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3 for 5

Description: Recording of Richard Zvonar's 3 for 5 for percussion, performed by Daryl Pratt. The piece is divided into three movements, with a different set of instruments for each. These are set up in three locations, which form an arc left to right across the performance area. Four playback speakers are situated beside and between the three playing locations. The tape sounds are entirely derived from recorded sounds of the percussion instruments. Throughout the piece, the live and recorded sounds continuo… more
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Date: 1979
Duration: 23 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Zvonar, Richard
Partner: UNT Music Library

Aerial

Description: Recording of Barry Truax's Aerial for solo amplified horn and four computer-synthesized soundtracks performed by Steven Field. Aerial is characterized by an interplay between the solo instrument and the taped sounds in terms of complementary and contrasting sound colors. It attempts a close blending of the horn with the tape, not only in terms of timbre, but also with frequent pitch references, similar rhythms and quadraphonic spatial amplification. The horn is not intended to be heard as a 'so… more
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Date: 1979
Duration: 46 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Truax, Barry
Partner: UNT Music Library

Akonel no. 3

Description: Recording of Tamas UNgvary's Akonel no. 3. As per the composer, there is no program note for this piece. It is intended to be used for listening purposes only.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 17 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Ungvary, Tamas
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Akonel Number 3

Description: Recording of Tamas Ungvary's Akonel Number 3.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 17 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Ungvary, Tamas, 1936-
Partner: UNT Music Library

All for One

Description: Recording of Scott Wyatt's "All for One" for solo percussion with electro-acoustic music performed by Thomas Siwe, percussionist. The piece was composed for a unique arrangement of percussion instruments and loudspeakers within the performance area, creating a large sound sculpture. "All for One" was written for and dedicated to percussionist Tom Siwe. It was awarded the 1984 CIME grand prize at the 12th International Electroacoustic Music Competition in Bourges, France.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 10 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Wyatt, Scott A.
Partner: UNT Music Library
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The American Dream; The Success Ethic

Description: Sound recording of Jo Blatti giving a talk titled "The American Dream; The Success Ethic" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at State University of New York, Buffalo, NY. Michael Frisch is the moderator and commentator during the talk.
Date: October 26, 1979
Duration: 16 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Ange

Description: Recording of Jean Piché's Ange for tape or radio performance. It is a timbral work in which the main goal is the total acoustic mixing of natural and synthetic sound material. In addition to the synthetic sounds that are created through a digital synthesizer, four voices - two men, two women - are introduced in the final mix and are hardly distinguishable from the synthetic sounds.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 14 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Piché, Jean
Partner: UNT Music Library

Apostagie

Description: Recording of Takehito Shimazu's Apostagie. This work is only composed with sine waves. This is one of Shimazu's conclusions for the pursuit of topological form. The piece was created at the Berlin Studio (FRG).
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Date: 1979
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Shimazu, Takehito, 1949-
Partner: UNT Music Library

B-A-C-H

Description: Recording of Jozef Malovec's B-A-C-H. The following materials are used in this composition: with a determined certain tone pitch such as succession of tones B-A-C-H at different pitches and transformations, two citations from the work of J. S. Bach realized on the synthesizer ARP plus the play-back of alto recorder/cantus firmus of the second--complete citation, slowed formants of the vowels in the introduction, with undetermined tone pitch such as noises and short impulsed formations at a diff… more
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Date: 1979
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Malovec, Jozef, 1933-1998
Partner: UNT Music Library

B-A-C-H

Description: Recording of Jozef Malovec's B-A-C-H. The following materials are used in this composition: 1. A. Succession of tones B-A-C-H at a different pitches and transformations B. two citations from the work of J.S. Bach realized on the synthesizer ARP plus the play-back of alto recorder/cantus firmus of the second – complete citation C. slowed formants of the vowels in the introduction D. slowed beats on the crotales in the culminations point of the introduction 2. With undetermined tone p… more
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Date: 1979
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Malovec, Jozef, 1933-1998
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Before Silent Spring: An Oral History of Western Forest Entomology

