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Cat Hope
Cat
Hope
The Earth Defeats Me
Monash University
2019
Animated notation
Graphic notation
Australian music
Experimental music
Music Composition
2019-09-03 22:22:09
Composition
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/composition/The_Earth_Defeats_Me/8123618
<p>For 2 sustaining instruments and partition concrete.<br>
Premiere:<br>
<em>Shock of the New, Perth, 2015.<br>
TENOR Conference, Anglica Ruskin University, Cambridge UK, July 2016.<br>
Forum Neue Musik in der Christianskirche, Hamburg, Germany, November 2017.</em><br>
on the 'Last Days of Reality' album on <a href="http://room40.org/" target="_blank">Room 40, </a>2018.<br>
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This piece was co-composed with French music concrete artist<a href="https://lionelmarchetti.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"> Lionel Marchetti.</a> It is scored for two sustaining instruments and an audio track created by Marchetti, which you can hear on its own <a href="https://lionelmarchetti.bandcamp.com/track/earth-partition-concr-te" target="_blank">here.</a><br>
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The work is performed on the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/decibel-scoreplayer/id622591851?mt=8" target="_blank">Decibel ScorePlayer</a> ipad application<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/61ybjpvnc1g61td/The Earth Defeats Me.dsz?dl=0" target="_blank">.</a> The file contains Marchetti's audio file synchronised with the score - you will need to run the audio from the ipad into two bass amps.<br>
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All other instructions are in the score. If you need help with how to upload the score into the player, go <a href="http://www.decibelnewmusic.com/decibel-scoreplayer.html" target="_blank">here.</a><br>
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This is a partner piece to another piece by Cat Hope/Lionel Marchetti, 'The Last Days of Reality' for bass flute and tam tam, composed in 2018. A digital an hard copy of the score is available from <a href="http://materialpress.com/start.htm" target="_blank">Material Press.</a></p>