Music Week 12 Wednesday · Olly Wilson 1937-present o Acoustic sound (tenor voice) with taped electronic sounds o Computer generated sound o Combines these two o Spiritual o 1st African slaves arrived in the USA in 1619 o 17th century, 18th and 19th up to 1865 when slaves were freed o De-Africanize slaves o Make them forget their language, music, etc o Spiritual- an expression of faith; usually Christian faith o "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child" o different ways of presenting the spiritual o fragmented, extended o try to hear the difference between recorded and live sound o about hopelessness and possibility 0:09 0:35 1:00 1:10 1:28 1:39 2:30 3:23 3:43 4:08 4:33 4:38 4:56 5:17 5:44 • New Tech 5:58 1- recording with tape - more flexibility; lots of options 2- new possibilities for sound (pitch, sound, timbre, volume) . not only as the past but the present and future laped whispering: "motherless child." More activity; manipulated taped voice and electronic sounds; e Tape noises, both screeching and low. Sounds like those of a bass guitar. Loud bass. Pause. Whistle sounds, feedback, clonks, ringing sounds, chimes, blips, Voice and manipulated taped voice; noises. "Sometimes ... "; cre "I feel .... " Tape noises; crescendo. "Sometimes .... " Tape noises. Very high singing, "Sometimes ... "; much more activity, crescend Voice over bass tape noises. "I feel like a motherless child." "True believer .... " Whistles, blips, feedback. Voice and distorted taped voice ("Sometimes I feel ... "). Extremely high singing. Pause. · Finnish Composer ( Kaija Saariaho 1952-) o Cage and prepared piano : what can you do with the piano o Saariaho: what can one do with strings? o Terra Memoria- string quartet o Techniques with the violin: 1- Sul Ponticello -(bowing near the bridge which produces a glassy sound) dedicated to the ones who have passed away "the departed" (ghostly sounds) 2- Pizzicato- plucking 3- Harmonics- touching the string lightly to produce a "ghostly" sound above the played pitch 4- Trill- quick alternation between two notes 5- Glissando- sliding between notes ; spirits rising or falling Friday • Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) o Deep listening exercises o Goes beyond John Cage § John Cage al 4 minutes and 33 second § Anything is sound, anything is music Turns the audience into active participants in the piece of music o Various sounds o Expand your musicianship