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Der Wrielschauplatz Lament

Description: The piece is comprised of four main elements: vocal chorus, spoken text, melodic percussion, and non-pitched percussive effects. The spoken text is a popular adaptation of Psalm 23 which is treated freely and recited in both English and German. The melodic percussion is a plucked-string and chime combination instrument (which sounds a bit "gamelan-esque"). And the percussive effects consist of various treatments of the other elements. A fifth element, a pitched white noise instrument with a mov… more
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Date: 1998
Duration: 5 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Faustman, Jeffrey, 1959-

Writing on the surface

Description: Recording of Bret Battey's Writing on the surface. This is a work that was made for computer-realized video and surround-sound. The inspiration for this piece comes from quotes from Lao Tzu and Denise Levertov, which contemplate the passage of time and the idea of growth.
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Date: 2000
Duration: 13 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Battey, Bret, 1967-

Wrought

Description: Recording of Wyatt Fletcher's Wrought. This is an electroacoustic work for 8-track tape that includes a stereo recording.
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Date: 2004
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Fletcher, Wyatt

Wu Chi

Description: Recording of Adolfo Nunez's Wu Chi. This work is based on impressions derived from the own sonority of the flute. The main point is to modify it by electronic devices and differing sound effects. Basically all the sound processing techniques used come from the transposition and delay. With the transposition it is possible to get thicker melodic lines and parallel chords and by the delay also thicker melodic lines, imitations and other special effects.
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Date: 1995
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Núñez, Adolfo, 1954-

Wysyg: What You See You Get

Description: The song is the result of my own exploration in the field of live computer music. The song is played by the computer - "orchestra" and the musician - "conductor". The system of optical sensors on the musician's face is connected to the computer. The lamp in the palm of the musician is a source of light - the only energy - that creates sound. The lamp is mainly used as a wand. The light changes give certain instructions, which control the computer's performance of the song. The score of the song… more
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Date: unknown
Duration: 11 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Choloniewski, Marek

Un-X-2

Description: Recording of José Maria Neves's Un-X-2. This piece proposes formal breaks and shows rich expressive possibilities in a non-Eurocentric posture through the use of all natural sounds.
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Date: 1971
Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Neves, José Maria

X-rays from beyond

Description: Recording of Adolfo Núñez's X-rays from beyond. This work is dedicated to the memory of French author, Jules Verne, and his novels. The composer used the discovery and invention of x-rays as inspiration for this piece as well as media about science fiction from the 1950's and 1960's, in which many movies were made from Jules Verne novels.
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Date: 2005
Duration: 4 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Núñez, Adolfo, 1954-

XI pour ensemble et électronique

Description: Recording of Unsuk Chin's XI pour ensemble et électronique. This work consists of five parts that follow one another without interruption but hold their own distinct features. The sound material is a combination of synthesized sounds and samples from real instrumentation. The composer used a unique spatial tuning program that allows free progression between the sixteen tape tracks and the sixteen outputs, regardless of the actual position of the loudspeakers.
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Date: 1997/1998
Duration: 22 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Chin, Unsuk, 1961-

XIX-XX-XXI

Description: Recording of Raphaël Panis' XIX-XX-XXI. This is a work for electronics that was inspired by several novels by Jules Verne. Several sound creation techniques have been used, from analogue tape to digital processing.
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Date: 2005
Duration: 4 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Panis, Raphaël

xscho-haii

Description: Recording of Robert Grassi's xscho-haii. This recording was made for mini disc and is made up of percussion, electronic drums, and voice. The vocals in this work are impromptu of onomatopoeia and sound effects. The composer describes it as "vocal combat".
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Date: 1999
Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Grassi, Robert

Il y avait une ombre dans la nuit, c'était celle du soleil

Description: Recording of Bernard Donzel-Gargand's Il y avait une ombre dans la nuit, c'était celle du soleil. There is a drone aspect to this piece with sound occurring within it. There are field recordings, electronically built sounds, and pre-recorded sound which have been manipulated. All these elements are combined and organized in a suspenseful, unpredictable, and unsettling way.
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Date: 1996
Duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Donzel-Gargand, Bernard

Il y eut un soir...

