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The Bird organ is made of wood

by Caroline Wilkins (1991)

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The bird organ is made of wood / Caroline Wilkins.

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The bird organ is made of wood : for 3 percussionists / Caroline Wilkins.

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[Music by] Caroline Wilkins.

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Selected recordings / Caroline Wilkins.

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Work Overview

The title is taken from a quotation by Denis Diderot in D'Alembert's Dream (1762); 'the bird organ is made of wood, man is made of flesh'.

The work consists of 3 movements, taking as their starting point my interest in early forms of automata and their parallel with natural, environmental sound. Each movement explores the timbral properties of percussion instruments grouped according to their materials: metal, wood, membranes, tuned and untuned; merging certain timbral colours together.

Work Details

Year: 1991

Duration: 9-17 min.

Performances of this work

5 Mar 98: Alte Feuerwache, Cologne. Featuring Schlagquartett Köln.

1998: Alte Feuerwache, Cologne. Featuring Schlagquartett Koeln.

1993: Stuttgart

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