general information

composition date
1964

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Vocal music and instrument(s))

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
générateur d'ondes

observations

Œuvre dont le titre donne lieu à des itérations différentes à chaque exécution.

Part titles

  • Prelude to The Tortoise ; 
  • The Tortoise Droning Selected Pitches from The Holy Numbers for The Two Black Tigers, The Green Tiger and The Hermit ; 
  • The Tortoise Recalling The Drone of The Holy Numbers as They Were Revealed in The Dreams of The Whirlwind and The Obsidian Gong and Illuminated by The Sawmill, The Green Sawtooth Ocelot and The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer ; 
  • The Obsidian Ocelot, The Sawmill, and The Blue Sawtooth High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer Refracting The Legend of The Dream of The Tortoise Traversing The 189/98 Lost Ancestral Lake Region Illuminating Quotients from The Black Tiger Tapestries of The Drone of The Holy Numbers ; 
  • The Ballad of The Tortoise or Pierced Earrings/-Drone Ratios transmitting ;
  • The Manifestation of The Tortoise Center Drifting Obsidian Time Mists through The Synaptic Stepdown Barrier ;
  • 7 ; 
  • The Celebration of The Tortoise ; 
  • Tortoise.

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