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Bentley Jarvis
Timescapes
This piece wholly subscribes to an æsthetic reminiscent of the repetitive music...
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Hildegard Westerkamp
Whisper Study
Hildegard Westerkamp is the pre-eminent representative of Sound Ecology...
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With the poem “When there is no Sound”...
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Luc Ferrari
Petite symphonie intuitive pour un paysage de printemps
Luc Ferrari is without a doubt the first electroacoustic composer to have used unaltered recorded sounds...
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Juraj Duris
Sny (Hudba pre cinel a jeho flazolet) [The Dreams (Music for Cymbal and its Harmonics)]
There are many ways to use a recorded sound. This piece offers an interesting example of the use of close-miking...
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The essential material is the full spectral sound of the cymbal...
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Eric Nordgren
Cello op. 128
This work very effectively combines recordings of a cello playing pizzicato and synthesized sounds...
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Bentley Jarvis
Aether
The great diversity that can be obtained using a mixture of instrumental and synthesized sources...
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