| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Forty years of discovery, 1954-1994
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Forty years of discovery, 1954-1994.
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| Performer |
Various performers and ensembles. |
| Event |
All selections recorded from 1950-1993, primarily in New York City, Boston, Washington DC, Ann Arbor and San Francisco. |
| Note |
Previously released material. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Joseph R. Dalton (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Aeolian harp ; The banshee / Henry Cowell (Henry Cowell, piano) (3:18) -- The letter : [excerpt] / Harry Partch (Harry Partch, intoning voice ; Ben Johnston, Betty Johnston, Donald Pippin, Harry Partch, instruments) (5:18) -- Waltz-gavotte : from Music for piano / Irving Fine (Irving Fine, piano) (2:44) -- Fantasy in space : for tape recorder / Otto Luening (Otto Luening, 4 over-dubbed flutes) (2:21) -- Image / Robert Helps (Robert Helps, piano) (2:57) -- Praises and prayers. My master hath a garden ; and, Before sleeping / Virgil Thomson (Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano ; Virgil Thomson, piano) (3:43) -- Fanfare from Organbook (1967) / William Albright (William Albright, organ) (2:39) -- Spatials : variations for piano / George Walker (George Walker, piano) (3:26) -- Divertimento for flute, cello and piano. Movements 1 & 2 / Harvey Sollberger (Harvey Sollberger, flute ; Fred Sherry, violoncello ; Charles Wuorinen, piano) (3:31) -- Five sonorous inventions. Second invention / Curtis Curtis-Smith (Gerald Fischbach, violin ; Curtis Curtis-Smith, bowed piano) (3:41) -- |
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(cont.): The Nantucket songs. The dance ; Nantucket ; Go, lovely rose / Ned Rorem (Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano ; Ned Rorem, piano) (4:13) -- Petroushskates / Joan Tower (Da Capo Chamber Players) (5:35) -- Samba D hiccup / Guy Klucevsek (Guy Klucevsek, accordion) (5:24) -- Strange quiet. Part I / Michael Gordon (Michael Gordon Philharmonic) (5:24) -- Requiem for Bosnia : an improvisation for broken piano, harp and child's voice : excerpt / Victoria Jordanova (Victoria Jordanova, broken piano and harp) (4:59) -- Nine songs : ritual opera. Water spirit / Tan Dun (Tan Dun, voice, percussion and conductor ; Nine Songs Ensemble and Chorus) (4:58) -- Apocalypse : an electronic opera. Organ screaming : excerpt ; and, Dawn wind / Alice Shields (Alice Shields, voice and electronics) (5:27). |
| Subject |
Music -- 20th century.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
Aeolian harp.
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Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
Banshee.
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Partch, Harry, 1901-1974.
Wayward. Letter.
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Fine, Irving, 1914-1962.
Music, piano. Waltz-gavotte.
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Luening, Otto, 1900-1996.
Fantasy in space.
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Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Praises and prayers.
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Walker, George, 1922-2018.
Spatials.
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Curtis-Smith, C. (Curtis), 1941-2014.
Sonorous inventions.
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Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022.
Nantucket songs.
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Tower, Joan, 1938-
Petroushskates.
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Klucevsek, Guy.
Samba D hiccup.
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Gordon, Michael, 1956-
Strange quiet, Part I.
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Jordanova, Victoria.
Requiem for Bosnia.
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Tan, Dun, 1957-
Nine songs. Water spirit.
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Shields, Alice, 1943-
Apocalypse.
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Helps, Robert.
Image.
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Albright, William.
Organbook, no. 1. Fanfare.
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Sollberger, Harvey.
Divertimento, piano, flute, cello.
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| Standard No. |
9043806702 |
| Music No. |
CRI CD 670 |
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