Description: Recording of Lucie Prod'homme's Il y eut un soir.... Loosely based on Genesis and other Creation stories, this play offers a version of the Beginning. Whether this moment is of divine essence or a "meeting" of stardust, it was necessary to "handle" the material, to give it movement and breath until life. Of the different states of matter, it is the "liquid" that interests us here, in its changing and elusive way of flowing. This multitude of movements linked to fluidity (from swirling to waves,… more
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Date: 1998
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Prod'homme, Lucie

Y la noche se derrumba...

Description: Recording of Mariano Javier Dugatkin's Y la noche se derrumba.... This work includes whispered spoken word and electronics. In describing this piece, the composer makes reference to the tradition of a judgement day in Judaism.
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Date: 2002
Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Dugatkin, Mariano Javier

Y-Planet

Description: Recording of Julia Dmitrioukova's Y-Planet. The composer intends for this piece to encapsulate the idea of Earth transforming from a simple life planet to "point X" in galactic space during the 20th century.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 39 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Dmitrioukova, Julia

Y removiren con sus alas el tiempo estancado

Description: Recording of Ivan Pequeño's Y removiren con sus alas el tiempo estancado.
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Date: unknown
Duration: 19 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Pequeño, Ivan

Yakiimo

Description: Recording of Neil Rolnick's Yakiimo. For shakuhachi and computer. Yakiimo means hot sweet potatoes. While the composer living in Tokyo in 1995-96, during the winter months, they'd hear the street vendor beneath our window, singing his song to sell his delicious wares. The composer recorded an transcribed a number of the songs, and use them in this piece.
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Date: 1996
Duration: 11 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Rolnick, Neil B.

Yamaha PS 380

Description: Recording of Phil Archer's Yamaha PS 380. This work is a recording of an improvisation performed solely on a Yamaha Portasound PSS-380 keyboard. The keyboard is played inverted, with the keys resting on the performer's lap and the underside casing removed to expose the circuit-board inside. A length of insulated wire, stripped at both ends, is used to create temporary short-circuits. This method creates some degree of unpredictability in the performer's playing.
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Date: 2003
Duration: 5 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Archer, Phil

Yan

Description: "Yan", Rikskonserter's Command for Kroumata Set dedicated to Jan Ling, professor of musicology, is a twin composition of "Kren"; the two pieces can be given continuously as one single composition or separately. The early percussion attacks allude to "Kren", but "Yan" is closer to an improvisation and takes the form of an elongated and gradual transformation, a distinct form of Kren's one-piece construction.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 15 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Parmerud, Åke, 1953-

Yantra IX

Description: Recording of Sergio Barroso's Yantra IX, for saxophone and tape. "Yantra" means "cosmogram" in the ancient language of Tibet. The piece is a graphic illustration to obtain variable structures and to explore the possibilities of live and tape saxophone sounds by mixing them. This composition is part of a series of works for various instrumental combinations with and without band. It was composed between August and September 1979.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 15 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Barroso, Sergio, 1946-

Yantra, le chili a son apocalypse

Description: Recording of Sergio Barroso's Yantra, le chili a son apocalypse.
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Date: unknown
Duration: 12 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Barroso, Sergio

Yeh-Pan Yueh

Description: Recording of Ka Nin Chan's Yeh-Pan Yueh.
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Date: 1978
Duration: 9 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Chan, Ka Nin

Yes and Now

Description: Recording of Magdalena Dlugosz's Yes and Now.
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Date: 1991
Duration: 9 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Dlugosz, Magdalena, 1954-

Yield

Description: Recording of Amnon Wolman's Yield. This piece creates a soundscape with a sample from an opera and electronically manipulated sounds.
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Date: 1993
Duration: 10 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Wolman, Amnon, 1955-
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