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Film, Video Founder's Day Concert Featuring the Music of Morton Subotnick

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About this Item

Title

  • Founder's Day Concert Featuring the Music of Morton Subotnick

Summary

  • The Library hosted a concert featuring the music of Morton Subotnik. "Trembling," an early foray into "Ghost" electronics, is the opener for the world premiere of a new Subotnick work, a 30 minute opera without words. Conceived for Joan La Barbara, "the queen of vocal experimentation" (The Wire), it's an extraordinary aural and visual experience: the composer's voice interacts with and controls the Buchla modular synthesizer in a "performed" light-and-image environment created live by German light/video artist Lillevan. Performers included Subotnik, La Barbara, Lillevan, Kathleen Supové and Todd Reynolds.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2012-11-09.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Performing Arts, Music

Notes

  • -  Classification: Fine Arts.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Various.
  • -  Recorded on 2012-11-09.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688988

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Suggested credit line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Founder's Day Concert Featuring the Music of Morton Subotnick. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-09, 2012. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688988/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2012) Founder's Day Concert Featuring the Music of Morton Subotnick. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-09. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688988/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Founder's Day Concert Featuring the Music of Morton Subotnick. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-09, 2012. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688988/>.