Word: arcus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...device that modifies sound as it is performed by an ensemble by the use of mikes onstage. Much of the composition was too bland to show off the new processor, but its climax was a long, breaking roll of waves accompanied by pulsing gongs. The Holler Arcus used the more conventional method of taping the electronic part in advance. It is an impressive piece: 20 minutes of tricky synchronization in which phantasmagoric sounds from the tape conduct intense, surreal dialogue with the instrumental ensemble...
...ller spent two months at IRCAM working with scientists on Arcus. Says he: "You are a different composer after you have absorbed all this." Some observers think that IRCAM may sponsor too much adventure. Says Composer Otto Luening of the Columbia" Princeton Electronic Music Center: "It is fine to explore outer space in sound. But I ask, what will you bring back...