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A pocketful of posies

Description: Recording of Jonathan Berger's "A pocketful of posies." The title refers to the Black Death of the 14th century, a time when people dealt with impending doom in much the same way as people do today. It was premiered at Stanford University in March 1984.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Berger, Jonathan, 1954-
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De Inwerking

Description: Recording of Joost Van de Goor's De Inwerking ("Influence"), which refers to a sign from the book of changes, I Ching. It refers specifically to the 31st hexagram which is based on the image of water, a small like on a mountain. In the piece, the clarinet (water) is looking for contact with the soundtracks (firm and unmoveable). The soundtracks were made by manipulating recorded clarinet sounds and composed using chance operations (using dice and coins). It was recorded in the electronic studio… more
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Date: 1984
Duration: 7 minutes
Creator: Goor, Joost van de, 1956-
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Logos

Description: Recording of Andrew Lewis's Logos. "Acousmatic" music for fixed medium (stereo).
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Date: 1984
Duration: 30 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Lewis, Andrew, 1963-
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Un minuto de silencio por favor

Description: Recording of Ricardo Teruel's "Un minuto de silencio per favor" for electronic sounds on tape.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 12 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Teruel, Ricardo, 1956-
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Inventio

Description: Recording of Sukhi Kang's "Inventio" for piano and prerecorded electronic sound. He used traditional Korean rhythmic elements (multirhythms) and blends them within the context of Western music and electronics to create the piece. The electronic sound is primarily derived from the pitch G on the piano, which is then electronically manipulated by duration, pitch and tone.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 23 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Kang, Sukhi, 1934-
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Pot Pourri

Description: Recording of Alain Thibault and Marcelle Deschenes's "Pot Pourri," a reduced version of the multimedia work OPERAaaAAH.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 25 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Thibault, Alain, 1956- & Deschênes, Marcelle, 1939-
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Una musica, un rumor, un simbolo

Description: Recording of Gabriel Valverde's Una musica, un rumor, un simbolo.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 10 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Valverde, Gabriel, 1957-
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Akymyle

Description: Recording of Yvon Magnette's Akymyle.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 4 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Magnette, Yvon
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Triple concerto

Description: Recording of Alejandro Viñao's "Triple Concerto" for flute, cello, piano, and computer. Triple Concerto was commissioned by Option Band with funds provided by the Art Council of Great Britain. The tape was produced and composed with a Fairlight computer music instrument at The City University Electro-Acoustic Music Studio in London.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 26 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Viñao, Alejandro, 1951-
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Music for S

Description: Recording of Stanislaw Krupowicz's Music for S. The work is a computer generated tape, composed at CCRMA, Stanford University using additive synthesis and John Chowning's voice simulation instrument.
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Date: March 10, 1984
Duration: 9 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Krupowicz, Stanisław, 1952-
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Epoche 2 -1984

Description: Recording of Miroslav Bázlik "Epoche 2 - 1984" performed by Jozef Podhoránský, cellist, along with tape recording.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 17 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Bázlik, Miroslav
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A la mémoire d'un ami

Description: Recording of Ira Mowitz's "A la mémoire d'un ami." It was dedicated to Norman Dinerstein, his former composition teacher and friend.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Mowitz, Ira, 1951-
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Sextet

Description: Recording of Shin'ichi Morita's "Sextet" for six analog synthesizer ensemble. The synthesizers are controlled with a computer.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 7 minutes
Creator: Morita, Shinʼichi, 1948-
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Presagio

Description: Recording of Roberto Morales-Manzana's Presagio. The piece is a story about a strong tropical storm in the Tehuantepec Oaxaca region; while the storm is occurring, non-optimistic images arise from the spectator. Instrumentation includes two analog synthesizers (a harp 2600 and a korg 2100), voice and flute, which have been processed live through both synthesizers in addition to an analog pitch follower. Mercedes Benet did the voice and reading. Roberto Morales-Manzana did the flute and electron… more
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Date: 1984
Duration: 16 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Morales-Manzanares, Roberto, 1958-
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Tres de dos

Description: Recording of Juan Piñera's "Tres de dos" ("Three of two"). The piece consists of three parts: a) "Primero de Dos" ("First of Two"), b) "Segundo de Dos" ("Second of Two"), and c) "Tercero de Dos" ("Third of Two"). The piece was dreated in collaboration between the composers Juan Piñera and Edesio Alejandro. The title is derived from the fact that the piece consists of three parts made by two compositions.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 23 minutes
Creator: Piñera, Juan
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Jardin Secret I

Description: Jardin Secret I (Secret Garden, 1984-85) is a first study in a series of works, for which I have concentrated in making computer research on the relations between different musical parameters and processes, as well as my own musical thinking. I shaped primary models for various different, well-defined musical situations. Starting from these models, I intended to control various musical parameters, without forgetting their particular features. I wanted to find out whether these parameters could … more
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Date: 1984
Duration: 43 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Saariaho, Kaija, 1952-
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Bucolica

Description: Recording of Juan Blanco's Bucolica.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 28 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Blanco, Juan, 1919-2008
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De Motu Naturae

Description: Recording of John Rimmer's De Motu Naturae. The work is a musical reflection on the author's personal environment. The movement of nature, of a large scale, cyclical, with ebb and flow, is listened to and rendered thanks to the use of accelerated and punctuated dramatic gestures. These elements contribute to the "dance" quality of the room.
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Date: [1984,1985]
Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Rimmer, John, 1939-
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Anamorphoses

Description: Recording of Charēs Xanthoudakēs' Anamorphoses for tape.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 14 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Xanthoudakēs, Charēs
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Fantasia Cosmica

Description: Recording of Raoul Pavon's Fantasia Cosmica. This is a work for electronics.
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Date: 1984/2004
Duration: 9 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Pavon, Raoul
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Symphonia

Description: Recording of László Dubrovay's Symphonia. The composition was produced in 1984-85 in West Berlin at the Technical University under the direction of Folkmar Hein. It was made with a "Synclavier II" digital system and a "Synlab" analog system. The process of composition went as follows: all the notes are composed exactly, programmed step by step into the memory of Synclavier II; this program controlled the instrumentation and all of the musical and sound transformation processes. This material wa… more
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Date: 1984/1985
Duration: 24 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Dubrovay, László, 1943-
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[Nat Hentoff Lecture, February 21, 1984: Parts 3 and 4]

Description: Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Nat Hentoff on February 21, 1984 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture by Nat Hentoff, interspersed with questions from the audience.
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Date: February 21, 1984
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Hentoff, Nat
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[Elvin Jones Lecture, April 24, 1984: Parts 2 and 3]

Description: Recording of a Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Elvin Jones on April 24, 1984 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Elvin Jones, drums, interspersed with questions from the audience.
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Date: April 24, 1984
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Jones, Elvin
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[Mark Murphy Lecture, March 27, 1984: Part 1]

Description: Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Mark Murphy on March 27, 1984 at 9:00AM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Mark Murphy, vocals, interspersed with questions from the audience.
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Date: March 27, 1984
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Murphy, Mark, 1932-
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