil Johnson's Through the mirror of thirst.
Concentric. A question with two answers.
Recording of Octavian Nemescu's "Concentric. A question with two answers." for instrumental ensemble and tape. The piece is a reaction to Charles Ives' "Unanswered Question," which is, in comparison, schizoid in nature, marked by breach, discord, disparity and incommunicability. There are three layered music layers in "Concentric" which join together to create a kind of communion that is timeless through the use of resonant harmonic issued by a fundamental sound C, placed in the deepest register, like a natural archetype (of a cosmic and supercosmic presence coming from the depths of existence).
Hydrophonie I
Recording of Werner Kaegi's Hydeophonie I for 4-track tape. It was composed and realized in 1969 in the studios of the Institute of Sonology in Utrecht (Holland). The piece is based on the possibilities offered by a generator with a variable function which, at the time, preceded the digital computer. Kaegi's work is based on programmed and descriptive structures. All the musical material was generated in a purely synthetic way, all resembling the "reality" having come only from the musical structures.
Combinaisons en cercles
Recording of Octavian Nemescu's Combinaisons en cercles. It is a version at the request of Partita Radicale with a new timbral guise. The work is coceived in three different layers of sound. The surface, representing everyday (diurnal) consciousness, consists of brief and fleeting timbral events almost invariably played forte. A somewhat subdued middle layer provides semiconscious recollections and anticipations of the overall timbral fabric. The deepest layer is made up of complex static sounds, primarily consisting of the vibration of a universal whisper which reveals hidden Nature. This layer of immutable peace, into which all things converge, evokes the nocturnal state of the cosmic unconscious.
Exigencies
Recording of George Balch Wilson's Exigencies for eight channel tape. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balch_Wilson)
Gueraria repano
Recording of José Vicente Asuar's Gueraria repano
Contrapuntos
Recording of Lucien Goethals' Contrapuntos
Nacht
Recording of Luctor Ponse's Nacht
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1960]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State College One O'Clock Lab Band during 1960.
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1966, Volume B]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band during 1966.
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1961]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State College One O'Clock Lab Band during 1961.
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1965]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band during 1965.
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1962]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band during 1962.
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1967, Volume B]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band during 1967.
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1964]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band during 1964.
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1967, Volume A]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band during 1967.
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1968, Volume A]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band during 1968.
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1966, Volume A]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band during 1966.
[Leon Breeden Scrapbook: 1963]
Scrapbook of materials including photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, performance programs, and various other notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band during 1963.
[Stan Kenton and Don Ellis]
Photograph of Stan Kenton and Don Ellis, Capitol Records representative, at Eastland Center Music during a 1962 tour in Harper Woods, Michigan. The two men are standing in front of a glass display window full of Kenton's albums.
Stan Kenton addressing audience
Photograph of Stan Kenton addressing an audience. He is standing at the head of the room, in front of screens and potted plants. In the foreground, an audience is seated in rows, watching Kenton.
Willis Conover interviews Duke Ellington, WCBS radio
Willis Conover interviews Duke Ellington for WCBS radio.
Willis Conover interviews Mort Sahl
Willis Conover interviews Mort Sahl.
North Texas A Cappella Choir - State Department Tour - 1 of 3
Film footage (no audio) believed to be of the 1966 State Department-sponsored tour of Europe by the A Cappella Choir of North Texas State University, found with film reels in the Leon Breeden Collection.
Hong Kong and Japan
Three silent amateur film segments of Hong Kong and Japan, filmed by Dennis Askey. Identifiable locations include Tai Po Kau Park in Hong Kong, and the Fujita Grill and Tea Room in Japan. The film stock was produced in 1960 and processed in May of 1961.
The One O'Clock Lab Band with Stan Kenton on ABC, 1966
The One O'Clock Lab Band with Leon Breeden and Stan Kenton in Los Angeles, recorded by the ABC television network, recorded April 4, 1966. Lab Band personnel are: Saxophones: John Giordano, Tim Bell, Lou Marini, Ray Loeckle, Tom Boras | Trumpets: Galen Jeter, Larry Ford, Bill Stapleton, Jay Saunders, Jim Scaggiari | Trombones: Mike Heathman, Ray Campbell, Connie Seidel, Joe Randazzo, Rick McCarthy | Rhythm: Dan Haerle, piano; John Monaghan, bass; Ed Soph, drums; Tommy Bruner, guitar; Bill Farmer, vibes
North Texas A Cappella Choir - State Department Tour - 3 of 3
Film footage (no audio) believed to be of the 1966 State Department-sponsored tour of Europe by the A Cappella Choir of North Texas State University, found with film reels in the Leon Breeden Collection.
North Texas A Cappella Choir - State Department Tour - 2 of 3
Film footage (no audio) believed to be of the 1966 State Department-sponsored tour of Europe by the A Cappella Choir of North Texas State University, found with film reels in the Leon Breeden Collection.
Concierto en jazz: The One O'Clock Lab Band in Mexico, 1967
The 1967 One O'Clock Lab Band on television in Mexico.
School of Music Program Book 1961-1962
Fall/Spring performances program book from the 1961-1962 school year at the North Texas State University School of Music.
School of Music Program Book 1962-1963
Fall/Spring performances program book from the 1962-1963 school year at the North Texas State University School of Music.
School of Music Program Book 1965-1966
Fall/Spring performances program book from the 1965-1966 school year at the North Texas State University School of Music.
School of Music Program Book 1967-1968
Fall/Spring performances program book from the 1967-1968 school year at the North Texas State University School of Music.
School of Music Program Book 1959-1960
Fall/Spring performances program book from the 1959-1960 school year at the North Texas State College School of Music.
Willis Conover interviews Lynda Johnson
Willis Conover interview Lynda Bird Johnson, the elder daughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
School of Music Program Book 1960-1961
Fall/Spring performances program book from the 1960-1961 school year at the North Texas State University School of Music.
Doppelrohr II
Recording of Bengt Hambraeus' Doppelroho II. The title indicates that Hambraeus has used as his basic material the range of tones produced by an organ. In this work timbral manipulation becomes a new compositional element. The importance of the organ is immediately established not only in its exclusive use, but as one of the most effective timbral fillers of the gap between live and electronic music.
Lettre à une demoiselle
Recording of Christian Clozier's Lettre à une demoiselle. This piece uses music written on a newspaper, a sheet, in an attic, in view of an open window on an impassive river, at a flowery table, around two o'clock in the morning, in a low voice, in memory of the companions of the Pleiad. There are three movements: draft, erasures, and post Scriptum. This work also uses sound samples and recorded sound to allow for the poem to reach full expression and character.
[Kenton at Hudson's Eastland]
Photograph of Stan Kenton at Hudson's Eastland in Harper Woods, MI. Pictured from left to right are: Mr. Fleming, Mary Fisher, Stan Kenton, John Lewis, Tom Gelardi, and Art Hill.
[Stan Kenton signing autographs]
Photograph of Stan Kenton, surrounded by a small group of children and adults, signing autographs. He is seated at a desk and there is a blackboard with music staffs behind them. Crossed out on the back of the photograph: photo by Jim Sloan; Kenton clinic, U. of Redlands, 1966.
[Stan Kenton and Jazz Clinic Students]
Large group photograph of Stan Kenton, staff, and students at the first jazz clinic at Redlands University, CA.
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