FIVE VILLAGE SOUNDSCAPES
Intro by Barry Truax
Published Document
CD-Notes (as published in Acoustic Environments in Change)
CD-Notes (original 1979 publication for tracks below)
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)
A Children's Church Service, and the Bells of Bissingen
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)
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CEMBRA, Italy
Easter Morning
Sounds Remembered
The Village Bellringer & A Farewell Toast
Easter Eve, St. Maria's Church
Easter 24 hour recording (complete)
LESCONIL, France
Point d'Eckmuhl Lighthouse
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)
On The Road to Muckert
Golf Course and The Railway Station
David Graham's reminiscences on the golf course and at the former railway station of the sounds he heard there as a boy
David Graham being interviewed by Bruce Davis
Dollar Church - Special Request
Ripon - the Wakeman's Horn
The Bainbridge Forest Horn
Forest Horn and Dawn Chorus
Wensleydale 24-hour recording (rough mix), recorded at Semmerwater, Lund's Church, Castle Bolton and Jervaulx Abbey
More photos from the European field trip, 1975