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Sounds of New Music

Various Artists
Sounds of New Music Sounds of New Music is a collection of 18 compositions from the 1920s to the mid-1950s representing attempts at a "new means of musical expression." Some use familiar instruments in new ways, while others experiment with new instruments; the formats of the compositions range from structured musical scores written for orchestra to electronically altered music using tape-recording devices. Composers include Edgard Varèse, Henry Cowell, and John Cage, whose "Dance" is played on a transformed Steinway piano that gives the music an almost primitive quality. Liner notes describing the new music feature a substantial article on Concrete Music.

Track Listing

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Bahnfahrt German dance orchestra 02:51
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Symphony of Machines Aleksandr Mossolov 03:03
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Dnieprostrot Julius Meytuss 02:30
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Dance John Cage 02:42
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Ionization Edgard Varèse 00:56
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Aeolian Harp Henry Cowell 02:08
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Banshee Henry Cowell 02:39
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Sonic Contours Vladimir Ussachevsky 01:14
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Fantasy in Space Otto Luening 02:48
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Symphonies in Sonic Vibration - Spectrum No. 1 Halim El-Dabh 04:16
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Transposition Vladimir Ussachevsky 01:28
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Reverberation Vladimir Ussachevsky 01:21
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Compositionion Vladimir Ussachevsky 04:08
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Underwater Waltz Vladimir Ussachevsky 01:36
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Natural Pipes (1) Roger Marin and Fredric Ramsey, Jr. 00:24
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Natural Pipes (2) Roger Marin and Fredric Ramsey, Jr. 00:08
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Natural Pipes (3) Roger Marin and Fredric Ramsey, Jr. 04:32
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Sonata for Loudspeakers Henry Jacobs 09:32