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Utterance by Michiko Kawagoe (YGM-09)

Color music about paradox, thinking, lava, and a jewel. Utterance is Kawagoe's second CD; it includes Blur (2007), grotto (2010), Thinking (2010), aa lava (2009), and Iolite Turning (2010).

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Lecture on MA by Robert Morris (YGM-08)

This lecture is about the computer-music piece MA, which is based on the Japanese concept of "ma," loosely translated as interval or space. During the lecture, the piece is played segment-by-segment, with the text of the talk read by the composer between the segments. At the end, the entire piece is played.

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MUCH by Robert Morris and Wayne Slawson (YGM-07)

A collaborative, 47-minute electronic composition in five sections composed in the Yale Electronic Music Studio in 1970-71—includes snatches of orchestral march, scratches and bells, six stories, roars and aphorisms, clouds, and much more.

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Thunder of Spring Over Distant Mountains by Robert Morris (YGM-06)

A 45-minute work of electronic music divided into two parts, Thunder... was composed in 1973 at the Yale Electronic Music Studio. Seven pieces of Southeast and East Asian music, taken as source material, are subjected to varying degrees of electronic modification.

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Unsung Songs by Michiko Kawagoe (YGM-05)

Color music about time, moods, and memory; includes The Scale of Coelacanth, Orange Leaves, Friday Morning, Unsung Song, When Earth Had No Life, and Propagation.

Price: $15, plus shipping.


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Color Music Then and Now by Wayne Slawson (YGM-04)

Color music from the 1980s and 2006--2007, includes Colors, Greetings, Water Colors, Here In Silence, and Winter Rounds.

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Sound Color by Wayne Slawson (YGM-03)

A paperback edition of the award-winning introduction to composition with sound color---includes CD of sound examples (see YGM-02 below).

Price: $40, plus shipping.


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Examples for Sound Color (YGM-02)

Newly-synthesized sound examples for hardbound edition of Wayne Slawson's 1985 book Sound Color (NOTE: This CD is included with YGM-03, above).

Price: $15, plus shipping.


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Color Music, 1999-2003 by Wayne Slawson (YGM-01)

Computer-synthesized "color music", including Havana Rounds, Rap Soft, Snow, Papa, and Autumn Rounds.

YGM CD 01 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. Music will be included in a new CD, available soon.


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