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Watermill

Title
Watermill [sound recording] / [by Igor Demjen].
Author
Demjen, Igor
Publication
Paris, 1971.

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Additional Authors
  • Wilson, Robert, 1941-
  • Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924.
  • Ruiz, Pierre
  • Lloyd, Alan Huber, 1943-1986
  • Xenakis studio
  • Espace Pierre Cardin (Paris, France)
Description
2 sound discs (95 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
A layered tape piece inspired by the Fauré Requiem. "There were nine notes at the end of the requiem that struck me for some reason and I started working with them, just those nine notes. That single phrase repeated without changing for the first fifteen minutes of the piece . . . Then I made a lot of loops and added harmonic drones underneath and modulated the sound . . . Eventually there were about fifteen different tape recorders so everything became densely overlaid."--Igor Demjen quoted in Shyer.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.
Series Statement
Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection
Uniform Title
Life and times of Joseph Stalin.
Alternative Title
  • Watermill dance.
  • Program prologue now overture for a deafman[--music]
Subject
  • Theater > France > Paris
  • Theatrical productions > France > Paris > 1971-1980
Note
  • According to Shyer, Watermill was used as accompaniment to the dance section in Program prologue now and later was integrated into the Act V of The life and times of Joseph Stalin.
  • Title and credits taken from Espace Cardin program. Description taken from Shyer.
  • Compact disc.
  • Donor's inventory number: WML 01.
Credits (note)
  • Son et montage musical, Igor Demjen, Pierre Ruiz, Alan Lloyd, Ray Burkhart.
Indexed In (note)
  • Robert Wilson and his collaborators / Laurence Shyer.
Event (note)
  • Probably recorded in 1971 at the Xenakis studio in Paris, France for the play Program prologue now by Robert Wilson, which premiered at Espace Cardin, Paris, on June 8, 1971.
Call Number
*LDC 36840
OCLC
NYPG05-R10226
Author
Demjen, Igor.
Title
Watermill [sound recording] / [by Igor Demjen].
Imprint
Paris, 1971.
Series
Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection
Credits
Son et montage musical, Igor Demjen, Pierre Ruiz, Alan Lloyd, Ray Burkhart.
Event
Probably recorded in 1971 at the Xenakis studio in Paris, France for the play Program prologue now by Robert Wilson, which premiered at Espace Cardin, Paris, on June 8, 1971.
Indexed In:
Robert Wilson and his collaborators / Laurence Shyer. p. 209.
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Added Author
Wilson, Robert, 1941- Overture to the fourth act of Deafman glance.
Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Requiem, op. 48, D minor.
Ruiz, Pierre, music.
Lloyd, Alan Huber, 1943-1986, music.
Xenakis studio.
Espace Pierre Cardin (Paris, France)
Added Title
Life and times of Joseph Stalin.
Research Call Number
*LDC 36840
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