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Sounding number

Title
Sounding number / Reginald Bain.
Author
Bain, Reginald, 1963-
Publication
[Baton Rouge, La.] : Centaur, [2010], ℗2010.

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Musical recordingUse in library CD19928Off-site

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Additional Authors
Bain, Reginald, 1963-
Description
1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Note
  • Electronic music performed and programmed by the composer.
  • "All of the works on this CD are algorithmic compositions based on isomorphisms between numbers and sound."--P. 2 of liner notes.
  • Compact disc.
  • Program notes (5 p. : port.) by the composer inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded fall 2009 at the University of South Carolina School of Music Experimental Music Studio (xMUSE), Columbia, SC.
Contents
The music of the primes (5:37) -- The butterfly effect (3:47) -- Chaos game (for Nancarrow) (5:35) -- "God does not play dice!". The uncertainty principle (1:26) ; Schrödinger\u0027s cat (2:42) ; Sum over histories (4:54) -- When inspiration came (4:47) -- The language of the angels. Whether one angel talks to another (2:07) ; Whether a lower angel speaks to a higher one (3:01) ; Whether an angel talks to God (1:57) ; Whether distance has an effect on the angels\u0027 speech & whether all the angels know what one says to another (2:48) -- Strange attractors & logarithmic spirals (9:34) -- Pi Day (4:50).
LCCN
  • 00044747308920
  • 044747308920
OCLC
  • ocn706052155
  • 706052155
  • SCSB-5578157
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries