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The lyre's island : Some Australian music, sound art, and design.

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Cross, Burnett, 1914-1996.
Kahn, Douglas, 1951-
Series:
Leonardo music journal CD series ; v. 6.
Leonardo music journal CD series ; v. 6
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Electronic music--Australia.
Electronic music.
Computer music--Australia.
Computer music.
Australia.
Genre:
Computer music.
Electronic music.
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Some Australian music, sound art, and design
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, MA : Leonardo, [1996]
System Details:
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
Contents:
Free music. Butterfly piano (1:45) ; Reed-box-tone-tool (:42) ; AM oscillator test (:50) ; "Hills-and-dales" oscillator (1:29) ; Oscillator test pattern (1:22) / Percy Grainger with Burnett Cross
Images have no organs / Rainer Linz (15:02)
Transpoes / Sherre DeLys (4:55)
The oscillators / Joyce Hinterding (3:45)
Song to dissolve the world. Part 1 / Jodi Rose (3:33)
Window pain / Frances Dyson (12:31)
The calling to come / Paul Carter (15:57).
Notes:
First through 5th selections demonstrations of experimental electronic instruments performing Grainger's Free music, in part with spoken English commentary ; 6th selection computer music sound design for performance by sound artist, Stelarc ; 7th work computer music ; 8th selection audio recording of sound-producing drawings wired to produce sound ; 9th selection an amplified performance on the cables of the under-construction Glebe Island Bridge crossing Johnstons Bay, Australia ; 10th selection incorporates computer-produced sounds and textual material derived from conversations with women suffering from the gynecological condition endometriosis ; 11th selection recording of sound installation at the Museum of Sydney employing texts from Grammatical forms of the language of N.S. Wales in the neighbourhood of Sydney by William Dawes.
Issued with volume 6, 1996 issue of Leonardo music journal.
Dated selections recorded in various locations at various dates between November 2, 1951 and February, 1996.
Compact disc
Curated by Douglas Kahn.
Program notes ([6] p.) inserted in container.
Contains:
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Free music, no. 1
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Free music, no. 2
Linz, Rainer. Images have no organs.
DeLys, Sherre. Transpoes.
Hinterding, Joyce. Oscillators.
Rose, Jodi. Song to dissolve the world, part 1.
Dyson, Frances. Window pain.
Carter, Paul, 1951- Calling to come.
OCLC:
36335875
Publisher Number:
ISAST 6 Leonardo

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