Rising Tides of Generations Lost

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Drawing on women's stories handed down aurally over time, this piece uses the fundamental building blocks of language to tell the story of struggle and intolerance endured by women over centuries. This is one of Bartley's earliest pieces and it possesses the intensity and political motivation found throughout her repertoire of electroacoustic vocal compositions. Rising Tides of Generations Lost was realized at the Electronic Music Studio at McGill University in Montréal in 1985 with the Synclavier Sample-to-Disk system. It was remixed in 1993 at the Luscar Recording Studio of The Banff Centre for the Arts, with engineer Frank Lockwood. Sampled … continued below

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Bartley, Wende, 1951- 1985.

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  • Main Title: Rising Tides of Generations Lost
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Drawing on women's stories handed down aurally over time, this piece uses the fundamental building blocks of language to tell the story of struggle and intolerance endured by women over centuries. This is one of Bartley's earliest pieces and it possesses the intensity and political motivation found throughout her repertoire of electroacoustic vocal compositions. Rising Tides of Generations Lost was realized at the Electronic Music Studio at McGill University in Montréal in 1985 with the Synclavier Sample-to-Disk system. It was remixed in 1993 at the Luscar Recording Studio of The Banff Centre for the Arts, with engineer Frank Lockwood. Sampled voices include those of Anne Erskine, Wende Bartley, Cathy Herd, Helen Hall, Marguerite Bartley, and Dorothy Young. The piece premired at a GEMS' concert (Group of the Electronic Music Studio) at Pollack Hall in Montréal on April 4th, 1985.

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Mnemothèque Internationale des Arts Electroacoustiques

Sound recordings of electroacoustic music from the archive of the International de musique électroacoustique de Bourges (IMEB). The works were created in the IMEB studios or submitted by participants of the Festival Synthèse or the Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition. Access is restricted to the UNT community.

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  • June 12, 2019, 9:59 p.m.

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Bartley, Wende, 1951-. Rising Tides of Generations Lost, audio recording, 1985; Bourges, France. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505792/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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