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1965–1970

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Jozef Malovec Orthogenesis This piece combines — in an astonishingly convincing manner, given the year in which it was composed — concrete sound sources... [+]
This is an analog and mixed composition, the first one ever made in the Electroacoustic Studio Czechoslovak of Radio Bratislava... [+]

1971–1975

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Miro Bázlik Simple Electronic Symphony This piece demonstrates some of the technical and compositional advances made in less than a decade following... [+]
 

1976–1980

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John Wells Rock in the Water In this Canadian work, we see just how far electroacoustic techniques have evolved... [+]
 

1981–1985

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José Augusto Mannis Cyclone Combining the use of stereophonic recording, electroacoustic treatments and hybridization of natural sounds... [+]
 

Guy Isabelle

Viscères symphoniques

The selected excerpt features very complex sounds that when layered upon one another could very easily create... [+]

In Viscères symphoniques, I sought to create sonorities that were organic, animal-like... [+]

László Dubrovay

Symphonia

This piece effectively demonstrates the level of transparency attainable in this period... [+]
 

1986–1990

COMPOSER(S) WORK TITLE EXPLANATION COMPOSER'S NOTES
Jacques Lejeune Messe aux oiseaux :
1. Kyrie
During this period, postmodernist ideas and æsthetics made their way into all art forms... [+]
 

Pierre Bouchard

Mécanique de la foudre

In this example the composer has created a counterpoint of structures that have greatly divergent dynamic levels... [+]

Mécanique de la foudre is the growth of a unique sound material — a metal-like crunch — being transformed in many different ways... [+]

Elliot E. Freedman

The Griffith Observer

A few concrete sounds, a sampler and a fairly transparent digital reverb are all the composer needed to create several broad sonic planes... [+]

Upon the heels of the introductory resonant gestures, the Griffith Observer proceeds to explore a granular network of sound... [+]


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