SONUS - v2
Cologne Cathedral (2008), 00:07:46Christiane Strothmann http://strothmann.org
Nationality:
Residence: Germany
Biography: Christiane Strothmann (*1976), first made her Master‘s Degree in philology at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. But from childhood on she was also into music. As a result of her widespread musical activities she became known inside Germany as the pop-artist Rya (F.A.M.E-Recordings, Munich), but soon interrupted her beginning carrier for the possibility to learn more about electronic sound synthesis and sound design. Now she is a composer-student in the second year at ICEM (Institute for Computer Music and Electronic Medias) in Essen (Germany).
Program Notes: The base material for this composition is the sound of the Bell of St. Peter, the big bell of the Cologne Cathedral, which is supposed to be the largest free-swinging bell in the world. According to an analysis of the audio-spectrum of St. Peter’s Bell the composer Strothmann electronically synthezised the sound of the bell and derivated various new sounds. These sounds were arranged to an atmospheric musical picture of the Cologne Cathedral. The listener can find visual impressions of the outside and inside of Cologne Cathedral translated into sound. He also may be remainded of the different spiritual and historical occasions the Bell of St. Peter has been heard until now (e.g. the end of World War II, the reunion of Germany). Nowadays the Bell of St. Peter’s is ringing only on high religious holidays.
Studio of Composition: University. ICEM-studios, 2008.
Hardware Used: Mac OS X Powerbook
Software Used: All sound produced in Csound, all Csound-scores programmed in “scheme”, arrangement of the sounds and quadrophonic distribution: Logic Pro 7
Performer(s):
Appeared In:
CEC: Sonus
CEC: JTTP 2009
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