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Le tour du monde en 280 secondes

Description: Recording of Thomas Gerwin's Le tour du monde en 280 secondes. This is a work for electronics that explores sounds around the world. The composer compares it to the concept of travelling into the future: "a nearly imperceptible floating or gliding from one space to another".
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Date: 2005
Duration: 4 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Gerwin, Thomas

Amarcord - Chilhood (l'enfance)

Description: Recording of Bor Turel's Amarcord - Chilhood (l'enfance). This piece is the third movement of the work "Amarcord" that the composer describes as a trilogy of sonorous memories. This work was conceived as a combination of electronic, electroacoustic, and ambient instrumental recordings that were all produced in the years from 1976 to 1996.
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Date: 1996/1997
Duration: 11 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Turel, Bor

Alba

Description: Recording of Mauro Cardi's Alba. This is a work for electronics, zarb, and spoken word. The composer references the Persian God, Shams Tabrizi, in their description of the piece.
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Date: 2002
Duration: 10 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Cardi, Mauro

Globalcom

Description: Recording of Lennart Westman's Globalcom. The title comes from the combination of the words "global communication" and is meant to represent people expressing themselves in a universal acoustic room. This piece is for electronics and includes concrete sounds of violin, voice, percussion, etc.
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Date: 2002
Duration: 12 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Westman, Lennart

Cantos Rituales

Description: Recording of Manuel Rocha Iturbide's Cantos Rituales. The main idea behind this work was to search for different kinds of field sound recordings based in prayers and ritual singing from all around the world. These recordings were then processed through a computer and combined in order to make this composition. The composer describes this piece as a hymn dedicated to all humankind, where they are seeking a spiritual unity common to all, regardless of their culture and beliefs.
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Date: 2003
Duration: 9 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Iturbide, Manuel Rocha, 1963-

Gilgamesh

Description: Recording of Dirk Stromberg's Gilgamesh. This work was commissioned by Musik Gavleborg. This piece was inspired by the story of Gilgamesh which was written four thousand years ago. The story is considered a heroic epic and includes many adventures and battles. It ends with him finding the fountain of wisdom and asking timeless, philosophical questions.
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Date: 2003
Duration: 11 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Stromberg, Dirk, 1979-

Bitter Orchids

Description: Recording of Steven Naylor's Bitter Orchids. This work was created with the support of the Nova Scotia Arts Council. The sound materials in this piece were recorded in northern Thailand and have been transformed to create a sonic fabric of memory and consciousness.
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Date: 2000
Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Naylor, Steven, 1956-

Angels and devils

Description: Recording of Natasha Barrett's Angels and devils. This piece is one of two shorter acousmatic works underlying a theatre creation called "Agora". This recording is meant to explore the psychology of good versus evil and includes fragments from an old Norse poem: Volundkvadet.
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Date: 2002
Duration: 12 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Barrett, Natasha

Sing a song

Description: Recording of Simo Lazarov's Sing a song. This is a work for electronics and includes singing by a Bulgarian Folk group.
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Date: 2002
Duration: 10 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Lazarov, Simo, 1948-

La Feria Fantástica

Description: Recording of Igor de Gandarias' La Feria Fantástica. This work was realized at the University of Maryland Electronic Music Studio using a Fairlight Series III station. The sound sources come from live recordings made in 1991 during the celebration of the most important popular feast in Guatemala City, called “Feria de Jocotenago” (Jocotenango’s fair). The feast, dedicated to celebrate the city’s patron anniversary (Virgin of the Assumption), takes place in August every year, enduring the comp… more
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Date: 1995
Duration: 8 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Gandarias, Igor de

La mousson

Description: Recording of Marie-Hélène Bernard's La mousson. This work is meant to represent a Cambodian summer, punctuated by the sounds of rain and children playing outside despite the weather.
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Date: 2002
Duration: 4 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Bernard, Marie Hélène

Two small boys go shopping

Description: Recording of Peter Cusack's Two small boys go shopping. The piece is a representation of composer Peter Cusack and his son simply shopping together in North London. This trip includes a visit to a toy store and a musical instrument shop where Peter tries out a guitar by playing a few notes from Stairway to Heaven.
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Date: 1995
Duration: 15 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Cusack, Peter

En Babel éclatée

Description: Recording of Michel Karsky's En Babel éclatée. Mourning waltzes around Besieged Babels. The man is in the world. And the creator is not exempted from being in the world with the full enjoyment of his faculties of intelligence and sensitivity of intimate and collective memory, echo of history and art. In addition, when he is a musician, the sense of dance works on his sound material until he imprints an irresistible program on him. How can a frail waltz subject become a song of mercy for a wound… more
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Date: 1996
Duration: 34 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Karsky, Michel, 1936-

Chimera in Kosovo

Description: Recording of Pekka Sirén and Agnieszka Waligórska's Chimera in Kosovo. This work represents the suffering of Kosovo refugees during wartime and utilizes radio mediums to further give the impression of the horrors and fears experienced by the victims. The piece uses radio voices and imaginary female cries as well as looped international newscaster voices.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 6 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Sirén, Pekka & Waligórska, Agnieszka

Petrounka

Description: Recording of Simo Lazarov's Petrounka. This recording is a collection of mixed and modified folk melodies from regions in Bulgaria, encapsulating the atmosphere of Bulgarian villages.
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Date: 2000
Duration: 6 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Lazarov, Simo, 1948-

Palabras del sur

Description: Recording of Federico Schumacher Ratti's Palabras del sur. This work was composed in response to the call for an open work "Le monde devenu Musique l'écoute du siècle". The sound materials in this piece come from instrumentals and vocals from the Kaweskar and Yamana indigenous groups as well as the Mapuche ethnic group and sheds a light on the perspective from the south.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 5 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Schumacher, Federico, 1963-

Comunicacones

Description: Recording of Miguel Azguime's Comunicacones. The sound materials in this piece come from concrete sounds from a Lisbon port, communication satellites, and texts in more than 30 different languages, as well as synthetic and instrumental sounds. This work was commissioned by the Lisbon World Fair Expo'98 and the concert version premiered at the "Musica em Novembro" festival in Lisbon.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Azguime, Miguel

Souvenirs linguistiques II

Description: Recording of Henri Heuze's Souvenirs linguistiques II. This work is an homage to the Picard language and culture, which has been slowly disappearing. It includes samples of a woman and her son speaking the language as they both come from Picardy, a region in Northern France.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Heuze, Henri

Toundra

Description: Recording of Richard Loiselle's Toundra. This work is an homage to the Inuit, a Northern Canadian indigenous group, and the hardships that come with living in the tundra. The composer uses recordings of the Inuit's specialized throat-singing called "katajjait" throughout the work.
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Date: 1997
Duration: 17 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Loiselle, Richard

Personal relations

Description: Recording of Milos Betko's Personal relations. This piece is segmented into 9 parts by the composer: 1. just before, 2. micado of mammoths, 3. speech of birds, 4. celestial threats, 5. song 1, 6. up and down, 7. song 2: "How many times it sings...", 8. emotions, 9. trio. It's comprised of background noise, violin, voices of the composer's friends, etc. The piece seems to be a collection of sounds that the composer relates to his personal life and day to day.
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Date: 1997
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Betko, Milos

Ensemble: 2017-04-11 – Concert Choir and University Singers

Description: Concert Choir and University Singers performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall, and Recital presented in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
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Date: April 11, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Concert Choir.; University of North Texas. University Singers. & Gordon, Gary
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