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The sinking of the Titanic
- Title
- The sinking of the Titanic / Gavin Bryars ; Gavin Bryars Ensemble.
- Author
- Bryars, Gavin
- Publication
- [England?] : GB Records, [2013]
- ℗2013
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- Additional Authors
- Gavin Bryars Ensemble, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- Description
- 1 audio disc (74:42) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Based on thematic material emanating from and inspired by reports of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, and incorporating reminiscences from two survivors; this live recording was captured on the Gavin Bryars Ensemble tour in 2012, the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Music.
- Instrumental ensembles.
- Note
- Chance composition; this version for 3 violas, 2 double bass, 3 cellos, percussion, bass clarinet, tenor horn/percussion/keyboard, electric guitar, turntable; with live and pre-recorded sound effects.
- Program notes by the composer ([7] pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
- Contents
- Applause (1:04) -- Prologue (10:09) -- Crash (1:57) -- Titanic hymn I. Autumn (4:33) -- Titanic hymn II. Autumn (5:25) -- Titanic hymn III. Autumn (6:07) -- Hymn IV. Aughton, "He Leadeth Me" (5:59) -- Morse (2:00) -- Hymn V. Autumn (7:56) -- Titanic lament (9:04) -- Cadences (2:56) -- Lament extract (3:59) -- Water gong (2:51) -- "La Maxixe" music box (2:12) -- Hymn VI, last hymn (8:29).
- LCCN
- 5052442004905
- 05052442004905
- OCLC
- ocn892635329
- 892635329
- SCSB-13644191
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries