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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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

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
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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-
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Convergence and Divergence

Description: Recording of Shinʼichi Morita's Convergence and Divergence. “Since one year, I studied to compose by the sound of glass. And in this piece I mainly use the sound of spinning lens. The spinning lens gradually converges because of the gravitation. This sound makes rhythm of natural acceleration. And by reversion of tape the convergence changes to the divergence.” – Shin’ichi Morita, composer
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Date: 1979
Duration: 8 minutes
Creator: Morita, Shinʼichi
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De cristal, d'angoisee et de montagne

Description: Recording of Michel Longtin's "De cristal, d'angoisse et de montagne" ("The crystal, the anxiety and the mountain").
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Date: 1979
Duration: 12 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Longtin, Michel, 1946-
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El cuaderno del alquimista

Description: Recording of Ricardo Mandolini's El cuaderno del alquimista. This work utilizes the human voice in several ways as well as pauses. These pauses act more as a way to articulate than to separate the various events. This piece is originally stereophonic and creates a line of composition close to program music.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 9 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Mandolini, Ricardo, 1950-
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D

Description: Recording of Dubravko Detoni's D. A radiophonic composition for prepared harpsichord and magnetic tape with modified harpsichord sounds, it is added a tape made with the most different sounds coming from the harpsichord. The work consists of constantly changing cadences and refrains. The cadenza (in the middle of the piece) is performed by the harpsichord alone, while the choruses (in the background) are performed by the harpsichord and the tape. Each cadence has a different character: ecstatic… more
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Date: 1979
Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Detoni, Dubravko
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Daisy story

Description: Recording of Bohdan Mazurek's Daisy Story. Key sonorities include the twittering of birds, the croaking of frogs, and vocal phrases as well as whispers, laughter and shouts. The piece was realizes at the Polish Radio Experimental Studio in Warsaw.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 19 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Mazurek, Bohdan
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Directions

Description: Recording of Rolf Enstrom's Directions. For computer and electronic sound. Most of the sound material was produced at EMS' electroacoustic music studio as well as its analog studio. Following the composers instructions, the computer gives some musical objects, to the performer. That are needed and that the composer or creator can work on in the analog studio. Another objective was to work in an instrumental way with electronic material.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Enström, Rolf, 1951-
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Disc-à-ma-belle

Description: Recording of Philippe Menard's Disc-à-ma-belle.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 17 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Ménard, Philippe, 1946 September 10-
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East Coker

Description: Recording of Xavier Maristany's East Coker.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Maristany, Xavier
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Echo

Description: Recording of Ross Harris's Echo performed by Mary Robbie, trumpet. The work is for solo trumpet and tape delay, which has the effect of producing "canonic echoes" of the solo voice. In concert performance, the two channels of delayed sound are to be placed outside the performance area, there by expanding the space, and the performer's sound appears to move out from the player and away into the distance. The piece was written for Mary Robbie, who performs it in this recording.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 7 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Harris, Ross, 1945-
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Echoes

Description: Recording of Beatriz Ferreyra's "Echos" with vocals by Mercedes Cornu. The piece was made from the "destructuration" of four Latin American songs: two Argentinian and two Brazilian. Cornu uses a variety of vocal sounds (long and short sounds, breaths, coughs, etc.).
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Date: 1979
Duration: 8 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Ferreyra, Beatriz, 1937-
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Ekphonesis V

Description: Recording of Alcides Lanza's Ekphonesis V. For actress-singer, lights, and electronic music. This work is rooted in the composer's continuing interest with "memories". This piece explores the "library" of memories, reflections, thoughts, and ideas, supposedly encountered if the soloist could enter the composer's brain. During this "tour of the brain," the "tourist" is confronted with the recollections of the composer, plus her own memories.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 15 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Lanza, Alcides
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Enroulement du Silence

Description: Recording of Chiaki Takatsuki's Enroulement du Silence.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 51 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Takatsuki, Chiaki
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L' Épée d'un Archange

Description: Recording of Andrzey Biezan's L' Épée d'un Archange.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 43 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Bieżan, Andrzej
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Etudes for Tape

Description: Recording of Krysztof Knittel's Etudes for Tape. All three studies were realized in the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw. The sound material in the first study contains fragments of the film music played by Andrzej Przybielski (trumpet), Wojciech Czajkowski (double-bass) and Wladyslaw Jagiello (drums).
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Date: 1979
Duration: 15 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Knittel, Krzysztof
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Fabulas

Description: Recording of Ricardo Mandolini's Fabulas. It is a piece that creates a soundscape of fantasy, reminiscent of stories from childhood. Uses electronic and instrumental sound material.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Mandolini, Ricardo, 1950-
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Five Songs

Description: Recording of Ivan Tcherepnin's Five Songs, a fixed media piece.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 24 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Tcherepnin, Ivan
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Fluxus

Description: Recording of Theresa Rampazzi's Fluxus. The sound masses are diversified by density, rhythm and timbre: all in continuous variation. The image of the flowing of a river has inspired this work.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 54 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Rampazzi, Teresa
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