Barry Truax(1947-) is a Canadiancomposer who specializes in real-time implementations of granular synthesis, often of sampled sounds, and soundscapes. He developed the first ever implementation of real-time granular synthesis, in 1986, the first to use a sample as the source of a granular composition in 1987's Wings of Nike, and was the first composer to explore the range between synchronic and asynchronic granular synthesis in 1986's Riverrun. The real-time technique suites or emphasizes auditory streams, which, along with soundscapes, inform his aesthetic. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Granular synthesis is a sound synthesis method for digital musical instruments (synthesizers) that operates on the microsound time scale. ... Sample can refer to any of the following. ... A soundscape is an acoustic environment or an environment created by sound. ... In music, voice leading is the continuity between pitches or notes played successively in time. ...
Truax teaches both electroacoustic music and computer music and acoustic communication at Simon Fraser University. He was one of the original members of the World Soundscape Project. His students include John Oswald. Electroacoustic music is a type of music which originated in the late 1940s, and early 1950s. ... Computer music is music generated with, or composed with the aid of, computers. ... Simon Fraser University (SFU) is located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... John Oswald is a Canadian composer, saxophonist, photographer, and dancer. ...
Compositions
Riverrunn (1986, Wergo WER 2017-50)
Wings of Nike (1987, Cambridge Street Records CSR CD-9401 and Perspectives of New Music CD PNM 28)
Tongues of Angels (1988, Centrediscs CMC CD-4793)
Beauty and the Beast (1989, Cambridge Street Records CSR-CD 9601)
Pacific (1990, Cambridge Street Records CSR CD-9101)
Pacific Fanfare (1996)
Wings of Fire for female cellist and two digital soundtracks including the Joy Kirstin's poem "Wings of Fire" read by Ellie Epp (1996)
Androgyne, Mon Amour for amplified male double bass player and two digital soundtracks including text from Tennessee Williamsbook of the same title read by Douglas Huffman (1997)
Thomas Lanier Williams (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pen name Tennessee Williams, was a noted playwright. ...
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Barry Truax: Electroacoustic Composer & Acoustic Communication Researcher
Truax said: "...to the fullest force of its mass, a river is formed from a collection of countless droplets..." Also 'The Blind Man' (1979), 'Aerial' (1979), 'Wave Edge' (1983), and 'Solar Ellipse' (1985).
Music by BarryTruax for electronics, voices, and instruments, powerful and compelling, with complex, beautiful sonic textures, all of it incorporating texts, spoken or sung, that address issues of gender and express the human desire for relationship.
BarryTruax writes: "For all my works in the last decade, the centre is increasingly the sound material itself." In 'East Wind' (1981), a soloist playing amplified recorder interacts with sounds abstracted from recorder sounds on tape.
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