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Reverie

May 12, 2020

for fixed media

Composer: Leah Reid

Year of Composition: 2019
Instrumentation: fixed media
Type of Electronics: Fixed

Number of Channels: 8
Duration: 10:30
Video Component: None

Recording

Reverie is an acousmatic composition that leads the listener through an immersive fantasy centered around deconstructed music boxes. The work is comprised of eight sections that alternate between explorations of the music boxes’ gears and chimes. In the work, the music boxes’ sounds are pulled apart, exaggerated, expanded, and combined with other sounds whose timbres and textures are reminiscent of the original. As the piece unfolds, the timbres increase in spectral and textural density, and the associations become more and more fantastical. Gears are transformed into zippers, coins, chainsaws, motorcycles, and fireworks, and the chimes morph into rainstorms, all sizes of bells, pianos, and more.

stereo + 8 channel versions of the work are available.

 

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