Research Catalog

New music laboratory

Title
New music laboratory, 1985 [sound recording].
Author
Relâche--The Ensemble of Contemporary Music

Details

Additional Authors
  • McLean, Priscilla, 1942-
  • Benary, Barbara
  • McLean, Barton, 1938-
  • Rolnick, Neil B.
Found In
Yellow Springs Institute records.
Description
  • 1 tape reel (2 min.) : analog, stereo., 7 1/2 ips,; 7 in.
  • 1 tape reel (91 min.) : analog, stereo., 7 1/2 ips, ;
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Yellow Springs Institute.
Series Statement
Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection
Subjects
Note
  • Donor's inventory number: A-850629.
  • Reel 1 includes an introduction by John Clauser. Four "works-in-progress" (Reel 2) and audience discussion with composers.
  • Performers not specified in works according to program.
  • Sine wave at beginning of Reel 2 (20 sec.)
  • "Wilderness" (1st work) features poetry (performed by Barbara Noska), recordings of wolf howling and bugs buzzing, and instrumental ensemble. Tape silent during baboon section (7:00-7:40) [edit; cut abruptly] ; a brief excerpt of eagle/mockingbird section ; a full zoo/menagerie section [remainder]. Text written by Carl Sandburg.
  • "Sun on show" (2nd work) begins with both live singing and pre-recorded vocal tracks by Barbara Noska. Words of poem are sung "vertically and horizontally"--Program. Added instrumentations were improvised; music based on the vocal line.
  • Some talking recorded between 2nd-3rd works ; low audio (not miked).
  • "Untitled" (3rd work) text sung in Nahuatl language ; vocal with instrumental ensemble.
  • In "À la mode" (4th work), instrumental ensemble performs with synthesizer (Synclavier II Digital).
  • House program available through the Billy Rose Theatre Collection.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at Yellow Springs Institute, Chester Springs, Pa., on June 29, 1985.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English and Nahuatl ; spoken in English.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Yellow Springs Institute records; for papers see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 2004-007.
Contents
Reel 1. Introduction (1:46) / John Clauser -- Reel 2. Widerness (10:20) / Priscilla McLean ; Sun on snow (16:26) / Barbara Benary ; Untitled (18:46) / Barton McLean ; À la mode (23:49) / Neil Roinick ; Audience discussion (24:07).
Call Number
*LT-7-A 1729
OCLC
NYPG05-R10061
Author
Relâche--The Ensemble of Contemporary Music.
Title
New music laboratory, 1985 [sound recording].
Playing Time
000146 013128
Series
Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection
Access
Access restricted. Advanced notification required for use.
Performer
Barbara Noska, soprano (1st-3rd works) ; Marshall Taylor and Stephen Marcucci, saxophones ; Wesley Hall, clarinet ; Laurel Wyckoff, flute ; Robert Zollman and Florence Ierardi, percussion ; John Dulik, piano ; Charles Holdeman, bassoon ; Guy Klucevsek, accordion.
Event
Recorded at Yellow Springs Institute, Chester Springs, Pa., on June 29, 1985.
Language
Sung in English and Nahuatl ; spoken in English.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Yellow Springs Institute records; for papers see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 2004-007.
Added Author
McLean, Priscilla, 1942- Wilderness.
Benary, Barbara. Sun on snow.
McLean, Barton, 1938- Untitled.
Rolnick, Neil B. À la mode.
Found In:
Yellow Springs Institute records.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 1729
*LT-10-A 2692
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