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Terminus II

Description: Recording of Gottfried Michael Koenig's Terminus II
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Date: 1967
Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Koenig, Gottfried Michael
Partner: UNT Music Library

Concerto for tape

Description: Recording of Bogusław Schäffer's Concerto for tape.
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Date: 1969
Duration: 17 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Schäffer, Bogusław
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Microstructures

Description: Recording of Włodzimierz Kotoński's Microstructures. This piece utilizes sections of fragmented tape to create a montage of sound layers in very dense structures. The composer used the sound of knocking on wood, metal, and glass to form a new sound material and spatialization of sound. These sounds recorded on magnetic tape were cut, melted, and glued randomly into random sequences from which loops of different length were formed and copied onto a layer which finally resulted in this desirable … more
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Date: 1963
Duration: 5 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Kotoński, Włodzimierz
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Lekcja

Description: Recording of Eugeniusz Rudnik's Lekcja.
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Date: 1965
Duration: 15 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Rudnik, Eugeniusz
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L'opéra abbandonata tace e volge la sua cavita verso l'estreno

Description: Recording of Vittorio Gelmetti's L'opéra abbandonata tace e volge la sua cavita verso l'estreno.
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Date: 1969
Duration: 23 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Gelmetti, Vittorio, 1926-1992
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Penetraciones

Description: Recording of Eduardo Bértola's Penetraciones for tape.
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Date: 1969/1973
Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Bértola, Eduardo, 1939-1996
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Metacycles

Description: Recording of Ramon Zupko's Metacycles
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Date: 1966
Duration: 9 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Zupko, Ramon
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Gurges

Description: Recording of Rudolf Ružička's Gurges. The composer calls this piece a "space matrix composition." It was created on the strength of promulgation of international trial electronic and concrete composition "Musica nova." It was composed in Pilsener Electronic Laboratory in November 1969 .
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Date: 1969
Duration: 12 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Ružička, Rudolf (composer)
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Cronaca

Description: Recording of Walter S. Kimmel's Cronaca.
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Date: 1968
Duration: 9 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Kimmel, Walter S.
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Through the mirror of thirst

Description: Recording of Bengt Emil Johnson's Through the mirror of thirst.
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Date: 1969
Duration: 6 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Johnson, Bengt Emil, 1936-2010
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Concentric. A question with two answers.

Description: Recording of Octavian Nemescu's "Concentric. A question with two answers." for instrumental ensemble and tape. The piece is a reaction to Charles Ives' "Unanswered Question," which is, in comparison, schizoid in nature, marked by breach, discord, disparity and incommunicability. There are three layered music layers in "Concentric" which join together to create a kind of communion that is timeless through the use of resonant harmonic issued by a fundamental sound C, placed in the deepest regist… more
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Date: 1969
Duration: 16 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Nemescu, Octavian
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Hydrophonie I

Description: Recording of Werner Kaegi's Hydeophonie I for 4-track tape. It was composed and realized in 1969 in the studios of the Institute of Sonology in Utrecht (Holland). The piece is based on the possibilities offered by a generator with a variable function which, at the time, preceded the digital computer. Kaegi's work is based on programmed and descriptive structures. All the musical material was generated in a purely synthetic way, all resembling the "reality" having come only from the musical str… more
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Date: 1969
Duration: 16 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Kaegi, Werner
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Combinaisons en cercles

Description: Recording of Octavian Nemescu's Combinaisons en cercles. It is a version at the request of Partita Radicale with a new timbral guise. The work is coceived in three different layers of sound. The surface, representing everyday (diurnal) consciousness, consists of brief and fleeting timbral events almost invariably played forte. A somewhat subdued middle layer provides semiconscious recollections and anticipations of the overall timbral fabric. The deepest layer is made up of complex static sound… more
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Date: 1965
Duration: 16 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Nemescu, Octavian
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Exigencies

Description: Recording of George Balch Wilson's Exigencies for eight channel tape. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balch_Wilson)
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Date: 1968
Duration: 4 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Wilson, George Balch, 1927-
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Gueraria repano

Description: Recording of José Vicente Asuar's Gueraria repano
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Date: 1968
Duration: 14 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Asuar, José Vicente, 1933-
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Nacht

Description: Recording of Luctor Ponse's Nacht
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Date: 1966
Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Ponse, Luctor
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Lab '67!

Description: Recording of the One O'Clock Lab Band album "Lab '67!." This recording features the band when it was known as the North Texas State University Lab Band. This is a transfer of the commercial CD release. Leon Breeden writes in the liner notes, "These are some of the highlights of our Spring Semester of 1967! In addition to all of the musical engagements mentioned we should include as one of the year's highlights the reception given the Lab Band by President and Mrs. Johnson at the White House -- … more
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Date: 1968
Duration: 39 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: One O'Clock Lab Band
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 11/6/1963

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker Suite, Symphony No. 6, and interview with Aaron Copland.
Date: November 6, 1963
Duration: 55 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don, 1912-1978
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover interviews Mort Sahl

Description: Willis Conover interviews Mort Sahl.
Date: March 13, 1964
Duration: 13 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/21/1963

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3, and Haydn's Symphony No. 88.
Date: August 21, 1963
Duration: 55 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don, 1912-1978
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/4/1965

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Grofé's On the Trail: The Grand Canyon Suite, Mussorgsky's Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks and Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers, and features an int… more
Date: August 4, 1965
Duration: 30 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don, 1912-1978
Partner: UNT Music Library

Shozyg 1 et 2,2

Description: Recording of Hugh Davies' Shozyg 1 et 2,2. This work was created by reconstructing and modifying 4 instruments (an egg slicer, Aeolian harp, guitar string, and various springs) whose sound progresses from monophonic into stereophonic. The composer intends the piece to be performed with 4 speakers.
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Date: 1969
Duration: 10 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Davies, Hugh, 1943-2005
Partner: UNT Music Library
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