FIVE VILLAGE SOUNDSCAPES


SKRUV, Sweden

Main street, Skruv
 Winter Images
the glassworks (acid bath); near the railway station (a passing train); village stream; in a home; the main street at night (footsteps on frozen ground, factory ambience in background); railway station (local electric train); brewery (creek and shift whistle)

 

BISSINGEN, Germany


Main street and Church, Bissingen
Village & valley (right top)
Farmhouse (right bottom)



 Bells of Bissingen
church bells, outdoor ambience, passing military helicopter whose low frequency throbbing is amplified by the bowl-shaped valley
Home and Factory
walking out of the church, overlooking fields and yards; home of Frau Weber; sewing with a treadle sewing machine; cross-fade to textile factory (110 dBA)

 

CEMBRA, Italy

 Easter Eve, St. Maria's Church
start of church service, with bell; choral singing; moving outside to piazza where other bells are heard; choir from inside the church
 Snow games
children playing in the snow in a maze of closely spaced houses and lanes; mother calls to them


 

LESCONIL, France

 Point d'Eckmuhl Lighthouse
foghorn; history of the lighthouse (built 1897); "moaning" foghorn; climbing to the top; outdoor ambience from the top with the horn
 La Criée
arrival of the fishing boats; airhorn signalling start of the sale; unloading of fish


 

DOLLAR, Scotland

Acoustic profiles of the church bell and pipe band, Dollar;
(right) profiles and incoming sounds on the acoustic horizon, Dollar


Main street (A91)

 The Gates of Dollar
sequence of metal gates, and comments by the former Town Clerk, David Graham
 Pipe Music
pipe band at the Dollar Academy

 The Railway Station
David Graham's reminiscences at the former railway station of the sounds he heard there as a boy

David Graham being interviewed by Bruce Davis

More photos from the European field trip, 1975