Acustica, for experimental sound producers, loudspeakers & 2 to 5 players: Première version
Acustica, for experimental sound producers, loudspeakers & 2 to 5 players: Seconde version
Mauricio Kagel's Acustica (1968-1970) is a hugely ambitious and effective combination of electronic and acoustic sounds. Kagel uses only a few conventional instruments, and they are unconventionally employed (i.e., a trombone has a plastic tube inserted in its bell, with the other end of the tube in a tub of water). Mostly, though, he uses ancient or folk instruments (such as a nail violin, thumb piano, bull-roarer, and castanet keyboard) or instruments of his own devising (such as playing a turntable with a funnel, ...
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Mauricio Kagel's Acustica (1968-1970) is a hugely ambitious and effective combination of electronic and acoustic sounds. Kagel uses only a few conventional instruments, and they are unconventionally employed (i.e., a trombone has a plastic tube inserted in its bell, with the other end of the tube in a tub of water). Mostly, though, he uses ancient or folk instruments (such as a nail violin, thumb piano, bull-roarer, and castanet keyboard) or instruments of his own devising (such as playing a turntable with a funnel, directing the flame of a blowtorch into a metal tube, running wind-up toys down a conveyor belt, and twisting party balloons). The score is written on 200 index cards, and the five players have considerable freedom in the timing and coordination of the events. Kagel doesn't have a free-for-all in mind, though; his directions are almost ridiculously precise: "With both hands, raise violin extremely slowly from the table -- not more than 10 cm. ... The violin rests for c.10 seconds on the...
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