A speaking choir of dead people: the making of Recordare
Resumo
This paper is a description of the compositional and realization processes behind Recordare – Madrigale recitato per suoni elaborati, a 7’ minutes-long acousmatic piece that I have created between 1996 and 2001. Recordare features some interesting macro-granular techniques which meet specific compositional and aesthetic demands and requirements. Furthermore, although it is an acousmatic work, its fully automated building process allows constant recreation and adaptation to different spaces and venues. Finally, Recordare has been developed and written with longevity in mind: it was conceived entirely with Free Software tools in order to guarantee its longterm sustainability and reproducibility.Referências
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Nicola Bernardini and Alvise Vidolin. Sound motion and space parameters on a stereo cd. Journal of New Music Research, 31:171 – 175, 2002.
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15/09/2025
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BERNARDINI, Nicola.
A speaking choir of dead people: the making of Recordare. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE COMPUTAÇÃO MUSICAL (SBCM), 19. , 2025, Campinas/SP.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbcm.2025.12996.
