{"id":1456,"date":"2018-05-03T20:09:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/?page_id=1456"},"modified":"2018-11-22T00:15:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T00:15:34","slug":"doubtful-sound-cassiopeia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/?page_id=1456","title":{"rendered":"Doubtful Sound\/Cassiopeia"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1456-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA.mp3\">https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1537 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA-1.png 811w, https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA-1-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA-1-768x148.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>This composition contains\u00a0a wide dynamic range with many delicate sounds.<br \/>\nThey are <strong>best perceived by listening with headphones<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<h4>For Disklavier, pianist, and field recordings.<\/h4>\n<h4>Performed by the composer at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in March 2018.<a href=\"http:\/\/vcca.com\/main\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1580 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/vcca-logo-home-300x214.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"91\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a> Field recordings (many made at the VCCA) were played by an interactive sound structuring system, called Doubtful Sound, which is based on network data from <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0307439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dolphin studies undertaken in New Zealand by David Lusseau<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4>I&#8217;m interested in how the emergent properties of these network data might form musical shapes and processes.<\/h4>\n<h4>The field recordings were accompanied by two simultaneous realizations of<br \/>\nthe 1961 composition Cassiopeia, by George Cacioppo:<br \/>\nby a computer-controlled Disklavier<br \/>\nand by a pianist playing the Disklaver.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cassiopeia_x5-lanczos3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1568 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cassiopeia_x5-lanczos3-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cassiopeia_x5-lanczos3-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cassiopeia_x5-lanczos3-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cassiopeia_x5-lanczos3-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA_17kHz.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1558 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA_17kHz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA_17kHz.png 987w, https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA_17kHz-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA_17kHz-768x426.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spectrograms showing the full frequency range\u00a0\u2191 and zoomed in \u2193<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA_6kHz.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1559 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA_6kHz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA_6kHz.png 987w, https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA_6kHz-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/zsonics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AnnWarde_28March2018_DoubtfulSound_VCCA_6kHz-768x426.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Thanks to the VCCA, and to many interested colleagues there, for their support of this ongoing experimental project.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This composition contains\u00a0a wide dynamic range with many delicate sounds. 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