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Parallel braids II.- Nabû-kudurri-uṣur´s dream

Composer
Nagy Ákos
Original / Hungarian title
Parallel braids II.- Nabû-kudurri-uṣur´s dream
Foreign language / English title
Parallel braids II.- Nabû-kudurri-uṣur´s dream
Dedication
Foundation Destellos [art, science et technology] Argentina
Year of composition
2010
Type
Electroacoustic music
Instrumentation
- fixed natural sounds, metal and other noise sources eg.: plastic- acrylate tubes, short radio waves, alarm and buzzer, glass noise, manipulation, man- hole cover noise, white noise, pink noise and brown noise, manipulation, tread manipulation, extended strings man., tightrope man., (water) bable, man., dripping icicle man. etc… - these sounds are transformed by pc into ‘sound carpets’ (drone, soundscape) - ADSR filters and spectrum filters are used simultaneous, ringmodulators - use of various effects (eg.echo, reverb, delay, compressor, flanger, interpolate, time warp, doppler, etc …)
Duration
9 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
biblical (Daniel’s Book)
Commissioned by
Foundation Destellos [art, science et technology] Argentina
Premiere information
Foundation Destellos [art, science et technology] Argentina
Remarks, other info
Program notes:

Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, namely Nabucodnezar II (He ruled from 605 B.C. to 562 B.C., in Babylon.) He was the second best known king of the Empire of New Babylon. Once in his dream the king saw a huge sculpture. The sculpture was shining brightly but it had a terrible face. The music is a draughting of the dream. It is written down in Daniel’s Book (in Holy Bible). The music is vision of an apocalyptic future. Its form is A-B-A.