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Film, Video The Voice as Carrier of Text in the Music of Roger Reynolds

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Title

  • The Voice as Carrier of Text in the Music of Roger Reynolds

Summary

  • In a series of wide-ranging interviews and discussions, Roger Reynolds discusses various threads woven through his life and music. They include the use of text, thoughts on sound spatialization, site-specifics works, intermedia, technology in music, his compositional methods, and relationships with other composers (including Iannis Xenakis, Toru Takemitsu, John Cage, and Elliott Carter). Composer, author and educator Roger Reynolds is University Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California, San Diego. The Roger Reynolds Collection is held at the Library of Congress, and contains manuscripts, sketches, correspondence, recordings and other primary source materials related to Reynolds' life and work. In Part 2 of this series, Reynolds is interviewed by James Wintle of the Music Division in a continuation of the discussion about the use of text in Reynolds' music. Topics explored include experimentation with phonation and the physicality of vocal production, spatialization and choreography of sound production, space and vocalization, synthesis and processing, taped vs. interactive electronics, re-sticking and the role of memory and muscle memory, issues of perception by performers and audience members and clarity of meanings, among others. Works discussed include Still (Voicespace I), A Merciful Coincidence (Voicespace II), The Palace (Voicespace IV), Transfigured Wind, The Angel of Death and The Vanity of Words (Voicespace V).

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-03-10.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Performing Arts, Music (PERF)

Notes

  • -  Group name: The Roger Reynolds Collection. 2
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Roger Reynolds, James Wintle.
  • -  Recorded on 2015-03-10.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697258

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. The Voice as Carrier of Text in the Music of Roger Reynolds. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-10, 2015. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697258/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2015) The Voice as Carrier of Text in the Music of Roger Reynolds. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-10. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697258/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. The Voice as Carrier of Text in the Music of Roger Reynolds. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-10, 2015. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697258/>.