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- 1Étude Aux ObjetsA later Schaeffer piece
- 2KlangfarbenmelodieBy Webern
Literally translates as sound-colour-melody
Each note of the melody is played by a different instrument - 3Red Bird (a political prisoner's dream)1973-77
By Trevor Wishart
Done with razor blades in a studio - 4Presque rien No 1 (le lever du jour au bord de la mer)1967
By Luc Ferrari
24 hour recording of beach edited down to 21 mins
Pre-cursor to ambient music - 5Hétérozygote1963/4
By Luc Ferrari
Acousmatic work
Uses environmental sounds to suggest a linear narrative - 6Kontakte1959/60
Stockhausen
Early work
WDR
2 versions: one for piano, electronic sound and percussion and one for electronic sound only - 7Gesang der Jünglinge1955/6
Stockhausen
Early work
WDR
Translates to: song of the youths
Original version in 5 channels
Uses recordings of a boy's voice with electronic sound - 8Studies I and II1953, 1954
Stockhausen
Early work
Composed at WDR
I uses additive synthesis
II uses subtractive synthesis - 9Étude1952/3
Stockhausen
Early work
Made at Radio France
Studying with Messaien
Used musique concrète editing techniques
Different compositional aesthetic (e.g: sound spatialisation) - 10Synthesisms1970
Barry Vercoe
Written in MUSIC 360
Computer generated sound and then it was recorded
Not in real-time
Software "orchestra" and "score" which triggers sound - 11Illiac Suite1957
Hiller
Uses computer to calculate musical events
Composition for a string quartet in 4 movements (experiments)
Evolves according to composer set rules - 12Turenas1972
Chowning
Uses 2 sound components (carrier and modulator) to produce time varying timbre with transformations, spatialisation and other musical stuff.
FM synthesis is used. - 13Mortuos Plango Vivos Voco1980
Harvey
Composed at IRCAM in Paris
Computer analysis of real sounds (bell and son's voice)
Morphing
References Gesang der Jünglinge in terms of sonic components and compositional procedures - 14Vermont Counterpoint1982
Steve Reich
Ghost image strategy
Duplicates instrumental parts on tape - 15Inharmonique1977
Risset
Orchestral approach
Early work in physical modelling
Worked at Bell labs in 1964 and used MUSIC IV software to digitally recreate brass instrument sounds - 16EQ1980
Harrison
Used a sax
Acousmatic approach
Fuses key clicks and attack syllables along with synthesised drones and chords - 17Clarinet Threads1984
Smalley
Timbral fusion with clarinet as core of musical development - 18Ensphered1990
By Vaughan (my lecturer!)
More concerto-like
Hybrid techniques
Some digital sources mixed in analogue - 19Bhakti1982
Harvey
Major ensemble work
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