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Work

Homage to Bessemer : electronics

by Robert Douglas (1984)

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Watt ever.

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Library shelf no. CD 365 [Available for loan]

Homage to Bessemer

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Homage to Bessemer / Robert Douglas

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Work Overview

This piece was created on the Fairlight CMI at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Electronic Music Studio. The work was recorded in layers on 8-track tape using a number of differing sound sources, eg. marimba and chimes. These were transformed by the CMI to resemble very different sounds - the marimba for example was stretched out to sound like a violin. Bessemer was the inventor of the all-important process whereby iron is converted to steel - a process characterised by very dramatic bursts of sparks and thunderous sounds.

Work Details

Year: 1984

Instrumentation: For Fairlight CMI

Duration: 13 min.

First performance: 1984.

2nd place in the 2MBS-FM 10th Anniversary Radiophonic Music Competition.

Performances of this work

1984.

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