| Title |
Composer |
Source |
Notes |
CD Title |
| Week
1 |
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| Weekend
1931 |
Walter
Ruttmann |
Gotfrit
(G) |
Very early
musique concret work (1930). Cinema without pictures. |
Weekend |
| Future
Sounds of London 1998 |
Future
Sounds of London |
G |
Contemporary
dance music circa 1998 |
|
| Idle Chatter
1989 |
Paul Lanksy |
Fine Arts
Room (F) |
Computer
generated using linear predicitve coding. |
|
| Week
2 |
|
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|
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| Speech
Songs 1973 |
Charles
Dodge |
F |
Computer
generated speaking and singing voice. |
Any Resmblance
is Purely.. |
| Pythagoras'
Ghost 1989 |
Martin
Bartlett |
F |
Example
of tuning system using Pythagorean or simple ratios. |
Pythagoras'
Ghost |
| Spleen
1995 |
Robert
Normandeau |
F |
Excerpt
features vocal samples. Source is onimatapea. |
DisContact
II |
| Week
3/4 |
|
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|
|
| Ionizations1931
W3 |
Edgar
Varese |
F |
Percussion
only work |
LP Varese |
| Ballet
Mechanique
1924/54 W3 |
Georges Antheil |
F |
Use of non-musical instruments |
LP Ballet Mechanique |
| Enthusiasm 1930 W3 |
Dziga Vertov |
G |
Video with musique concrete
soundtrack |
|
| Atmosheres 1961 W3 |
Gyory Ligeti |
F |
Orchestral/abstract |
Gyorgi Ligeti |
| Lux aeterna 1966 W3 |
"
|
F |
Vocal/abstract |
"
|
| Poeme Electronique 1958 W3 |
Edgar Varese |
F |
Seminal ea work |
E.A. Music Classics |
| Imaginary Landscapes circa 1940
W3 |
John Cage |
F |
Early live ea work |
Imaginary Landscapes |
| Sonatas.. for Prepared Piano
circa 1946 W3 |
John Cage |
F |
Abstract piano timbres |
Sonatas.. for Prepared Piano |
| The Banshee 1925 W3 |
Henry Cowell |
F |
Use of clusters, new techniques
for piano |
The Composer/performer |
| Parade 1915-1916 W3 |
Erik Satie |
F |
Use of non-musical instruments |
Erik Satie |
| Thema Omaggio a Joyce 1958 W4 |
Luciano Berio |
F |
Musique concrete |
Beri/Maderna |
| Gesang der Junglinge 1956 W4 |
Karlheinz Stockhausen |
F |
Seminal ea work |
Stcokhausen 3 |
| Williams Mix 1952 W4 |
John Cage |
F |
Early musique concrete |
25 Year Retrospective |
| Symphonie pour un homme seul
1950 W3 |
Pierre Schaeffer & Pierre
Henry |
F |
First musique concrete |
Pierre Schaeffer collection |
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| Week
5 |
|
|
|
|
| Spuyten Duyvil, Hommage to Orpheus
1970s |
Jon Appleton |
F (unless otherwise noted) |
Synthesis (analogue).
with short vocal samples. |
Appleton |
| Touch 1970 |
Mortin Subotnick |
|
Analogue synthesizer.
by Don Buchla. |
Touch |
| Oraison 1937 |
Olivier Messiaen |
|
Ondes Martenot. Quartet
Martenot. |
Ondes Martenot |
Week
6
Compositional
Strategies |
|
|
|
|
| Come Out 1967 |
Steve Reich |
|
Looping & phase delay.
Source short vocal sample. |
Reich |
| I am Sitting in a Room 1970 |
Alvin Lucier |
|
Multiple iterations. Speaker,
room, mic & recorder. |
I am Sitting... |
| Blind Man 1974 |
Barry Truax |
|
Classical Studio Work.
Composition structure from text. |
Truax |
| Breath 1990 |
Hilde Westerkamp |
|
Breath sounds. . |
ElectroClips |
| The Machine's Four Humours |
Martin Gotfrit |
|
Machine's thoughts. Synthesis
& sampling. |
Electroclips |
| La Ville Machine |
Gilles Gobeil |
|
Acousmatique. Radio play
composition model. |
Gilles Gobeil |
Week
8
Early
Computer Music: Music from Numbers |
|
|
|
|
| Collage #1, Analogue #1
'61 Bell Labs 1961 |
James Tenny |
|
Early computer music from Bell Labs |
Computer Music Currents 13 |
| Dream Song 1983 |
Michael McNabb |
|
Early influential work involving
sampling and various synthesis methods |
MCNabb |
| Night Traffic 1992 |
Paul Lansky |
|
Linear predictive coding. |
Lansky: Homebrew |
| Phone 1981 |
John Chowning |
|
Classic early Frequency Modulation
work. |
Chowning |
| Ocean of Ages revealed
1991 |
Wende Bartley |
|
POD system granular synthesis
with samples from the SFU Gamelan. |
Bartley: Claire-voix |
| Stories Told 1989 |
Daniel Scheidt |
|
Interactive system with computer
generated text. |
Scheidt:
Action/Reaction |
| Soledad 1988 |
Sergio Barroso |
|
Yamaha FM synthesizers in performance |
Barroso |