Description: Sound recording of Ronald C. Larson giving a talk titled "Before Silent Spring; An Oral History of Western Forest Entomology", and Mark Walter giving a talk titled "Location and Mapping of Fish Spawning Grounds in the Greater Lakes Via Oral History" during the 14th National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University. The talks are moderated by William R. Wyatt.
Date: October 27, 1979
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Beginning of the Spring

Description: Recording of Takehito Shimazu's Beginning of the Spring.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 48 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Shimazu, Takehito, 1949-
Partner: UNT Music Library

Betsy

Description: Recording of Rick Banks's Betsy, which is based on a story created by the composer. The computer program by which the piece is created emits sounds that Banks calls "Betsy" and Betsy's labels describe herself. "Betsy Butterfield didn't like counting nifty numbers so instead she tried jumping galaxies and times but soon found it was some different kind of goddess than her that never knew the suns."
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Date: 1979
Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Banks, Rick
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Between Nazism and the Economic Miracle: Coal Miners and the Ruhr District in the 1930's and then 1940's

Description: Sound recording of Detlev Peukert giving a talk titled "Between Nazism and the Economic Miracle: Coal Miners and the Ruhr District in the 1930's and then 1940's" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History At the Oral History Institute, Murray State University.
Date: October 28, 1979
Duration: 32 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

A bientôt elfes, trolls et lutins

Description: Recording of Michel Lontin's A bientôt elfes, trolls et lutins.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 14 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Longtin, Michel
Partner: UNT Music Library
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[Book party and music performance]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a book party and associated performance. Track one records the performers and the second the book talk with people talking indistinctly.
Date: October 13, 1979
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 49 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Book party and music performance, tape 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a book party and associated performance. The tape has one track that includes semi-clear dialogue that concludes with a choir singing.
Date: October 13, 1979
Duration: 16 minutes 06 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Brad Stroud, cassette sent to Leon Breeden

Description: Audio recording sent by pianist and trombonist Brad Stroud to Leon Breeden following a visit to North Texas. The recording includes spoken segments from Stroud, as well as recordings of his performances, including Stroud's composition ("Listen to My Father") introduced by Kenton and played by Kenton's band, and a performance from one of Kenton's band clinics. The reference to Steve Wilkerson winning on the Gong Show dates the recording to around 1979.
Date: 1979~
Duration: 23 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Stroud, Brad
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Chicago Labor History

Description: Sound recording of Betty Balanoff giving a talk titled "Chicago Labor History" under the topic of "Working People and Workers' Unions" during the 14th National Workshop of Oral History at the University of Michigan. Commentary during the talk is provided by Bob Repas, and Joyce Kornbluth is the moderator.
Date: October 26, 1979
Duration: 41 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Chor der Steine

Description: Recording of John Melby's "Chor der Steine" ("Chorus of Stones"). It was composed on a commission in 1979 for the Twentieth Anniversary Celebration of the Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was first played at a concert there in the spring of that year. The work was produced on a large IBM mainframe computer, using the MUSIC 360 language for digital sound synthesis. "Chor der Steine" takes its name from the title of a poem by the Nobel Prize-winning… more
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Date: 1979
Duration: 10 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Melby, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Communication in the Oral History Review: Investigating the Problems of Interpreting Oral History

Description: Sound recording of E. Culpepper Clark giving a talk titled "Communication in the Oral History Review: Investigating the Problems of Interpreting Oral Data" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray, Kentucky. Ronald J. Grele is the moderator for the talk.
Date: October 27, 1979
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Confidentiality: Privacy and the Law

Description: Sound recording of Charles R. Knerr giving a talk titled "Confidentiality: Privacy and the Law" during the 14th Annual National Colloquium on Oral History at the Oral History Institute, Murray State University. The talk was given during a panel on legal and ethical responsibilities in the protection of historical sources. The moderator for the talk is Hubert. D. Humphreys.
Date: October 28, 1979
Duration: 31 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Convergence and Divergence

Description: Recording of Shin'ichi Morita's Convergence and Divergence. This piece was made using the sound of spinning lens. The spinning lens gradually converges on account of gravitation. This sound makes rhythm of natural acceleration. And by reversion of tape, the convergence changes to divergence.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 8 minutes
Creator: Morita, Shinʼichi, 1948-
Partner: UNT Music Library
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